Hardware Specifications 1-17
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1.7 Hardware Specifications
You can install the MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers in a computer
with a motherboard that has a PCI Express slot. Tabl e 1.2 describes the
hardware configuration features for the MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID
controllers.
Table 1.2 MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID Controller Features
Specification
MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i, SAS 9240-8i, SAS 9260-4i,
SAS 9260-8i, SAS 9260-8e, SAS 9260DE-8i, SAS
9280-4i/4e, SAS 9280-8e, and SAS 9280DE-8e RAID
Controllers
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 00, 10, 50, 60
Devices supported
per port
Up to 15 SAS devices or SATA II devices (such as
drives and expanders)
Number of ports • MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i RAID controller – Four ports
through one SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS
connector
• MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i RAID controller – Eight
ports through two SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS
connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i RAID controller – Four ports
through one SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS
connector
• MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i RAID controller – Eight
ports through two SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS
connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 9260DE-8i RAID controller – Eight
ports through two SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS
connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i RAID controller – Eight
ports through two SFF-8087 mini-SAS 4i connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i/4e RAID controller – Four
ports through one SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS
connector and four ports through one SFF-8088 x4
external mini SAS connector
• MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e RAID controller – Eight
ports through two SFF-8088 x4 external mini SAS
connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 9280DE-8e RAID controller – Eight
ports through two SFF-8088 x4 external mini SAS
connectors
Data transfer rate Up to 6Gb/s per PHY
Bus PCI Express 2.0