12 Gb/s Eight-Port SAS Internal HBA Adapter ; Adapter FRU number: AOC-S3008L-L8e-IB001
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the 12 Gb/s Eight-Port SAS Internal HBA Adapter .
Overview
The 12 Gb/s Eight-Port SAS Internal HBA Adapter is a PCI Express Gen-3 (PCIe3) x8 adapter. The adapter can be used in either an x8 or x16 PCIe slot in the system. The adapter expands virtualization beyond the server level to the network level and combines with hardware optimizations and offloads. It features 8 internal SAS connectors for high-performance storage connectivity. The adapter uses a Broadcom 3008 I/O processor with Fusion-MPT (Message Passing Technology) for optimum performance and a PCI Express host interface for increased bandwidth. The 12 Gb/s Eight-Port SAS Internal HBA Adapter supports 122 devices as a HBA in IT mode.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- AOC-S3008L-L8e-IB001 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe3 x8
- Slot requirement
- For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
- Supported Systems
- POWER8 processor-based systems
- Voltage
- 3.3 V, 12 V
- Form factor
- Short, low-profile
- Attributes provided
- Supports 3.0, 6.0 and 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
- Port-independent auto-negotiation
- Supports SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols
- Automatically negotiates PCIe (1.x, 2.x and 3.x) link widths
Operating system or partition requirements
- The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities may be downloaded from Fix Central.
- IBM® Prerequisite website
- IBM SSIC (System Storage Interoperation Center)
- The latest version of the device driver or iprutils can be downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website.
- For support details, see the Linux Alert website.
