Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-8i SAS Controller 4GB

The MegaRAID 9500 series is the industry’s first PCIe Gen 4.0 RAID adapter family, offering PCIe Gen 4.0 host and storage interfaces.

The Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-8i SAS Controller 4GB adapter, based on the SAS3908 high-port count PCIe 4.0 x8 RAID-on-Chip RoC, delivers twice the performance of previous generations

The 9560-8i is compatible with existing PCIe SFF-8639 Module (U.2) backplanes, allowing users to boost performance for today’s ever increasing bandwidth environments.

Tri-Mode SerDes technology

Coupled with two industry initiatives expanding the deployment of Tri-Mode SerDes technology, which enables the operation of NVMe, SAS or SATA devices in a single drive bay, the Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-8i SAS Controller 4GBis instrumental in getting the most performance and flexibility out of U.3 backplanes.

SFF-TA-10001 Specification (U.3), which defines a common bay type for SAS, SATA and NVMe

Universal Backplane Management (UBM), which defines a common backplane control and management framework.

With Tri-Mode SerDes technology, the adapter negotiates between speeds and protocols to seamlessly work with any of the three types of storage devices.

Tri-Mode support provides a non-disruptive way to evolve existing data center infrastructure.

Specification:

• Cache Memory - 4GB;
• Cache Protection - CacheVault CVPM05;
• Data Transfer Rates - 12Gb/s SAS and 16GT/s PCIe Gen4 (NVMe) compliant;
• Devices Supported  - SAS/SATA: 240, NVMe: 24;
• Generation - 12 Gb/s;
• Host Bus Type - x8 lane PCI Express 4.0;
• I/O Processor / SAS Controller  -SAS3908 12Gb/s SAS Tri-Mode RAID-on-Chip (ROC);
• Internal Connectors - 1 x8 SFF-8654 (SlimSAS);
• Internal Ports  - 8;
• Management Software - LSI Storage Authority (LSA), StorCLI (Command-Line Interface), HII (UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure);
• MTBF >3,000,000 hours at 40° C;
• Operating Temperature°C  - 0°C to 55°C;
• OS - Microsoft Windows, VMware vSphere/ESXi, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Citrix XenServer, CentOS Linux, Debian Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Fedora, FreeBSD;