LENOVO ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA for SR250/SR530/SR550/SR570/SR590/SR630/SR650/SR670/SR635/SR645/SR655/SR665/ST50/ST250/ST550

The 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA supports connectivity to external tape drives and autoloaders.

The 430-8e external HBA has the following features and specifications:

• PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface

• 12 Gbps SAS/SATA host bus adapter, based on the Broadcom SAS3408 and SAS3416 IOC design

• PCI low profile, half-length form factor

• 8x 12 Gbps External SAS/SATA ports

• Connectivity for up to 1024 external SAS or SATA drives

• Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
  • Supports 12, 6, or 3 Gbps SAS speeds

  • Supports 6 or 3 Gbps SATA speeds

• 2x External x4 HD Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8644):

• Support for external storage systems and tape backup units

• High performance architecture with very deep queue depth

• Advanced power management support

• Support for SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA protocols

• End-to-End CRC with Advanced Error Reporting

• Spread Spectrum Clocking for EMI reductions

• Supports 512e, 512n and 4K (when available) formatted drives

• Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (CoD).

• S.M.A.R.T. support.

• Configuration through
  • XClarity Provisioning Manager UEFI interface

  • XClarity Controller web interface

  • XClarity Administrator Configuration Patterns

  • StorCLI command-line interface

  • LSI Storage Authority (LSA) GUI interface

  • UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure (HII)

  Includes adapter with a full-height (3U) bracket attached and a low-profile (2U) bracket included in the box.

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