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LSI SAS 9311-4i4e PCI Express to 12Gb/s SAS Host Bus Adapter User Guide
September 2014
3.2
SAS-3 Interface
The LSI SAS 3008 controller chip contains the SATA+SAS functionality for the LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA. The following table
shows the LSI SAS 12Gb/s SAS performance.
Half Duplex
Narrow port (one lane), 1200 MB/s Narrow port (one lane), 2400 MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 4800 MB/s
3.3
Active Cable Management Support
The HBA optionally supports active cable management. To enable this feature, download and implement the
firmware option labeled SAS93 xx _ xx _IT_ACM, where xx matches your product. You must enable active cable
management for applications with active optical cables.
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Operating System Support
The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA supports all major operating systems: Windows
Server (SLES), Solaris
driver support. For Solaris support, contact the LSI Technical Support team.
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LSI SAS 9311-4i4e HBA Characteristics
5.1
Memory
The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA provides one 4-M × 16-bit Flash ROM to store the firmware and the BIOS. The LSI 12Gb/s SAS
HBA can provide up to 32 K × 8-bit NVSRAM for storing nonvolatile RAID information when a system failure occurs or
to reflash the board to run IR firmware.
5.2
LED
The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA Heartbeat LED, CR1, blinks green to indicate the HBA is capable of general activity.
Wide port (four lanes), 9600 MB/s
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NOTE
The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA also supports the Solaris 10 Update 11 and
Solaris 11 Update 1 operating systems. Oracle
driver, LSI does not provide an additional LSI driver installation for
Solaris operating systems. For more information on the Oracle Solaris
driver and installation, sign in at the following Oracle link.
https://support.oracle.com/
Contact Oracle support for Oracle driver or software support.
Full Duplex
http://go.lsi.com/hbas
for details on the software versions and device
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