Dell LSI 9300-8e SAS HBA - Manual (Page 2)

Overview
The LSI 9300-8e is a 12Gb/s SAS adapter which provides two 12Gb/s Mini-SAS HD
external connections. The LSI HBA supports 8 PCI Express lanes and complies with the
latest PCI Express 3.0 specification. Each HBA supports 8 individual SAS lanes
operating at 12Gb/s (4 per port).
Dell Server and Storage Support
The LSI 9300-8e HBA is compatible with all Dell 11 th , 12 th , and 13 th generation
PowerEdge Servers that have a PCI Express (PCI-e) x8 slot.
The HBA is backwards compatible with previous PCI-e and SAS generations through
automatic negotiation and provides SAS data transfer rate of 12 and 6 Gb/s per lane.
The LSI 9300-8e HBA is fully functional, tested and supported with the Dell
PowerVault MD34/38 series storage arrays. It is not supported when attached to any
other Dell storage products.
Refer to the Dell PowerVault MD34XX/38XX-Series Storage Array Support Matrix for
additional details.
Installation Instructions