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LSI SAS 9207-8e PCI Express to 6Gb/s SAS HBA User Guide
October 2014 Operating System Support
3.2 SAS-2 Interface
The LSI SAS 2308 controller chip contains the SATA + SAS functionality for the LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA. The following
table shows the LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA 6Gb/s SAS performance.
4 Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA supports all major operating systems: Windows®, Linux® Red Hat®, Linux SUSE® Enterprise
Server (SLES), Solaris™, VMware®, and FreeBSD®. Refer to http://go.lsi.com/hbas for details on the software versions
and device driver support.
NOTE The LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA supports Oracle® Solaris 10 which provides a
built-in driver, so installation of an LSI driver is not required. For more
information on the Oracle Solaris 10 driver and installation, sign in at
the following Oracle link.
https://support.oracle.com/
Contact Oracle support for Oracle driver or software support.
5 LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA Characteristics
5.1 Flash
The LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA has onboard Flash ROM for the firmware and BIOS. The LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA provides one
4 M x 16-bit Flash ROM for storing the firmware and the BIOS.
5.2 LED
The LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA heartbeat LED, CR1, blinks green to indicate that the HBA is capable of general activity.
5.3 Connectors
This section describes the different connectors on the LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA. See Figure 1 for connector locations.
PCIe Connector (EC1). The LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA supports a x8 interface. The PCIe host interface connection is
through the edge connector (EC1), which provides connections on both the top (EC1B) and bottom (EC1A) of the
board. The signal definitions and pin numbers conform to the PCIe specification.
SAS Connectors (J10 and J11). The LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA supports SAS connections through connectors J10 and J11,
which are SFF-8088 mini-SAS, external connectors.
Table 1 6Gb/s SAS Bandwidths
Half Duplex Full Duplex
Narrow port (one lane), 600MB/s Narrow port (one lane), 1200MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 2400MB/s Wide port (four lanes), 4800MB/s