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LSI SAS 9207-8i 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 9207-8i HBA. The following table
shows the LSI SAS 9207-8i HBA 6Gb/s SAS performance.
4 Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 9207-8i 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 9207-8i HBA supports Solaris 10 and Oracle® provides a
built-in driver; 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 9207-8i HBA Characteristics
5.1 Flash
The LSI SAS 9207-8i HBA has onboard Flash ROM for the firmware and BIOS. The LSI SAS 9207-8i HBA provides one
4 M x 16-bit Flash ROM for storing the firmware and BIOS.
5.2 LED
The LSI SAS 9207-8i 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 9207-8i HBA.
PCIe Connector (EC1). The LSI SAS 9207-8i HBA supports a x8 interface. The PCIe 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 (J5 and J6). The LSI SAS 9207-8i HBA supports SAS connections through connectors J5 and J6,
which are SFF-8087 mini-SAS, internal connectors. The HBA supports SAS sideband signal assignments.
Table 1 6Gb/s SAS Bandwidths
Half Duplex Full Duplex
Narrow port (one lane), 600 MB/s Narrow port (one lane), 1200 MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 2400 MB/s Wide port (four lanes), 4800 MB/s