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LSI SAS 9211-4i PCI Express to 6Gb/s SAS HBA User Guide
October 2014 Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 2004 controller chip JTAG signals are not connected to the corresponding signals in the PCIe connector.
The following table shows the LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA 5Gb/s PCIe performance.
3.2 SATA and SAS
The LSI SAS 2004 controller chip contains the SATA+SAS functionality for the LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA. The following table
shows the LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA 6 Gb/s SAS performance.
4 Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA supports all major operating systems: Windows®, Linux® Red Hat®, Linux SUSE® Enterprise
Server (SLES), Solaris™, and VMware®. Refer to http://go.lsi.com/hbas for details on the software versions and device
driver support. For Solaris support, contact the LSI Technical Support team.
5 LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA Characteristics
5.1 Flash
The LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA has onboard Flash ROM for the firmware and BIOS. The LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA provides one
4-M x 8-bit Flash ROM for storing the firmware and BIOS.
5.2 Connectors
This section describes the different connectors on the LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA. See Figure 1 for connector locations.
PCIe Connector (J1). The LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA supports a x4 interface. The PCIe connection is through the edge
connector, J1, which provides connections on both the top (J1B) and bottom (J1A) of the board. The signal definitions
and pin numbers conform to the PCIe specification.
SATA+SAS Connector (J7). The LSI SAS 9211-4i HBA supports SATA and SAS connections through connector J7, an
SFF-8087 mini-SAS, internal, right-angle connector.
Table 1 PCIe Aggregate Bandwidth
Lanes Single Direction Dual Direction
Single-lane (x1) 5Gb/s 10Gb/s
Quad-lane (x4) 20Gb/s 40Gb/s
Table 2 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