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LSI SAS 9212-4i4e PCI Express to 6Gb/s SAS HBA User Guide
October 2014 Operating System Support
The following table shows the LSI SAS 9212-4i4e HBA 5Gb/s PCIe performance.
3.2 SATA and SAS
The LSI SAS 2008 controller chip contains the SATA+SAS functionality for the LSI SAS 9212-4i4e HBA. The following
table shows the LSI SAS 9212-4i4e HBA 6Gb/s SAS performance.
4 Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e 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 9212-4i4e HBA Characteristics
5.1 Flash
The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e HBA has onboard Flash ROM for the firmware and BIOS. The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e 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 9212-4i4e HBA. See Figure 1 for connector locations.
PCIe Connector (J1). The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e HBA supports a x8 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 Connectors (J5, J6, J7, J8, and J12). The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e HBA supports SATA and SAS connections
through connector J12, which is an SFF-8088 mini-SAS, external, right-angle connector, and connectors J5, J6, J7, and
J8, which are SATA internal connectors.
Table 1 PCIe Aggregate Bandwidth
Lanes Single Direction Dual Direction
Single-Lane (x1) 5Gb/s 10Gb/s
Quad-Lane (x4) 20Gb/s 40Gb/s
Eight-Lane (x8) 40Gb/s 80Gb/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