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LSI SAS 9300-8e PCI Express to 12Gb/s SAS Host Bus Adapter User Guide 
December 2013
Operating System Support
SAS-3 Interface
3.2 SAS-3 Interface
The LSI SAS 3008 controller chip contains the SATA+SAS functionality for the LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA. The following table
shows the LSI SAS 12Gb/s SAS performance.
4 Operating System Support
The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA supports all major operating systems: Windows
®
, Linux
®
Red Hat
®
, Linux SUSE
®
Enterprise
Server (SLES), Solaris
®
, and VMware
®
. Refer to http://www.lsi.com/support/products/Pages/default.aspx for details on
the software versions and device driver support. For Solaris support, contact the LSI Technical Support team.
NOTE The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA supports the Solaris 10 operating system, 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 9300-8e HBA Characteristics
5.1 Memory
The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA provides one 4-M × 16-bit Flash ROM to store the firmware and the BIOS.
5.2 LED
The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA Heartbeat LED, CR1, blinks green to indicate the HBA is capable of general activity.
5.3 Connectors
PCIe Connector (EC1). The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA supports a x8 interface. The PCIe host interface connection is through
the edge connector, EC1, which provides connections on both the top (EC1 B) and bottom (EC1 A) of the board. The
signal definitions and pin numbers conform to the PCIe specification.
SATA+SAS Connector (J6). The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA supports SATA and SAS connectors through connectors that are
SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD, external connectors.
Half Duplex Full Duplex
Narrow port (one lane), 1200 MB/s Narrow port (one lane), 2400 MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 4800 MB/s Wide port (four lanes), 9600 MB/s