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LSI SAS 9300-8e PCI Express to 12Gb/s SAS Host Bus Adapter User Guide
September 2014
Operating System Support
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.
3.3
Active Cable Management Support
The HBA optionally supports active cable management. To enable this feature, download and implement the
firmware option labeled SAS93xx_xx_IT_ACM, where xx matches your product. You must enable active cable
management for applications with active optical cables.
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
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 also supports the Solaris 10 Update 11 and
Solaris 11 Update 1 operating systems. Oracle
®
provides a built-in
driver, LSI does not provide an additional LSI driver installation for
Solaris operating systems. For more information on the Oracle Solaris
driver and installation, sign in at the following Oracle link.
Contact Oracle support for Oracle driver or software support.
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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.
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