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LSI SAS 9311-4i4e 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 3004 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.

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.

LSI SAS 9311-4i4e 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. The LSI 12Gb/s SAS
HBA can provide up to 32 K × 8-bit NVSRAM for storing nonvolatile RAID information when a system failure occurs or
to reflash the board to run IR firmware.

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 Connectors (J1 and J7). The LSI 12Gb/s SAS HBA supports SATA and SAS connectors through connector
J1, which is an SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD internal connector, and connector J7, which is an SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD
external connector.

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