Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP - Manual (Page 34)

1-18 Overview
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Online capacity
expansion Yes
Dedicated and global
hot spares Yes
Hot-swap devices
supported Yes
Non-disk devices
supported Yes
Mixed capacity
physical disks
supported Yes
Number of internal
connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP RAID controller – One (x4
SAS Port) mini SAS 4i connector
• MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP RAID controller – Two (x4
SAS Port) mini SAS 4i connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 8204XLP RAID controller – One (x4
SAS Port) mini SAS 4i connector
• MegaRAID SAS 8208XLP RAID controller – Two (x4
SAS Port) mini SAS 4i connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 8304ELP RAID controller – One (x4
SAS Port) SFF-8086 mini SAS 4i connector
• MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP RAID controller – Two (x4
SAS Port) SFF-8086 mini SAS 4i connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP RAID controller – One (x4
SAS Port) SFF-8086 mini SAS 4i connector
• MegaRAID SAS 8408E RAID controller – Two (x4
SAS Port) SFF-8484 SAS 4i connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 84016E RAID controller – Four (x4
SAS Port) SFF-8086 mini SAS 4i connectors
Number of external
connectors
• MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP RAID controller – One (x4
SAS Port) SFF-8470 SAS 4x connector
• MegaRAID SAS 8480E RAID controller – Two (x4
SAS Port) SFF-8470 SAS 4x connectors
Hardware exclusive
OR (XOR) assistance Yes
Direct I/O Yes
Architecture Fusion-MPT
Table 1.2 MegaRAID Controller Comparisons
Specification MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8208XLP,
MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP, MegaRAID SAS 8304ELP,
MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP,
MegaRAID SAS 8408E, MegaRAID SAS 8480E and
MegaRAID SAS 84016E RAID Controllers