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Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 3.0 x8 12Gb SAS Adapter

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Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 3.0 x8 12Gb SAS Adapter, 2x Mini-SAS HD x4 (SFF-8643) Port connectors

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Overview:

Abstract
The ThinkSystem RAID 930 family of internal 12 Gbps SAS RAID controllers are high-performance RAID-on-chip (ROC) adapters. These adapters support RAID levels 0/1/10/5/50/6/60, and include an extensive list of RAS and management features.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem RAID 930-4i, 8i, 16i and 24i adapters and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.

Introduction
The ThinkSystem RAID 930 family of internal 12 Gbps SAS RAID controllers are high-performance RAID-on-chip (ROC) adapters. These adapters support RAID levels 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 as well as JBOD, and include an extensive list of RAS and management features.

The family is comprised of four adapters:
  • The ThinkSystem RAID 930-4i supports up to four internal SAS and SATA drives
  • The ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i supports up to eight internal SAS and SATA drives
  • The ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i supports up to 16 internal SAS and SATA drives
  • The ThinkSystem RAID 930-24i supports up to 24 internal SAS and SATA drives 
Features:

The ThinkSystem RAID 930 Series internal RAID adapters have the following specifications:
  • PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
  • 12 Gbps SAS/SATA RAID controllers, based on the Broadcom MegaRAID 9460 adapter family
  • 2GB or 4GB of integrated flash-backed cache
  • Connectivity for up to 2, 8, 16 or 24 internal SAS or SATA drives
  • Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs. Mixing SAS and SATA drives in the same array is not supported. Mixing of HDDs and SSDs in the same array is not supported.
  • Support for intermixing of 12 Gbps and 6 Gbps drives.
  • Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6 and 60 standard (The 930-4i supports only RAID 0, 1 in the SN550 and RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 in the SN850 because those blade servers only support two and four drives respectively)
  • Support for JBOD (non-RAID) drive state
  • Support for up to 64 virtual disks, up to 128 arrays, up to 16 virtual disks per array
  • Support for logical drive sizes greater than 2 TB.
  • Configurable stripe size from 64 KB up to 1 MB
  • Supports 512e, 512n and 4K sector formatted drives
  • Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (CoD).
  • S.M.A.R.T. support.
  • Configuration through
    • XClarity Provisioning Manager UEFI interface
    • XClarity Controller web interface
    • XClarity Administrator Configuration Patterns
    • StorCLI command-line interface
    • LSI Storage Authority (LSA) GUI interface
    • UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure (HII)
    Note: CacheCade is not supported by these adapters

Specifications:

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Product Code7Y37A01084spacer
FeatureRAID 930-8i
Part number7Y37A01084
Form factorLow profile
Controller chipLSI SAS3508
Host interfacePCIe 3.0 x8
Port interface12 Gb SAS
Number of ports8
Port connectors2x Mini-SAS HD x4 (SFF-8643)
Drive interfaceSAS, SATA
Drive typeHDD, SED, SSD
Hot-swap drivesYes
Max devices8
RAID levels0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60
JBOD drive stateYes
Cache2GB (Standard)
CacheVault cache protection with flashYes
Performance Accelerator (FastPath)Yes
SED support (SafeStore)Yes