The LRSA9C08-8E supports 8 PCI Express lanes that comply with the latest PCI Express 3.0 specifications. In addition, these adapters are backwards compatible with previous SAS and PCIe generations through automatic negotiation, and provide SAS data transfer rates of 12, 6, and 3 Gb/s per lane, and SATA data transfer rates of 6 and 3Gb/s per lane. 8 internal 12Gb/s SAS+SATA ports. 8 lanes, PCI Express 3.0.
Low profile form factor design. Two external mini-SAS HD connectors (SFF8644). Connect up to 16 SAS and SATA devices with 8 external 12Gb/s SAS and SATA ports.
Supports SSDs, HDDs and tape drives. X8 lane PCI Express® 3.0.Up to 16 SAS and SATA devices. Windows 2012, 2k8 64/32 bit, Red Hat.