Avago Technologies MegaRAID SATA 300-4XLP User Manual

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SATA 300 Storage Adapter Specifications

Version 1.4

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The following subsections provide detailed descriptions of the SATA 300
PCI-X and SATA 300 PCI Express storage adapters and RAID
configuration utilities.

3.1.1

MegaRAID SATA 300-4XLP, MegaRAID SATA 300-8X, and SATA
300-8XLP Storage Adapters

The MegaRAID SATA 300 PCI-X storage adapters are intelligent RAID
controllers that provide four or eight Serial ATA ports. The SATA 300-
4XLP is a low-profile PCI-X storage adapter. The SATA 300-4XLP
storage adapter has four ports and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10.

The SATA 300-8XLP is a low-profile version of the SATA 300-8X, though
they have a few differences in their jumpers and connectors. The SATA
300-8X and SATA 300-8XLP controllers have eight ports and support
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50.

The SATA 300 PCI-X storage adapters do the following:

Support four or eight Serial ATA ports:

Use differential signaling

Transfer data in frames

Support Serial ATA power management

Comply with the PCI-X and PCI 2.3 specifications; are
backward-compatible with previous versions of the PCI 2.3
specification

Support up to a 64-bit/133 MHz PCI/PCI-X interface:

Function in a 64-bit PCI/PCI-X slot

SATA 300-8X

8

0, 1, 5, 10, and 50

64 bits, 133 MHz PCI-X

6.6 x 4.2 inches
(167.64 x 106.68 mm)

SATA 300-8XLP
(low-profile)

8

0, 1, 5, 10, and 50

64 bits, 133 MHz PCI-X

7.1 x 2.536 inches
(180.34 x 64.41 mm)

SATA 300-8ELP
(low-profile)

8

0, 1, 5, 10, and 50

x4 PCI Express
(2.5 Gbits/s per PCI
Express lane)

7.71 x 2.536 inches
(195.83 x 64.41 mm)

Table 3.1

MegaRAID SATA 300 Storage Adapter Specifications

Storage
Adapter

Ports RAID Levels

PCI Bus Mode

Board Dimensions

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