Adaptec SmartHBA 2100-16i, SmartHBA 2100-8i8e, SmartHBA 2100-8i, SmartHBA 2100-4i4e USER MANUAL
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Data Center Solutions
Adaptec® SmartHBA 2100 Series:
2100-24i/16i/8i8e/8i/4i4e
12 Gbps PCIe Gen3 SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapter with Basic Hardware RAID
Smart Storage, Connectivity and Hardware RAID
Today’s data centers and enterprises need storage solutions that can keep
pace with rapid data expansion. The SmartHBA 2100 Series is the newest
product in the Smart Storage solutions family, forged through the convergence
of SAS/SATA protocol controller expertise, more than 30 years of Microchip
board innovation and the new Smart Storage stack.
The SmartHBA 2100 Series, available in four dierent 12 Gbps congurations
with up to 24 ports, uniquely combines the capabilities of a full-featured host
bus adapter (HBA) like the HBA 1100 with those of a basic RAID adapter using
hardware RAID. With an optimal mix of resiliency, eciency, and ease of use, it
adds the robustness of true host-ooading hardware RAID, oers open-source
driver compatibility and comes with a full set of storage management tools. The
SmartHBA 2100 Series oers the exibility of internal and external connectivity
in a low-prole/MD2 form factor.
Resiliency, Eciency and Data Availability
The SmartHBA 2100 is an ideal solution for server-based
storage systems that require maximum bandwidth and I/O
connectivity, low-power consumption, high reliability, plus
options for data availability. The Smart Software stack even
allows a combination of RAID and raw devices. This is useful in
SDS environments where hardware RAID signicantly increases
OS boot reliability, but full HBA features and performance are
otherwise needed. The SmartHBA 2100 also provides enhanced enclosure management capabilities to both RAID and
raw devices, and enables enclosure services by providing a
virtual SEP to software stacks if needed.
The SmartHBA 2100 oers over 40 percent power savings
compared to prior generations and signicant power advan-
tages versus competing solutions, giving it the lowest Total
Cost of Ownership (TCO) for an HBA/basic RAID solution. It
delivers a robust and scalable solution that can handle the
toughest system workloads and congurations, from an array
of high-performance SSDs to high-capacity HDDs. The 2100
can be used with or without SAS expanders.
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Provides a virtual SES processor to the host OS/SDS stack for passive backplanes
with SGPIO/IBPI support.
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16- and 24-port adapters can achieve 1.7M random read IOPS for 4 KB I/Os.
Adapters with 8 ports and fewer are capable of 1.5M IOPS.
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Maximum Performance
The SmartHBA 2100 Series provides the highest levels of
storage performance and scalability for next-generation data
centers. The SmartHBA 2100 provides connectivity to large
numbers of storage devices, including HDDs, SSDs and SMR
drives. These storage devices can aggregate the performance
of devices to the limits of the PCIe Gen3 host bus at 6.6 Gbps,
and achieve up to 1.7M IOPS and 60 percent higher IOPS
performance with SATA devices without additional overhead or
latency.
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Entry-Level RAID Functionality
The SmartHBA 2100 combines uncompromised HBA functionality with basic RAID support in hardware using the PM8222
SmartIOC 2100 silicon. Robust RAID support is the same for
all platforms and operating systems, providing a consistent
user experience. Metadata compatibility with SmartRAID 3100
products allows customers to upgrade to a full-feature hardware RAID solution with caching for acceleration if needed. The
SmartHBA 2100 supports up to 32 hard disk drives or SSDs in
RAID congurations using RAID levels 0, 1, 10, or even RAID
5, and can simultaneously use RAID arrays and raw devices in
mixed mode.
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Unied Storage Management Utilities
maxView provides both server and remote administration,
including proactive failure notication, and supports all HBA,
SmartHBA and SmartRAID products, including backward
compatibility. This browser-based tool suite supports all
standard browsers, and is also available as an oine USB boot
image. maxView adapter management components include
the maxView GUI, an ARCCONF command-line tool, an event
monitor for logging and email alerts, a CIM provider and a
vSphere plugin.
Benets
• Ideal for high-performing I/O solutions supporting
SAS/SATA HDDs and SSDs requiring maximum connectivity
• Combines full HBA functionality with basic hardware RAID
• Oers basic RAID functionality for up to 32 devices support-
ing RAID levels 0, 1, 10 and 5 in conjunction with full HBA
functionality for up to 238 devices
• Broad operating system support through highly ecent,
low-latency PQIdriver driver (fully open-source for Linux®/
FreeBSD)
• Performance of up to 1.7M random read IOPS with ex-
tremely low-latency 4 KB I/Os
Highlights
• Up to 24 native SAS/SATA ports; low-prole MD2 form factor
• 12 Gbps SAS data rates using mini-SAS HD connectors
• Basic hardware RAID plus full-featured high-performance
HBA in the same solution
• Signicant power savings delivers lowest total cost of
ownership versus competing solutions
• The unied maxView management tools and drivers across
the HBA, RAID, and expander solutions enable easy
manageability across the entire product line
• Proven compatibility with existing Adaptec® solutions, mul-
tiple operating systems, servers, enclosures, SSDs, HDDs
and LTO tape drives
• Uses the latest 28 nm SmartIOC 2100 SAS/SATA protocol
controller to drive eciency and performance while also
having the industry's lowest-power consumption
• Quality and reliability through the unied, hardened Smart
Storage stack, which is deployed in over 30M servers
Parameters
Parameter Description
• Support for up to 256 SAS/SATA target devices (238 SSD/HDDs
maximum support and remainder are reserved for expanders and enclosure management)
• Support for up to 32 drives in RAID arrays
• Hardware RAID level 0,1,10,5 support
Key Software Features
Management Utilities
Operating Systems
Physical Dimensions
Operating Temperature
Regulatory Certication
• Multi-LUN support
• SAS expander support
• TLR
• SATA NCQ
• Hot plug drive support
maxView Storage Manager
• Web-based GUI management utility
• OS X support: Windows
• VMware
• Remote conguration, monitoring and
notication
• Remote rmware updates
• SMI-S support
• SMTP
open-source Linux drivers. The latest drivers and OS support are at storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/start
2.535" H × 6.6" L (64 mm × 167 mm) or all SKUs except the SmartHBA 2100-4i4e, which is 2.535" H × 5.2" L (64 mm × 132.08 mm)
Note: This adapter contains a powerful I/O processor that requires adequate airow to operate reliably. Please install this card only into server or
®
, Linux®, Solaris
Microsoft Windows, Red Hat, SuSE, CentOS, Ubuntu, VMware ESXi, FreeBSD, Solaris, Citrix Xen Server, and
PC chassis with at least 200 LFM airow. Temperature measured 1 inch from adapter.
ARCCONF
• Command-line interface
• SMI-S support for VMware
BIOS Conguration Utility (CTRL+A)
• Legacy conguration utility
• Flashable BIOS support
50°C ambient and 55°C with 200 LFM airow.
CE, FCC, UL, C-tick, VCCI, KCC, CNS
• S.M.A.R.T.
• MPIO support
• Multi-initiator (host)/clustering for SAS
(HBA devices only)
• Enclosure management
• SES-2, SES-3
• SFF-8485, SGPIO
• SFF-8489, IBPI
• BMC support
ROM-Based uEFI BIOS Conguration Utilities
• HII-based pre-boot GUI conguration utility
• Arcconf CLI for uEFI shell
Flashable BIOS support
• Lightweight event monitoring and logging
tool
• Distributes adapter events and noties user
Environmental Compliance
Warranty
Accessories
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RoHS
3 years
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) cables (www.microsemi.com/product-directory/storage-boards/3686-cables-accessories)
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Ordering Information
SmartHBA 2100 Series Part Number Host Interface Form Factor SAS/SATA Ports Connectors MTBF RAID Levels
SmartHBA 2100-24i
SmartHBA 2100-16i
SmartHBA 2100-8i8e
SmartHBA 2100-8i
SmartHBA 2100-4i4e
2301600-R
2302100-R 16 internal ports 4 (x4) SFF-8643 2.73M hours
2301900-R
2290400-R 8 internal 2 (×4) SFF-8643 1.36M hours
2292200-R 4 internal/4 external
×8 Gen3 PCIe Low-prole, MD2
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24 internal 6 (×4) SFF-8643 2.73M hours
8 internal/
8 external ports
2(x4) S-8643/
2 (x4) SFF-8644
1 (×4) SFF8644/1 (×4)
SFF-8643
2M hours
>1.4M hours
0, 1, 10, 5
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