Avago HBA 9500-16e User Manual

9500 Series PCIe Gen 4.0

Product Brief

Key Features

• Tri-Mode Storage Interface

− 12Gb/s SAS

− 6Gb/s SATA

− Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe)

• Hardware Secure Boot

• Universal Bay Management (UBM)
ready (SFF-TA-1005)

• 13,700 MBs (256K Seq Rd)

• 3M IOPs (4K RR)

• x8 PCIe Gen 4.0 Host Interface

− Supports x8, x4, x2, x1 PCIe lanes
at a transfer rate up to 16.0 GT/s
per lane, full duplex

− Lane and polarity reversal

• SFF-9402 Compliant Connector
Pin-out

• Up to 1024 SAS/SATA devices

• Up to 32 NVMe devices

• Form Factor Friendly Cable Exit

Applications

• High-port direct attached
connectivity applications

• Enterprise Databases

• Analytics Applications

• Medical Imaging

• Media Applications

• Flexible solutions for cloud
computing

Tri-Mode Storage HBAs

12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe)
Tri-Mode HBAs

Overview

The Broadcom® HBA 9500 series of 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe) Gen4
Tri-Mode storage adapters provides system and server OEMs and data
centers with unprecedented flexibility and high performance at the lowest
cost. Utilizing Broadcom’s Tri-Mode SerDes technology, the HBAs enable
the operation of NVMe, SAS, or SATA devices in a single drive bay, allowing
for endless design flexibility.

Based on the Broadcom SAS3816 and SAS3808 eight-lane host PCIe to
SAS/SATA/PCIe IOC controllers, the 9500 series adapters are the first
HBAs to oer both PCIe Gen 4.0 host and PCIe Gen 4.0 storage interfaces.
PCIe Gen 4.0 enables these adapters for high bandwidth by delivering
twice the bandwidth and 75% more IOPs.

Tri-Mode SerDes Technology

Broadcom’s Tri-Mode SerDes technology enables operation of NVMe, SAS,
or SATA storage devices in a single drive bay. A single adapter can operate
in all three modes concurrently servicing NVMe, SAS, or SATA drives. The
adapter negotiates between speeds and protocols to seamlessly work
with any of the three types of storage devices. Tri-Mode support provides
a non-disruptive way to evolve existing data center infrastructure. By
upgrading to a Tri-Mode adapter, users can expand beyond SAS/SATA
and use NVMe without major changes to other system configurations. The
9500 series adapters are compatible with existing PCI Express SFF-8639
Module (U.2) backplanes allowing users to boost performance for today’s
ever increasing bandwidth requirements.

As next-generation systems expand the adoption of Tri-Mode SerDes
technology through implementation of the SFF-TA-1001 and SFF­TA-1005 standards, the 9500 series adapters allow users to get the most
performance and flexibility. The SFF-TA-1001 specification commonly
known as U.3 defines a common bay type and connector for SAS (x1, x2,
x4), SATA, and NVMe (x1, x2, x4) devices. The creation of the U.3 standard
gives unprecedented flexibility to System OEMs and Data Centers that
want to support the latest storage technologies at the lowest cost and
system complexity. With a single 9500 series adapter, system implementers
can take full advantage of SAS, SATA, and x1, x2, and x4 NVMe drives in
U.3-based backplane.

Control and management of multi-protocol (SAS/SATA/NVMe) backplanes
has been loosely defined in previous generations of products. Recognizing
this, Broadcom worked with key industry members to introduce Universal
Backplane Management (UBM) or SFF-TA-1005. UBM builds upon current
management frameworks to provide a comprehensive approach to
managing SAS, SATA, and NVMe. The 9500 series adapters are UBM ready,
and customers can immediately integrate these adapters into their U.3
backplanes utilizing UBM.

MegaRAID 9500 PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode Storage Adapters

Product Brief

Hardware Secure Boot

The on-board controller
incorporates advanced security
through hardware secure boot.
The hardware secure boot feature
permits only authenticated
firmware to execute on the adapter.

Simple Secure Boot

Authorized Firmware

1001110010011
1001110000111

Broadcom Signed

1101010010110
1011011001100
1110111110110

Firmware Download

Firmware

authen�cated

against chain of

trust. Update

succeeds.

The controller’s Internal Boot ROM
establishes an initial Root of Trust
(RoT). Hardware secure boot
authenticates and builds a Chain
of Trust (CoT) with succeeding
firmware images using the RoT
meaning only authorized firmware

Falsified Image

Counterfeit Firmware

1001110010011
1001110000111
1101010110110
1011011001101
1110111110110

Firmware Download

Firmware

authen�ca�on

fails. No update

performed.

is executed on the adapter.
Broadcom provides the signed
firmware images making the use of
hardware secure boot transparent
to customers, while providing
confidence in the security of the
solution.

9500 Series HBAs 9500-16i 9500-8i 9500-16e 9500-8e

Port Count 16 internal 8 internal 16 external 8 external

Connectors Two x8 SFF-8654 One x8 SFF-8654 4 x4 SFF-8644 2 x4 SFF-8644

Host Interface x8 PCIe Gen 4.0 x8 PCIe Gen 4.0 x8 PCIe Gen 4.0 x8 PCIe Gen 4.0

Storage Interface

Management Utilities

OS Support

Dimensions

Operating Conditions

Typical Power 8.9W 5.96W 8.74W 6.12W

Operating Voltage 12V ±8%; 3.3V ±9% 12V ±8%; 3.3V ±9% 12V ±8%; 3.3V ±9% 12V ±8%; 3.3V ±9%

MTBF (Calculated) > 5,000,000 hours at 40°C

Hardware Warranty 3 years 3 years 3 years 3 years

Regulatory Certifications

12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA,
Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe)

• LSI Storage Authority (LSA)

• StorCLI (command-line interface)

• HII (UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure)

Microsoft Windows, VMware vSphere/ESXi, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Citrix XenServer,
CentOS Linux, Debian Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Fedora, FreeBSD.
See www.broadcom.com/support/download-search for details on versions.

9500-16i/8i: 6.127 in. × 2.712 in. (155.65 mm × 68.90 mm)
9500-16e/8e: 6.600 in. × 2.712 in. (167.65 mm × 68.90 mm)

Operating: 0°C to 55°C, 5% to 90% non-condensing
Storage: −45°C to +105°C, 5% to 95% non-condensing

USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B, class B); Canada (ICES -003, Class B); Taiwan (CNS 13438); Japan (VCCI V-3);
Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22); Korea (RRA no 2013-24 and 25); Europe (EN55022/EN55024); Safety: EN/
IEC/UL 60950; RoHS; WEEE

12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA,
Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe)

12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA,
Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe)

12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA,
Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe)

Ordering Information

Single Pack 05-50077-02 05-50077-03 05-50075-00 05-50075-01

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BC-0510EN February 14, 2020