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Product Brief
Applications
• High-port count SAS/SATA/NVMe
controllers for direct attached high
connectivity applications
• Tri-Mode connectivity enabling
maximum data center flexibility
• Flexible solutions for cloud
computing
• External storage requiring high
connectivity SAS/SATA interface
for host or drive side connect
Key Features
• Tri-Mode Storage Interface Ports
− SFF-8680 Bay
− x1 SAS
− x1 SATA
− x2 SAS (Multi Link)
− Two x1 SAS (Dual port using
MPIO)
− SFF-8639 (U.2) Bay
− x2*, x4 NVMe
• Supports 12, 6, and 3Gb/s SAS and
6, 3Gb/s SATA data transfer rates
MegaRAID® 9400
Series Tri-Mode
Storage Adapters
12Gb/s SAS/SATA/NVMe
Tri-Mode PCIe RAID Controllers
Industry’s First Hardware RAID adapter with
Tri-Mode SerDes Technology
Broadcom enables high performance storage connectivity and flexible system
designs that support any combination of NVMe, SAS and SATA devices
with the industry’s first hardware RAID adapter with Tri-Mode SerDes. The
MegaRAID 9400 series of adapters expands on the industry-leading family of
12Gb/s storage adapters from Broadcom with 8 and 16 port internal, external
and combination Tri-Mode port options.
NVMe Performance Gains for Storage
The MegaRAID Tri-Mode storage adapters bring NVMe performance benefits
to the storage tier by providing connectivity and data protection that
MegaRAID technology has oered for over 20 years for SAS/SATA interfaces.
Based on the dual-core SAS3516 or SAS3508 RAID on Chip (ROC) and
72-bit DDR4-2133 SDRAM, these controllers provide bandwidth and IOPS
performance increases compared to the previous generation and are ideal
for high-end servers utilizing internal storage or connecting to large-scale
external storage enclosures.
MegaRAID 9400 Series Tri-Mode Controllers
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Key Features (Cont.)
• Up to 8 storage interface PCIe
links. Each link supporting x4 or
x2* link widths up to 8.0 GT/s (PCIe
Gen3) per lane
• SFF-9402 Compliant, Connector
Pin-out
• SFF-8485 Compliant, SGPIO
• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60
• CacheVault flash back-up at
power fail
− Supports bad block management
• PCIe 3.1 Host Interface
− Supports x8, x4, x2, x1 PCIe lanes
at a transfer rate up to 8.0 GT/s
per lane, full duplex
− Lane and polarity reversal
− Variable PCIe bandwidth
negotiation
Product Brief
Endless design flexibility using Tri-Mode Controllers
Broadcom’s Tri-Mode SerDes Technology enables operation of NVMe,
SAS, or SATA storage devices in a single drive bay. A single controller can
operate in all three modes concurrently servicing NVMe, SAS, or SATA
drives. The controller negotiates between the 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 controller, users can expand
beyond SAS/SATA and use NVMe without major changes to other system
configurations.
x4 NVMe
x4 NVMe
x4
x4
8639
8639
8680
8680
8680
8680
8680
8680
8680
8680
NVMe
x4 / x2
SAS x1 / x2
SATA x1
16 Bay mid-plane
Multifunction SFF-8639 68 pins
MultiLink SAS-8680 43 pins
MegaRAID 9400 Series Tri-Mode Controllers
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MegaRAID 9400 Series
9460-16i 9460-8i 9480-8i8e 9440-8i
Ports 16 internal 8 internal 8 internal/8 external 8 internal
Connectors Four (x4) SFF-8643 Two (x4) SFF-8643
Storage Interface
Support
Max PCIe (NVMe)
Direct Attach
Devices
Max Devices
Per Controller*
Cache Memory 4 GB 2133MHz DDR4 SDRAM 2 GB 2133MHz DDR4 SDRAM 4 GB 2133MHz DDR4 SDRAM N/A
I/O Processor /
SAS Controller
Host Bus Type PCIe 3.1 x8 PCIe 3.1 x8 PCIe 3.1 x8 PCIe 3.1 x8
Cache
Protection
Key RAID Data
Protection
Features
SAS, SATA, PCIe (NVMe)
Four x4, Eight x2* Two x4, Four x2* Two x4, Four x2 (internal only) Two x4, Four x2*
SAS/SATA: 255
NVMe: 24*
SAS3516 SAS3508 SAS3516 SAS3408
CacheVault
CVPM05
• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6***
• RAID spans 10, 50, and 60***
• SDS Personality with EPD** and JBOD
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
• Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
• Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild
or reconstruction (RLM)
• Single controller Multipathing
• Load Balancing
• Configurable stripe size up to 1MB
• Fast initialization for quick array setup
• Check Consistency for background data integrity
• SSD Support with SSD Guard™ technology
• Patrol read for media scanning and repairing
SAS/SATA: 255
NVMe: 24*
CacheVault
CVPM05
Two (x4) SFF-8643,
Two (x4) SFF-8644
SAS/SATA: 255
NVMe: 24*
CacheVault
CVPM05
• 64 virtual drive support (32 for 9440)
• DDF compliant Configuration on Disk (COD)
• S.M.A.R.T support
• Global and dedicated Hot Spare with Revertible Hot
Spare support
-Automatic rebuild
-Enclosure anity
-Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays
• Enclosure management
-SES (inband)
-SGPIO (sideband)
• DataBolt bandwidth optimizer technology support
for compatible expander-based enclosures
• Shield state drive diagnostic technology
Two SFF-8643
SAS/SATA: 63
NVMe: 24*
N/A
Product Brief
Physical
Dimensions
Typical Power 17.02W 14.16W 17.71W 10.05W
Airflow 250LFM @ 55°C 250LFM @ 55°C 250LFM @ 55°C 200LFM @ 55°C
Operating
Conditions
MTBF
(Calculated)
Operating Voltage +12V +/-8%; 3.3V +/-9%
Hardware
Warranty
Management
Software
Regulatory
Certifications
OS Support
6.127” x 2.712”
(155.65 mm x 68.90 mm)
Operating:
10°C to 55°C
20 to 80% non-condensing
>3,000,000 hours at 40°C
3 years; with advanced replacement option
LSI Storage Authority (LSA)
StorCLI (command-line interface), HII (UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure)
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 & 25); Europe (EN55022/EN55024); Safety: EN/IEC/
UL 60950; RoHS; WEEE
Microsoft Windows. Contact Oracle support for Oracle Solaris driver or software support.
See www.broadcom.com/support/download-search for details on versions.
6.127” x 2.712”
(155.65 mm x 68.90 mm)
6.600” x 2.712”
( 167.65mm x 68.90mm)
Storage:
-45°C to 105°C
5 to 95% non-condensing
6.127” x 2.712”
(155.65 mm x 68.90 mm)
Ordering Information
Single Pack 05-50011-00 05-50011-02 05-50031-00 05-50008-02
CVPM05 05-50039-00 05-50039-00 05-50039-00 N/A
*Feature available at a later release
**See MegaRAID Software Users Guide and MegaRAID and HBA Tri-Mode Storage Adapters User Guide for more information on supported drive profiles.
***Not applicable to the 9440-8i adapter
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