Product Brief
Key Features
•Tri-Mode Storage Interface
−12Gb/s SAS
−6Gb/s SATA
−Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe)
•Hardware Secure Boot
•Universal Backplane Management (UBM) ready
•RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
−13,700 MBs (RAID 256K Seq Rd)
−3M IOPs (4K RAID RR)
−240K RAID 5 IOPs (4K RW)
•MegaRAID SafeStore Software for SED Key Management
•CacheVault™ flash backup
•x8 PCIe Gen 4.0 Host Interface
−Supports x8, x4, x2, x1 PCIe lanes at a transfer rate up to 16.0GT/s per lane, full duplex
−Lane and polarity reversal
•SFF-9402 Compliant Connector Pinout
•Up to 240 SAS/SATA devices
•Up to 32 NVMe devices
•Form Factor Friendly Cable Exit
MegaRAID® 9500 PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode Storage Adapters
12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe) Tri-Mode RAID Controller
Overview
Data center, cloud, and high-performance computing environments not only require large amounts of storage capacity, but also must provide the data protection, flexibility, and performance that today’s applications and end users demand. The MegaRAID 9500 Series of 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe) Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode Storage Adapters, with 16 and 8 ports, address these needs by delivering more performance and offering RAID data protection for a range of high-end server storage applications.
Based on the Broadcom SAS3916 and SAS3908 eight-lane host PCIe to SAS/SATA/PCIe RAID on Chip (RoC) controller, the 9500 series MegaRAID adapters are the first RAID adapters to offer 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.
Applications
•High-port direct-attached connectivity applications
•Enterprise databases
•Analytics applications
•Medical imaging
•Media applications
•Flexible solutions for cloud computing
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 nondisruptive 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.
MegaRAID 9500 PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode Storage Adapters
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