Led Management; Tri-Mode Storage Interface Features; Adapter Characteristics - Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 940-16i 8GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Installation And User Manual

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LED Management

The adapter offers LED management support for SAS/SATA backplanes and (PCIe) NVMe backplanes. External connect
adapters offer enclosure LED management support for enclosure implementations through SES.
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Tri-Mode Storage Interface Features

The adapter's storage interface supports concurrent operation with SAS, SATA, and PCIe (NVMe) devices to provide a
fully functional solution for any storage environment.
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PCIe (NVMe) interface features:
– Up to sixteen x1, eight x2, or four x4 NVMe direct-attach drive support
–
Data transfer at 16 GT/s, 8 GT/s, 5 GT/s, and 2.5 GT/s
– Independent resets and configuration
– Common reference clock and separate reference clock independent SSC (SRIS) support
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SAS features:
– SAS data transfers at 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s, and 3Gb/s
– DataBolt technology on all SAS phys to improve performance
–
Serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level storage interface
– Wide ports that contain multiple phys
– Narrow ports that contain a single phy
– SAS phy power management
–
Data transfer by using SCSI information units
– T10 data protection management
– Support for persistent connection capability
–
Support for SPL-3 initiate close capability
– Configurable Rx and Tx polarity inversion
– Configurable phy-to-disk mapping
– Configurable SSC
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SATA interface features:
– SATA and STP data transfers at 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s
– Addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander
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Adapter Characteristics

The adapter is a 6.02 in. × 2.67 in. (153 mm × 67.7 mm) board. The following figure shows the connectors and LED
locations on the adapter.
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