Chapter 1 Introduction; Overview; About This Add-On Card; Key Features - Supermicro AOC-S3908L-H8iR User Manual

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Overview

Congratulations on purchasing your add-on card from an acknowledged leader in
the industry. Supermicro products are designed with the utmost attention to detail
to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.
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About this Add-on Card

The Supermicro AOC-S3908L-H8iR, AOC-S3908L-H8iR-16DD, AOC-S3908L-
H8iR-32DD, AOC-S3916L-H16iR and AOC-S3916L-H16iR-32DD are the most
technologically-advanced, cost-effective, and reliable SAS MegaRAID adapters in
today's market. With the Broadcom 3908 or 3916 SAS controller, eight or 16 12Gb/s
SAS connectors, and a low-profile PCIe Gen4 x8 slot built in, these add-on cards
offer high-performance connectivity with enormous storage capacity to meet the
growing needs of enterprise server platforms.
With the optional SuperCap/TFM unit built-in, the add-on cards support 8GB DDR4
on-card cache at a speed of 2666MHz (maximum), providing cached data protection
during catastrophic system failures.
In addition, the embedded Broadcom SAS 3908/3916 I/O processor offers optimal
RAID performance and a PCI-Express host interface for increased I/O bandwidth.
The AOC-S3908L-H8iR, AOC-S3908L-H8iR-16DD, AOC-S3908L-H8iR-32DD,
AOC-S3916L-H16iR and AOC-S3916L-H16iR-32DD adapters deliver an intelligent
and robust RAID solution to the market.
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Key Features

The key features of this add-on card include the following:
Low profile x8 PCIe Gen4 controller
Eight internal SAS3 ports with one SlimSAS HD connector (AOC-S3908L-H8iR,
AOC-S3908L-H8iR-16DD, and AOC-S3908L-H8iR-32DD) or 16 internal SAS3
ports with two SlimSAS HD connectors (AOC-S3916L-H16iR and AOC-S3916L-
H16iR-32DD)
Hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6,10, 50, and 60 supported
Chapter 1
Introduction
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Chapter 1: Overview

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