Introduction; About Inspur Sas3008Ir/It - Inspur 3008 Series Configuration Manual

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Introduction

This chapter describes the appearance, features, and functions of Inspur 12 G SAS
RAID controller cards. For information about 9300/9305 series, refer to the
datasheet on Broadcom website.
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About Inspur SAS3008IR/IT

Inspur SAS3008 SAS controller card is a cost-effective SAS solution designed
specifically to provide external disk storage and JBOD expansion capabilities for
servers. Refer to the figure below for its appearance.
Figure 2-1 SAS3008 SAS Controller Card
Inspur SAS3008 is an 8-port 12 G SAS controller based on Fusion-MPT™ (Message
Passing Technology) architecture with PCIe x8 interfaces and a powerful I/O
storage engine. It can transparently execute all data verification and recovery
tasks.
Moreover, Inspur SAS3008IT/IR SAS controller card supports SAS data transfer at 3
Gbit/s, 6 Gbit/s and 12 Gbit/s, and each port supports SSP, SMP, STP, and other
protocols.
Inspur SAS3008IT/IR SAS controller card features:
None of the RAID levels (Inspur SAS3008IT)
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RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10 (Inspur SAS3008IR)
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PCIe 3.0 x8 interfaces to deliver a bandwidth rate up to 8 Gbit/s
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