About The Adaptec 44300 Controller - Adaptec SCSI 58300 Installation And User Manual

About the Adaptec 44300 Controller

The Adaptec 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these
features:
Form factor
Bus compatibility
PCI bus width (max)
PCI bus speed (max)
PHYs
Connectors, internal
RAID levels
Simple Volume
Disk drives
Maximum number of disk drives
Hot spares
Enclosure support
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Automatic failover
Audible alarm
Note:
There is no separate I2C connector. See the
Reference on page 86
Internal SAS Connector
Mounting bracket
Low-profile
PCI-X
64-bit
133 MHz
4
1 x4 internal SFF-8484
SAS 1.1 connector
0, 1, 10
Yes
SAS (3.0Gbps), SATA I (1.5Gbps),
SATA II (3.0Gbps)
4 direct-attached drives or up to 128
using expanded technology
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
for details.
Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller
J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header)
3.3V PCI-X Connector
HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector
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