SAS9280-8E Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA and SAS RAID Controller

MegaRAID^® SAS 9280-8e/MegaRAID SAS 9280DE-8e
Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA and SAS RAID Controller
Product Brief
Key Features
■■ Eight external 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
■■ Two Mini-SAS external connectors
(SFF-8088)
■■ LSI SAS 2108 6Gb/s RAID-on-Chip
––800MHz PowerPC^®
■■ 512MB 800MHz DDRII cache memory
■■ Optional battery backup module
■■ RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, and 6
■■ RAID Spans 10, 50, and 60
Key Advantages
■■ Superior Performance
■■ Maximum Reads: 2,875MB/s
■■ Maximum Writes: 1,800MB/s
■■ PCI Express^® 2.0 provides faster
signaling for high bandwidth
applications
■■ Support for 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and
SAS hard drives and SSDs
■■ SafeStore^™ Encryption Services for
more secure data protection
Typical Applications
■■ Video-On-Demand
■■ Video-Surveillance
■■ Video Creation + Editing
■■ Medical Imaging
■■ High-Performance Computing
■■ Digital Content Archive and VTL
■■ Storage Appliance
■■ File, Web, Database, and Email Servers
Protect Business Critical Data with the Industry’s Most Trusted SATA+SAS.
Next-Generation SATA+SAS RAID for External Enclosures
Today’s newest external enclosure designs are based on architectures that support both SATA and
SAS drives. The MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e and 9280DE-8e, with eight external SATA+SAS ports, are
ideal for configuring these external enclosures with your choice of high-performance SAS hard
drives, high-capacity SATA hard drives or power-saving solid state drives (SSDs). With data transfer
rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e and 9280DE-8e bring users new features
and improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s
SATA+SAS generation. These feature line controllers employ the latest in RAID-on- Chip technology,
comply with the PCI Express 2.0 specification and provide additional data security using SafeStore
encryption services.
6Gb/s SAS Performance Advantage
6Gb/s SAS is designed for backward compatibility with 3Gb/s SAS as well as with 6Gb/s and
3Gb/s SATA hard drives. Regardless of the drive speed, 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers will deliver
significant performance improvements in both read and write applications as compared to their
3Gb/s predecessors. Other new features to the 6Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers include
greater signal integrity using Decision Feedback Equalization, support for more sophisticated SAS
topologies using Expander Self-discovery/ Self-configuration, and additional safeguards to enhance
data protection.
SafeStore Encryption Services
Avago is pleased to offer SafeStore encryption services, which offer instant secure erase and local
key management^* for self-encrypting drives (SEDs). This technology represents a significant step
forward in securing a drive’s data from any unauthorized access or modification resulting from
theft, loss, or repurposing of drives. Instant secure erase cryptographically erases an SED, whether
it is 73GB or 1TB, in less than a second. This allows for secure drive returns or reuse. SafeStore local
key management provides the necessary management and protection of SEDs using a simple pass
phrase, security key identifier, and security key file, which can be set and applied to all SEDs assigned
to a MegaRAID adapter. This removes the complexity of managing each SED’s unique encryption
key, and essentially relieves the administrator from most of the daily tasks of securing data.
Intuitive RAID Management Utility
The MegaRAID Management Suite^™ provides the essential software tools to efficiently manage
MegaRAID products, whether deployed in an enterprise or small business. Avago offers a collection
of applications and tools including a pre-boot setup utility and a full spectrum of online RAID
management utilities. This suite of applications allow administrators to adjust SAS topology views
from the system host, controller and disk enclosure down to the logical and physical drive level.
Extending to enterprise deployments, these tools scale to easily configure, monitor and manage
RAID volumes locally or over the LAN network.
*local key management is supported only with the 9280DE-8e