LENOVO ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA for SR250/SR530/SR550/SR570/SR590/SR630/SR650/SR670/SR635/SR645/SR655/SR665/ST50/ST250/ST550

‘The 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA supports connectivity to external tape drives and autoloaders.

The 430-8e external HBA has the following features and specifications:

• PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
  
• 12 Gbps SAS/SATA host bus adapter, based on the Broadcom SAS3408 and SAS3416 IOC design
  
• PCI low profile, half-length form factor
  
• 8x 12 Gbps External SAS/SATA ports
  
• Connectivity for up to 1024 external SAS or SATA drives
  
• Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
  
  • Supports 12, 6, or 3 Gbps SAS speeds
    
  • Supports 6 or 3 Gbps SATA speeds
  
  
• 2x External x4 HD Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8644):
  
• Support for external storage systems and tape backup units
  
• High performance architecture with very deep queue depth
  
• Advanced power management support
  
• Support for SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA protocols
  
• End-to-End CRC with Advanced Error Reporting
  
• Spread Spectrum Clocking for EMI reductions
  
• Supports 512e, 512n and 4K (when available) formatted drives
  
• Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (CoD).
  
• S.M.A.R.T. support.
  
• Configuration through
  
  • XClarity Provisioning Manager UEFI interface
    
  • XClarity Controller web interface
    
  • XClarity Administrator Configuration Patterns
    
  • StorCLI command-line interface
    
  • LSI Storage Authority (LSA) GUI interface
    
  • UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure (HII)
  
  

  Includes adapter with a full-height (3U) bracket attached and a low-profile (2U) bracket included in the box.

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