Broadcom (LSI) 9300-8E SAS3 HBA PCIe3.0 x8 LP Adapter (FC EKAD and EKED)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for feature code (FC) EKAD and EKED adapters.
Overview
The Broadcom (LSI) 9300-8E SAS3 HBA PCIe3.0 x8 LP Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3) x8 adapter. The adapter can be used in either a x8 or x16 PCIe slot in the system. The adapter has two external mini-SAS high-density (HD) x4 connectors for high-performance storage connectivity.
Figure 1. Broadcom (LSI) 9300-8E SAS3 HBA PCIe3.0
x8 LP Adapter
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 01EM634 (AOC-SAS3-9300-8E) (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe3 x8
- Slot requirement
- For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
- Supported Systems
- POWER8® processor-based systems
- 8001-12C (FC EKAD)
- 8001-22C (FC EKED)
- Voltage
- 3.3V, 12 V
- Form factor
- Short, low-profile
- Maximum number
- For details about the maximum number of adapters that are supported, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
- Attributes provided
- Port independent auto-negotiation
- Supports 122 devices (HBA only)
- Power management support
- Supports 3.0 Gb/s, 6.0 Gb/s and 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
- Cables
- Attach any necessary cables to the add-on card.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website.
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little-endian, for Power, or later
- Ubuntu 16.04.1, or later
- Ubuntu 14.04.5, or later
- For support details, see the Linux Alert website.
- The latest version of the device driver or iprutils can be downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website.
- The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities may be downloaded from Fix Central.