LSI SAS 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter in the IBM Elastic Storage Server (FC ESA5)

Overview

The LSI 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3), SAS 4-port 12 Gb/s Adapter. The LSI 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter is a single-chip low-profile adapter that provides up to 16 direct external drive connections or full scalability using expanders. The adapter is capable of over 1.5 million input/output operations per second (IOPS) and delivers the performance and scalability that is needed for critical applications. For a graphic of the adapter, see Figure 1.

Figure 1. LSI 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter

Specifications

Item

Description

Adapter FRU number

01DH561 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)

I/O bus architecture

PCIe3 x8

Slot requirement

One PCIe x8 slot

Three FC ESA5 adapters are required for 5148-22L systems

FC ESA5 is installed in slots P1-C2, P1-C3, and P1-C11

Cables

3 M 12 Gb/s SAS cables with universal key

Supported Systems

IBM Elastic Storage Server

• 5148-22L and 8247-22L

Voltage

3.3 V, 12 V

Form factor

Short, with full-height tailstock

Maximum number

A maximum of three FC ESA5 adapters in the IBM Elastic Storage Server

Attributes provided

Connects up to 1024 SAS and SATA devices with 16 external 12 Gb/s SAS ports

Provides maximum connectivity and performance for external JBOD and external RAID enclosures

Capable of achieving more than 1.5 million IOPS for performance-sensitive applications

Operating system or partition requirements