Feature: 1. 8 PORTS: High performance LSI SAS 3008 eight port controller supporting eight internal 12Gb/s SATA+SAS ports. 2. PCIE 3.0 INTERFACE: SATA expansion card adopts PCIe 3.0 interface and supports 8 channel full duplex performance with 12Gb/s data transfer rate. 3. SATA SAS SUPPORT: The LSI SAS 3008 controller card supports 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SATA and SAS link rates for a wide range of storage devices. 4. MINI SAS HD CONNECTORS: The LSI 9300 8i RAID controller card provides two x4 internal mini SAS HD connectors (SFF 8643) that support passive copper, active copper, and optical connections. 5. RAID SUPPORT: The SATA expansion card supports integrated RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 1E) for expanding up to 1024 SATA or SAS end devices. Specification: Item Type: HBA SAS 9300 8i RAID Controller Card Material: Copper, Aluminum Model: HBA SAS 9300 8i Connector: Mini SAS HD SFF8643Two (x4) Internal Connectors IO Controller: LSI SAS3008 SAS Bandwidth: Half Duplex (x8 Wide Bus) 9600MB/s Connector Type: Mini SAS HD SFF8643 Port Configuration: Eight Internal 3.0 SATA/SAS ports Number of Ports: Eight Ports, Internal Bus Interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 Data Transfer Rate: 12Gb/s PCI Data Burst Transfer Rate: Half Duplex x8,PCle3.0,8000MB/s Number of Devices: Expander Expansion Supports up to 1024 Devices MTBF: Greater than 2,800.000 Hours Operating System Support: for Windows, for Linux(for SuSe, for Red Hat),for Solaris, for VMware, for FreeBSD, Backwards Compatible with Previous SAS and PCle Generations Through, Automatic Negotiation, And Provide SAS Data Transfer Rates of 12.6. and 3 Gb/s per lane, and 3 Gb/s per lane. and 3 Gb/s per lane, and SATA data transfer rates of 6 and 3Gb/s per lane.. Package List: 1 x SATA Expansion Card1 x Short Baffle