Microchip Adaptec SmartRAID 3154-24i, PCIe 3.0 x8 FCI

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows
• Red Hat Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Debian Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• Solaris
• FreeBSD
• VMware ESXi
• Citrix XenServer

For a detailed list see ASK Answer ID 17449.

CPU Architecture

• Intel
• AMD
• Cavium ThunderX2 (ARM)

Benefits

• Ideal for enabling 12 Gbps storage capabilities in performance-hungry server and workstation platforms, without compromising proven Microsemi reliability
• Provides high I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing solutions that reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs
• Accelerates storage with up to 4 GB of highspeed DRAM cache with integrated cache protection (SmartRAID 315x SKUs only)

Key RAID Features

• maxCache 4.0 caching software (all SmartRAID 315x products with cache protection)
• Mixed mode allows devices connected to the same adapter to be used in RAID and HBA modes simultaneously
• Adapter dynamic power management to save up to 30% power
• Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders
• Support for native 4K sector SAS and SATA devices in addition to 512-byte sector devices
• RAID ADM through triple mirroring, move array, and split mirroring
• Quick initialization
• Online capacity expansion
• Copyback hot spare
• Dynamic caching algorithm
• Native command queuing (NCQ)
• Background initialization
• Hot-plug drive support
• RAID level migration
• Hot spares—global, dedicated, and pooled
• Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
• SES and SGPIO enclosure management
• Configurable stripe size
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• BMC support
• Dynamic sector repair
• Staggered drive spin-up
• Bootable array support
• Support for tape devices, autoloaders
• Smart PQI driver with multip queue and MSI-X support for all device drivers for all supported operating systems
• Secure boot support for the uEFI host BIOS
• USB image available on storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/start to boot maxView GUI from any USB device for enhanced GUI-based setup and offline maintenance

Management Utilities

• maxView Storage Manager
• Web based GUI Management utility
• OS Support: Windows, Linux, VMware
• Remote configuration, monitoring & notification
• Remote firmware updates
• SMI-S Support
• SMTP
• ARCCONF
• Command-line interface
• BIOS Configuration Utility (CTRL+A)
• Legacy configuration utility
• Flashable BIOS support
• uEFI BIOS Configuration Utility
• Flashable BIOS support
• HII GUI support
• ROM-based uEFI BIOS Configuration Utilities
• HII-based pre-boot GUI configuration utility
• Arcconf CLI for uEFI shell
• Flashable BIOS support

Data Transfer Rate

12 Gbps per port

Bus System Interface

8-lane PCIe Gen3

Form Factor

MD2 – Low Profile