The Lenovo ThinkSystem 43-8e and 43-16e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBAs are high performance host bus adapters for external storage connectivity in ThinkSystem servers. The 43-8e provides two x4 external mini-SAS HD connectors with eight lanes of 12 Gbps SAS. The 43-16e provides four x4 external mini-SAS HD connectors with 16 lanes of 12 Gbps SAS.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem external HBAs and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the HBAs and consider their use in IT solutions.
- PCIe 3. x8 host interface
- 12 Gbps SAS/SATA host bus adapter, based on the Broadcom SAS348 and SAS3416 IOC design
- PCI low profile, half-length form factor
- External 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports:
- 43-8e: 8 SAS/SATA ports
- 43-16e: 16 SAS/SATA ports
- Connectivity for up to 512 external SAS or SATA drives (future planned support for an upper limit of 124 drives)
- Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
- Supports 12, 6, or 3 Gbps SAS speeds
- Supports 6 or 3 Gbps SATA speeds
- External x4 HD Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8644):
- 43-8e: 2 external connectors
- 43-16e: 4 external connectors
- 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)
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