Chapter 1: Overview
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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
Congratulations on purchasing your add-on card from an acknowledged leader in
the industry. Supermicro products are designed with the utmost attention to detail
to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.
1-2 About this Add-on Card (Used for IR mode support)
The Supermicro AOC-S3008L-L8i is the most cost-effective internal SAS RAID
Adapter in today's market. With the Avago 3008 SAS controller, eight 12Gb/s SAS
connectors, and a low-profile PCI-E Gen. 3 x8 slot built in, this add-on card offers
high-performance connectivity with enormous storage capacity to meet the growing
needs of high-end server platforms.
Featuring the Avago SAS 3008 I/O pressor with Fusion-MPT (Message Passing
Technology) support, the AOC-S3008L-L8i offers optimal RAID performance, and
a PCI-E host interface with increased I/O bandwidth, delivering an intelligent and
robust RAID solution to the market. For more information regarding product sup-
port or updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/products/
accessories/addon/AOC-S3008L-L8i.cfm.
1-3 Key Features
The key features of this add-on card include the following:
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Standard PCI-E Gen3 x8 lanes host interface
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Eight internal SAS3 ports w/two mini SAS HD cabling
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Avago SAS 3008 SAS-3.0 controller
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Supports RAID 0, 1, and 10
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Onboard hardware I/O processor at 1.2 GHz
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Software RAID supports up to 63 devices
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Low profile PCI-E support
