The ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb Internal HBA is a high performance PCIe 4.0 host bus adapters for internal storage connectivity in ThinkSystem servers. It integrates the latest enhancements SAS technology and offer 16 lanes of 12 Gbps SAS. With a custom compact form-factor design, this adapters is designed to be cabled to an onboard PCIe 4.0 x8 port on the server and not occupy a standard PCIe slot.
PCIe 4.0 x8 host interface
12 Gbps SAS/SATA host bus adapter, based on the Broadcom SAS3816 IOC design
Custom form-factor, designed to not consume a standard PCIe slot
16x 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports for connectivity to 16 internal drives
Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
One x8 HD Mini-SAS connector to the host (SFF-8654 x8)
Four x4 HD Mini-SAS connectors to backplanes (SFF-8654 x4)
Non-RAID (JBOD mode) support for SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs (RAID not supported)
Support internal SAS tape drives
Optimized for SSD performance
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
