Broadcom MegaRAID 9540-8i - 12Gb/s SAS, Serial ATA - PCI Express 4.0 x8 - Full-height - Plug-in Card - RAID Supported - 0, 00, 1, 10 RAID Level - 1 x 8 SFF-8654 - 8 Total SAS Port(s) - 8 SAS Port(s) Internal - Linux, PC - Windows, VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Citrix XenServer, Debian Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Fedora, FreeBSD OS, ... Supported Operating System
The MegaRAID 9500 series is the industry's first PCIe Gen 4.0 RAID adapter family, offering PCIe Gen 4.0 host and storage interfaces. The MegaRAID 9540-8i adapter, based on the SAS3808 PCIe 4.0 x8 IO Controller (IOC) device, delivers twice the performance of previous generations.
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) deploying entry-level server platforms and workstations need affordable, reliable storage solutions. The MegaRAID 9540-8i Tri-Mode Storage Adapter is a PCIe Gen 4.0 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe) controller card that addresses these needs by delivering proven performance and RAID data protection for a range of critical applications.
The adapters' Tri-Mode SerDes technology negotiates between speeds and protocols to seamlessly to enable the operation of NVMe, SAS or SATA devices in a single drive bay getting the most performance and flexibility out of any drive protocol.
