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Preface
About this Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC
users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8IR add-on card to
their system.
Product Features
The AOC-USAS2-L8i add-on card offers the following features:
• UIO Form Factor
• Dual Internal "ipass" cable ports
• Multiple LED Activity/Failure indicators
• Supports LSI SAS 2008 standard with LSISAS 2008 SAS controller
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10
• Supports MegaRAID Storage Manager software
• Supports 3.0 and 6.0 Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
• 8-port (internal), 6Gb/s per port
• Supports 63 devices
• Double the performance compare with SWR5
• Automatically negotiates PCI-E (1.x and 2.x) link widths
• Power management support
• Port independent auto-negotiation
• Supports SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols
• Zoning capability w/ SAS2 expanders
• Processor at 525 MHZ
• Dimensions: 4.376" x 6.6 " (H x L)
The AOC-USAS2-L8e add-on card offers the following features:
• UIO Form Factor
• Dual Internal "ipass" cable ports
• Multiple LED Activity/Failure indicators
• Supports LSI SAS 2008 standard with LSISAS 2008 SAS controller
• HBA – No RAID
• Supports MegaRAID Storage Manager software
• Supports 3.0 and 6.0 Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
• 8-port (internal), 6Gb/s per port
• Supports 122 devices - HBA only
• Double the performance compare with SWR5
• Automatically negotiates PCI-E (1.x and 2.x) link widths