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LSI SAS 9207-4i4e PCI Express to 6Gb/s SAS HBA User Guide
October 2014 Operating System Support
3.2 SAS-2 Interface
The LSI SAS 2308 controller chip contains the SATA + SAS functionality for the LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA. The following
table shows the LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA 6Gb/s SAS performance.
4 Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA supports all major operating systems: Windows®, Linux® Red Hat®, Linux SUSE® Enterprise
Server (SLES), Solaris™, VMware®, and FreeBSD®. Refer to http://go.lsi.com/hbas for details on the software versions
and device driver support.
NOTE The LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA supports Oracle® Solaris 10, which provides
a built-in driver, so installation of an LSI driver is not required. For more
information on the Oracle Solaris 10 driver and installation, sign in at
the following Oracle link.
https://support.oracle.com/
Contact Oracle support for Oracle driver or software support.
5 LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA Characteristics
5.1 Flash
The LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA has onboard Flash ROM for the firmware and BIOS. The LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA provides
one 4 M x 16-bit Flash ROM for storing the firmware and BIOS.
5.2 LED
The LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA Heartbeat LED blinks green to indicate that the HBA is capable of general activity.
5.3 Connectors
This section describes the different connectors on the LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA.
PCIe Connector (EC1). The LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA supports a x8 interface. The PCIe host interface connection is
through the edge connector (EC1), which provides connections on both the top (EC1B) and bottom (EC1A) of the
board. The signal definitions and pin numbers conform to the PCIe specification.
SAS Connectors (J6 and J7). The LSI SAS 9207-4i4e HBA supports SAS connections through connector J6, which is
an SFF-8088 mini-SAS external connector, and connector J7 which is an SFF-8087 mini-SAS internal connector. The
HBA supports SAS sideband signal assignments.
Table 1 6Gb/s SAS Bandwidths
Half Duplex Full Duplex
Narrow port (one lane), 600MB/s Narrow port (one lane), 1200MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 2400MB/s Wide port (four lanes), 4800MB/s