Introduction

The ThinkSystem RAID 930-8e External RAID Adapter is a high-performance 12 Gbps SAS RAID-on-chip (ROC) adapter for connectivity to external disk enclosures. The adapter comes standard with 4 GB of cache, supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6 and 60, and includes an extensive list of RAS and management features.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem RAID 930-8e adapter and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the external RAID adapter and consider its use in IT solutions.

Ports & interfaces

Supported storage drive interfaces

SAS, Serial ATA

Host interface

PCI Express x8

PCI Express slots version

3.0

Internal mini-SAS HD ports

2

Performance

RAID levels

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

SSD support

Y

Internal memory

4096 MB

JBOD function

Y

S.M.A.R.T. support

Y

Certification

FCC Part 15 Class A Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22) Canada (ICES-003 Class B) Europe (EN55022/EN55024) Japan (VCCI V-3) Korea (RRA no 2013-24 & 25) RoHS compliant EN/IEC/UL 60950 Taiwan (CNS 13438) USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B) WEEE

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

10 - 55 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 70 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

20 - 90%

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

5 - 95%