Dell Precision 7920 Tower Owners Manual - Page 93

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Key Features: • Tri-Mode SerDes Technology enables the operation of NVMe, SAS or SATA devices in a single drive bay, allowing for endless design flexibility • Supports 12, 6, and 3 Gb/s SAS and 6, 3 Gb/s SATA data transfer rates • Up to 8 PCIe links. Each link supporting x4, x2, or x1 link widths, supporting 8.0 GT/s (PCIe Gen3) per lane • SFF-9402 Compliant, Connector Pin-out • SFF-8485 Compliant, SGPIO • Fits into rack-mounted servers with low-profile form factor and side-mounted SAS connectors • Support critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCIe 3.1 connectivity • CacheVault flash back-up at power fail. Supports bad block management • Balance protection and performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 Table 4. Features of MegaRAID 9440-8i and 9460-16i controller Ports Connectors Storage Interface Support 9440-8i 8 internal 2 x SFF8643 SATA: Eight x1 SAS: One x8, Two x4, Four x2, Eight x1 NVMe: Two x4, Four x2, Four x1 Max Devices Per Controller SAS/SATA: 64 NVMe: 4 Cache Memory I/O Processor / SAS Controller Host Bus Type Cache Protection N/A SAS3408 PCIe 3.1 x8 N/A 9460-16i 16 internal 4 x SFF8643 x4 SATA: Sixteen x1 SAS: Two x8, Four x4, Eight x2, Sixteen x1 NVMe: Four x4, Eight x2, Eight x1 SAS/SATA: 240 NVMe: 24 4 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 SDRAM SAS3516 PCIe 3.1 x8 CacheVault CVPM05 Technology and components 93

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Key Features:
Tri-Mode SerDes Technology enables the operation of NVMe, SAS or SATA devices in a single drive bay, allowing for endless design
flexibility
Supports 12, 6, and 3 Gb/s SAS and 6, 3 Gb/s SATA data transfer rates
Up to 8 PCIe links. Each link supporting x4, x2, or x1 link widths, supporting 8.0 GT/s (PCIe Gen3) per lane
SFF-9402 Compliant, Connector Pin-out
SFF-8485 Compliant, SGPIO
Fits into rack-mounted servers with low-profile form factor and side-mounted SAS connectors
Support critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCIe 3.1 connectivity
CacheVault flash back-up at power fail. Supports bad block management
Balance protection and performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Table 4. Features of MegaRAID 9440-8i and 9460-16i controller
9440-8i
9460-16i
Ports
8 internal
16 internal
Connectors
2 x SFF8643
4 x SFF8643 x4
Storage Interface Support
SATA: Eight x1
SAS: One x8, Two x4, Four x2, Eight x1
NVMe: Two x4, Four x2, Four x1
SATA: Sixteen x1
SAS: Two x8, Four x4, Eight x2, Sixteen x1
NVMe: Four x4, Eight x2, Eight x1
Max Devices Per Controller
SAS/SATA: 64
NVMe: 4
SAS/SATA: 240
NVMe: 24
Cache Memory
N/A
4 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 SDRAM
I/O Processor / SAS Controller
SAS3408
SAS3516
Host Bus Type
PCIe 3.1 x8
PCIe 3.1 x8
Cache Protection
N/A
CacheVault
CVPM05
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