Adaptec RAID 78165 The Adaptec by PMC 78165 SAS/SATA 6Gb/s PCIe Gen3 RAID adapter is the industry’s only low profile MD2 form factor solution with 24 native ports. Operating System Microsoft Windows Red Hat Linux SUSE Linux Fedora Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux Sun Solaris FreeBSD VMware ESX Benefits Ideal for entry-level server to high-end server platforms and high-performance workstations without compromising robust 6Gb/s performance and proven Adaptec reliability. Features • Optimized Disk Utilization • Supported RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 • HBA Mode and Simple Volume Mode for automatic deployment • Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders • Hybrid RAID 1 & 10 • Quick initialization • Online Capacity Expansion • Copyback Hot Spare • Dynamic caching algorithm • Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • Background initialization • Hot-plug drive support • RAID Level Migration • Hot spares - global, dedicated, and pooled • Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares • SES and SAF-TE enclosure management • Configurable stripe size • S.M.A.R.T. support • Multiple arrays per disk drive • Dynamic sector repair • Staggered drive spin-up • Bootable array support • Support for Tape Devices, Autoloaders Management Utilities Software • Adaptec maxView Storage Manager • Web based GUI Management Utility • OS Support: Windows, Linux, Solaris VMware • Remote configuration, monitoring & notification • Remote firmware updates • SMI-S Support • SNMP, SMTP ARCCONF • Command Line Interface • SMI-S support for VMware Adaptec BIOS Configuration Utility (ACU) • BIOS level configuration utility • Flashable BIOS support Adaptec uEFI BIOS Configuration Utility • HII based confi guration utility • Flashable BIOS support Data Transfer Rate 6 Gb/s per port Bus System Interface 8-lane PCIe Gen3 Cache Memory 1024MB Connector Configuration Two internal mini SAS HD (SFF-8643), Four external mini SAS HD (SFF-8644) Physical Size 2.535"H x 6.6"L (64mm x 167mm)