Overview Flexibility best summarizes the
features of the SAS 8888ELP.
With selectable connectors, one
card serves three deployment
needs. Users can choose two
connectors: two internal, two
external or one each. System
builders can attach up to 240
disks; choose high performance
SAS disks or high capacity SATA
drives – or a combination of
both – for greater system design
flexibility. Finally, this
adapter features a replaceable
DDR II 256MB mini DIMM cache
module, with two battery backup
options. An investment in the
8888ELP brings piece of mind,
with its unique ability to
operate with both internal or
external disk equipment.
RAID 6, Advanced Data
Protection
The 8888ELP supports all key
RAID levels including RAID 6and
60. RAID 6 tolerates two
simultaneous failures, and thus
the ability to manage
unrecoverable media errors
during rebuilds. This is
particularly useful when using
lots of high-capacity,
lower-cost SATA disk drives.
Check consistency and Patrol
Read, advanced background sentry
services that find and fix bad
media blocks on disk drives,
offer critical business
applications unparalleled data
protection capabilities.
Performance
The MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP is
designed to excel in both high
I/O transaction and high
bandwidth processing. With an
integrated 500MHz PowerPC and
industry leading 667MHz write
cache, and x8 PCI express, the
8888ELP delivers impressive
performance numbers – over 1.5
GB/s throughput – allowing
steaming video or data backup
applications run faster than
ever with 1MB stripe
configurations.
Key MegaRAID features
include:
- RAID levels 0, 1, 5 & 6
- RAID spans 10, 50 & 60
- Check consistency for
background data integrity
- Patrol Read for media
scanning and repairing
- Up to 64TB LUN support
Features
- 8 SAS/SATA compatible ports
- Two selectable SAS / SATA connectors
- Two internal mini-SAS 4i connectors (8087)
- Two external mini-SAS 4x connectors (8088)
- 3 Gb/s throughput per SAS / SATA port
- Fits PCI Express slot, x4 or x8
- 667Mhz DDRII cache (128MB)
- Optional battery backup module
- Connect up to 16 intermixed SAS and SATA devices within the same array
- RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 6
- RAID Spans 10, 50 and 60
- Auto-resume on array rebuild
- Auto resume array reconstruction
- Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
- RAID Level Migration (RLM))
- Create 64 logical volumes
- Up to 64TB LUN support
- Comprehensive management tools
- LED fault indicator header
- Audible alarm circuit
- LSISAS1078 RAID on Chip
- 500MHz PowerPC
- Hardware RAID 5 & 6 engines
Benefits
- Advanced features to protect data
- High-perfromance architecture reduces IO bottlenecks
- Unifed management application (MSM) simplifies monitoring and management
MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP Product Brief
Products and Ordering Part Numbers
- LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP KIT
- Individually packaged box with LSI 8888ELP HBA, CD containing
drivers, one MiniSAS to SAS internal cable,
low-profile bracket, and quick installation guide
- Part Number: LSI00142 (comes with 512MB cache)
- Part Number: LSI00155 (comes with 256MB cache)
- LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP BULK
- Bulk pack containing LSISAS8888ELP HBA w/512MB
