The low-profile MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP addresses the growing demand for RAID in high-density rack-mount chassis environments. With support for both SAS and SATA II drives, the eight-port MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP provides greater deployment flexibility with support for up to 16 devices using SAS expanders. Offering data transfer rates of up to 3Gb/s per port, a PCI Express host interface, 128MB DDR SDRAM, a high-performance I/O processor, and remote battery backup support, the MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP delivers the performance and availability required by enterprise class applications. Additional high-availability features include support for all key RAID levels, Online Capacity Expansion (OCE), RAID Level Migration (RLM) and Patrol Read.

• Eight internal SAS/SATA ports
  • Two x4 SFF 8087 connectors
• 3 Gb/s throughput per port
• RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50
• Greater than 2TB array support
• Intel® IOP333 I/O Processor
• PCI Express 1.1 compliant
  • 2.5 Gb/s per lane
  • x4 lane width
• 128MB DDR 333MHz SDRAM on board
• Optional remote intelligent BBU (iBBU)
• Advanced data integrity and recovery
• Enhanced error handling and reporting
• FlexRAID®:
  • Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
  • Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
• Comprehensive management and configuration utilities
• SAS expander support
  • (16 disk support)

• Low-profile form factor for rackmount servers
• Flexibility to use SAS or SATA II drives
• PCI Express host interface for increased bandwidth
• 128MB cache with optional remote battery backup

Products and Ordering Part Numbers

• LSI MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP BULK
  • Bulk pack LSI 8308ELP card only.

• LSI MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP KIT
  • Individually packaged box with LSI 8308ELP HBA, CD containing drivers, 2x SFF-8087 to SFF-8082 29-pin SAS drives fanout cable, low-profile bracket, and quick installation guide
  • Part Number: LSI0051-F