Supermicro AOC-S3108L-H8IR Broadcom 3108 SAS3 Raid Controller 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

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AOC-S3108L-H8IR

 

  1. Broadcom 3108 8-port PCI-E SAS-3 controller
  2. 8-port (8 internal) 12Gb/s per port
  3. Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 or JBOD mode, doesn't support NVMe
  4. Supports up to 240 HDD, in details:
    • The max# of PD (physical drive) support per controller - 240
    • The max# of VD (virtual drive) support per controller - 64
    • The max# of hot-spares support per controller - 240
    • The max# of PD support in RAID VD - 32
    • The max# spans support per virtual drive - 8
  5. On board hardware IO Processor
  6. 2GB 1866MHz DDR3 on-card cache
  7. Advanced array configuration and management utilities
  8. Automatically negotiates PCI-E link widths
  9. Work in Legacy and UEFI mode
  10. Power management support
  11. Supports 1.5, 3.0, 6.0 and 12Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
  12. Port independent auto-negotiation
  13. Supports SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols
  14. Support SNMP
  15. Optional Supercap/TFM Unit for cached data protection BTR-TFM8G-LSICVM02 installed on BKT-BBU-BRACKET-05
  16. OS Support : Windows (2012, Server 2016 , Server 2019, 8 and 8.1), Linux RHEL, Ubuntu and SUSE
  17. Uses 2 MiniSAS HD (SFF-8643) connectors
  18. Operating Temp: 10° to 55°C
  19. FH bracket: Prefer BKT-0174L or can use BKT-0066L
  20. HH Bracket: Prefer BKT-0173L or can use BKT-0065L
  21. Cables:
    • CBL-SAST-0811 - Internal Mini-SAS HD-4 SATA (RA),12G,INT,50/50/60/70,70CM SB,30AWG
    • CBL-SAST-0699 - Internal Mini-SAS HD-4 SATA,12G,INT,75/75/90/90CM,75CM SB,28/30AWG,Ro
    • CBL-SAST-0616 - Internal Mini-SAS HD to 4 SATA 50CM, S, w/50cm SB
    • CBL-SAST-0532 - Internal Mini-SAS HD to Mini-SAS HD 50cm,30AWG,12Gb/s
    • CBL-SAST-0531 - Internal Mini-SAS HD to Mini-SAS HD 80cm,30AWG,12Gb/s
    • CBL-SAST-0507-02 Internal Mini-SAS to Mini-SAS HD 80cm w/ SB, 30AWG
    • CBL-SAST-0508-02 - Internal Mini-SAS to Mini-SAS HD 50cm w/ SB, 30AWG
  22. Dimensions:
    • H x L 2.71" x 6.6"
    • Weight 0.5 lbs

FAQ:

  1. Broadcom 3108 supports AES 256bits.
  2. Safestore for SED:
    • RAID controller AOC-S3108L-H8iR supports SED drives.
    • AOC-SED-LSI00268 is the Safestore part number. You would need to purchase Safestore Software to manage the drives.
  3. Boot from 4Kn drives:
    • Boot from the VD with 4Kn drives is possible, but you will need change BIOS settings from "LEGACY" to "UEFI"
    • BIOS >> boot >> from dual to UEFI. The UEFI setting allows to boot from the VD, whether it is created with 4Kn sector drive or 512 sector drive
  4. CacheCade:
    • The part number for CacheCade is AOC-CHCD-PRO2-ESW
    • If a Virtual Drive (VD) is made up of disk drives with 4Kn (4Kn native) disk drives, then CacheCade cannot be used.
    • Also, CacheCade volumes cannot be created using 4Kn drives.
    • Maximum CacheCade Capacity per Controller up to 2TB - 2TB supported only with Controllers with 2GB DRAM Cache equipped.
    • Maximum Number of SSD in a CacheCade SSD Pool 32
  5. Expanding RAID:
    • You cannot expand RAID 10, 50 or 60. But you may expand RAID 0, 1, 5 or 6.
  6. AOC-S3108L-H8IR - doesn't support RAID 5E and 5EE
  7. How to connect to JBOD?
    • AOM-SAS3-8I8E internal to external converter
    • one of the cables:
      • CBL-SAST-0573 - 1m External Mini SAS HD to External Mini SAS HD.28AWG
      • CBL-SAST-0690-1 - MINI SAS HD,12G,EXT,2M,30AWG,RoHS
      • CBL-SAST-0677 - 3m External Mini SAS HD to External Mini SAS HD 28AWG
      • but AOC-SAS3-9380-8E (Broadcom 3108) is highly recommended.
  8. There is no buzzer on the AOC-S3108L-H8IR

AOC-S3108L-H8IR-i281

Related Pages:

  1. StorCli in example AOC-S3108L-H8IR (Manage and Troubleshooting)
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  4. RAID Types 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 & RAID Calculator (What RAID level to choose for a server?)