Product Specifications

Operating System

Microsoft Windows

Red Hat Linux

SUSE Linux

Fedora

Debian Linux

Ubuntu Linux

Sun Solaris

FreeBSD

VMware ESX

Package Contents
• Adaptec RAID 6805 Controller
• Additional low profile vented bracket
• Cables: Two mSASx4-4SATA x1-SB (2272300-R), 0.7m
• *Singles do not contain cable

Management Utilities

Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
•Web based GUI Management Utility
•OS Support|Windows, Linux, Solaris VMware

Benefits
Performance Unified Serial RAID controller supports both SATA and SAS devices. Ideal for bandwidth intensive storage applications; NAS, OLTP servers, web servers, and digital surveillance. Offers Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection and Intelligent Power Management.

Key Differentiators

Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection

Intelligent Power Management

Customer Needs
High I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing.

Form Factor

MD2 Low-Profile

Cache Memory

512MB of DDR2 667MHz cache memory

RAID Levels

RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD

•Remote configuration, monitoring & notification
•Remote firmware updates
•SMI-S Support
•SMTP

ARCCONF
• Command Line Interface
• SMI-S support for VMware

Adaptec BIOS Configuration Utility (ACU)
• BIOS level configuration utility
• Flashable BIOS support

Physical Size

2.5" H x 6.6" L (64mm x 167mm)

Operating Temperature

0°C to 55°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; without flash module)
0°C to 50°C* (with 200LFM airflow; with flash module)

Key RAID Features

• Supports up to 256 SATA or SAS devices using SAS expanders

• RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD

• Quick initialization

• Online Capacity Expansion

• Copyback Hot Spare

• Dynamic caching algorithm

• Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Note: This Adaptec card contains a powerful RAID processor which requires adequate airflow to operate reliably. Please install this card only into Server or PC chassis with recommended airflow (200 LFM).

* Ambient temperature measured 1" away from the RAID processor

• 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

• Optimized Disk Utilization

Bus System Interface Type

8-lane PCIe Gen2