The 12 Gbps Adaptec SmartRAID 3101-4i RAID adapter has internal SAS/SATA ports in a x8 PCIe Gen 3 low-profile, MD2 form factor. Microchip's industry leading Smart Storage stack delivers maximum reliability and best-in-class performance that all RAID levels come to expect, plus unique features like Mixed Mode support (RAID and HBA devices can be used simultaneously), adapter power management (reduces power consumption up to 30 percent), and Advanced Data Management (ADM) features that allow data migration from existing RAID arrays.
With broad operating system support and ecosystem compatibility, SmartRAID adapters are easy to implement and scale, and the unified maxView management tools and drivers across the Microchip HBA, RAID, and expander solutions enable easy manageability across the entire product line.
SmartRAID 3101 RAID adapters are ideal solutions for high performance enterprise servers that require maximum connectivity and security.
Learn more about the Microsemi 3101-4i
Model
Brand
Microsemi
Series
Adaptec SmartRAID
Model
3101-4i
Part
2291700-R
Form Factor
Low Profile
Details
Type
SATA / SAS
Internal Connectors
1 x SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD
Interface
PCI-Express 3.0 x8
Transfer Rate
Up to 12Gb/s
Cache Memory
1GB DDR4 / 2100 MHz
Operating Systems Supported
Microsoft Windows Red Hat Linux SUSE Linux Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux Solaris FreeBSD VMware ESXi Citrix XenServer
Dimensions
2.54" x 6.60" (H x L)
Features
Features
maxCache 4.0 caching software (all SmartRAID 315x products with cache protection) Mixed mode allows devices connected to the same adapter to be used in RAID and HBA modes simultaneously Adapter dynamic power management to save up to 30% power Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders Support for native 4K sector SAS and SATA devices in addition to 512-byte sector devices RAID ADM through triple mirroring, move array, and split mirroring 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 SGPIO enclosure management Configurable stripe size S.M.A.R.T. support BMC support Dynamic sector repair Staggered drive spin-up Bootable array support Support for tape devices, autoloaders Smart PQI driver with multip queue and MSI-X support for all device drivers for all supported operating systems Secure boot support for the uEFI host BIOS USB image available on storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/start to boot maxView GUI from any USB device for enhanced GUI-based setup and offline maintenance