Microchip Adaptec® SmartRAID 3254-8i 24G SAS/SATA/NVMe PCIe Gen 4 RAID Adapter
Manufactuer Part Number: 32548IXS
Parametrics
| Product Type |
RAID Adapter |
| Port Count |
8 internal |
| Generation |
PCIe Gen 4 / SAS-4 |
| Interface |
8-Lane PCIe Gen 4 |
| Physical Dimensions |
2.535" H x 6.6" L(64 mm x 167 mm) |
| Controller Based Encryption (CBE) |
No |
| Form Factor |
Low-profile, MD2 |
| Controller |
24 Gbps SmartIOC 2200 |
Product Features
- Industry's first 24G SAS adapter support for industry standard SAS-4 connectivity
- 16 Gbps NVMe Gen 4, 24 Gbps SAS-4, and 6 Gbps SATA full Tri-mode SAS/SATA/NVMe adapters
- 8-lane (x8) PCIe Gen 4 host interface
- Dynamic power management to save up to 30% power
Performance
- Superior performance with up to 14.8 GB/s throughput and 3.4M IOPs 4K random reads
- Integrated PCIe Switch enables DirectPath technology for the industry's lowest latency and high bandwidth NVMe solution
- Dynamic Channel Multiplexing (DCM) technology that aggregates expander attached SAS or SATA hard drives onto 24G SAS infrastructure with near 100% link efficiency for unparalleled throughput
Security
- Microchip’s Trusted Platform support with a new level of compute and supply chain security based on Hardware Root of Trust
- Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) management software
Management
- Common management experience across Smart Storage platform and Tri-mode media
- Support for both Intel® Virtual Pin Port (VPP) for intelligent backplane management and SFF's Universal Backplane Management (UBM) standards to simplify integration and enhance product flexibility
- SGPIO and SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) allow a common way to manage device status and activity for directly connected storage devices or for devices connected behind a SAS expander
- Industry leading storage management including standards-based Platform Level Data Model (PLDM)/Redfish® Device Enablement (RDE) to simplify integration
- BMC Integration with PBSI & MCTP Support
Interoperability and Compatibility
- Proven compatibility with existing Adaptec Smart solutions, multiple operating systems, servers, enclosures, SSDs and HDDs
