05-50031-00

9400 Series Tri-Mode Storage HBAs

Product Brief

Applications

• High-port count SAS/SATA/NVMe

adapters for direct attached high

connectivity applications

• Tri-Mode connectivity enabling

maximum data center flexibility

• Flexible solutions for cloud

− SFF-8680 Bay

− x1 SAS

− x1 SATA

− x2 SAS (Multi Link)

− Two x1 SAS (Dual port using

MPIO)

− SFF-8639 (U.2) Bay

− x2, x4 NVMe

• Supports 12, 6, and 3Gb/s SAS and

6, 3Gb/s SATA data transfer rates

system designs that support any combination of NVMe, SAS and SATA

devices with the industry’s first HBA with Tri-Mode SerDes. The Tri-Mode

HBAs expand Broadcom’s industry leading family of 12Gb/s SAS HBAs with

8 and 16 port internal, external and combination Tri-Mode port options.

NVMe Performance Gains for Storage

The Tri-Mode Storage HBAs bring NVMe performance benefits to the

storage tier by providing connectivity and data protection that HBAs have

oered for over 20 years for SAS/SATA interfaces. Based on the single-

core SAS3516, SAS3416 or SAS3408 Tri-Mode Storage I/O controllers

(IOC), these HBAs provide bandwidth and IOPS performance increase

can operate in all three modes concurrently servicing NVMe, SAS, or

SATA drives. The controller negotiates between the speeds and protocols

to seamlessly work with any of the three types of storage devices. Tri-

Mode support provides a non-disruptive way to evolve existing data

center infrastructure. By upgrading to a Tri-Mode HBA, users can expand

beyond SAS/SATA and use NVMe without major changes to other system

configurations.

12Gb/s SAS/SATA/NVMe

Tri-Mode PCIe HBAs

9400 Series Tri-Mode

BC00-0459EN 05.02.17

NVMe

9400-16i 9400-8i 9400-16e 9400-8e 9400-8i8e

Ports 16 internal 8 internal 16 external 8 external 8 internal/8 external

Connectors Four (x4) SFF-8643 Two (x4) SFF-8643 Four (x4) SFF-8644 Two (x4) SFF-8644

Two (x4) SFF-8643;

(internal only)

Max Devices Per Controller

SAS/SATA: 1024

NVMe: 24*

SAS/SATA: 1024

NVMe: 24*

SAS/SATA:1024 SAS/SATA:1024

SAS/SATA: 1024

NVMe: 24* (internal

only)

I/O Processor /

SAS Controller

Cable Support Passive Copper Passive Copper

Passive Copper, Active

Copper, Active Optical

Passive Copper, Active

Copper, Active Optical

Passive Copper, Active

Copper (external),

Active Optical

(external)

Operating Conditions Operating: 10°C to 55°C, 20 to 80% non-condensing Airflow: 200 LFM Storage: -45°C to 105°C, 5 to 95% non-condensing

MTBF (Calculated) >4,500,000 hours at 40°C

Operating Voltage +12V +/-8%; 3.3V +/-9%

Hardware Warranty 3 years; with advanced replacement option

Regulatory Certifications

Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22);Korea (RRA no 2013-24 & 25); Europe (EN55022/EN55024);

Single Pack

05-50008-00 05-50008-01 05-50013-00 05-50013-01 05-50031-02

9400 Series Tri-Mode Storage HBAs

*x2 and 24 max NVMe drive support available at a later release

Key Features (con’t)

• SFF-9402 Compliant, Connector

Pin-out

• SFF-8485 Compliant, SGPIO

• PCIe 3.1 Host Interface

− Supports x8, x4, x2, x1 PCIe lanes