Adaptec 1225SA, 58300, 48300 About the Adaptec 44300 Controller, About Your HostRAID Controller l

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About the Adaptec 44300 Controller

The Adaptec 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features:

Internal SAS Connector

	J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header)
Mounting bracket	3.3V PCI-X Connector

Form factor	Low-profile
Bus compatibility	PCI-X
PCI bus width (max)	64-bit
PCI bus speed (max)	133 MHz
PHYs	4
Connectors, internal	1 x4 internal SFF-8484
	SAS 1.1 connector
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
Simple Volume	Yes
Disk drives	SAS (3.0Gbps), SATA I (1.5Gbps),
	SATA II (3.0Gbps)
Maximum number of disk drives	4 direct-attached drives or up to 128
	using expanded technology
Hot spares	Yes
Enclosure support	Yes
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)	No
Automatic failover	Yes
Audible alarm	No

Note: There is no separate I2C connector. See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference on page 87 for details.