The ThinkSystem RAID 9350 Series internal RAID adapters have the following specifications:

   PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
   Two (8i adapter) or four (16i adapter) SFF-8643 4X internal ports
   12 Gbps SAS/SATA RAID controllers, based on the Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8i and SmartRAID 3154-16i
   2GB (8i) or 4GB (16i) of integrated flash-backed cache
   Connectivity for up to 8 (8i) or 16 (16i) internal SAS or SATA drives
   Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs. Mixing SAS and SATA drives in the same array is not supported. Mixing of HDDs and SSDs in the same array is not supported.
   Support for intermixing of 12 Gbps and 6 Gbps drives.
   Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6 and 60 standard
   Support for JBOD (non-RAID, called “raw” or “HBA mode” in Adaptec parlance) drive state
   Support for up to 64 virtual disks, up to 128 arrays, up to 16 virtual disks per array
   Support for logical drive sizes greater than 2 TB.
   Configurable stripe size from 16 KB up to 1 MB
   Supports 512e, 512n and 4K sector formatted drives
   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
   S.M.A.R.T. support
   Dynamic sector repair
   Staggered drive spin-up
   Bootable array support
   Smart PQI driver with multiple queue and MSI-X support for all device drivers for all supported operating systems
   Secure boot support
   Supercap life expectancy / service life: 5 years at 55°C
   Supercap shelf life: 2 years at 35°C



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