Adaptec ASR-71605Q 2274600-R 6Gb/s PCIe Gen3 x8 16-port Internal SAS/SATA RAID Adapter with Cache Protection

The PMC Adaptec 71605Q SAS/SATA 6Gb/s PCIe Gen3 RAID adapter reinvents the low-profile/MD2 form-factor space with double the competition’s port count and performance.

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows
• Red Hat Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Fedora
• Debian Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• Sun Solaris
• FreeBSD
• VMware ESX

For a detailed list see ASK Answer ID 17239.

Benefits

• Series 7Q RAID adapters support both SAS and SATA devices and offer maxCache 3.0 read and write SSD caching for increased IOPS and lower latency. Ideal for I/O intensive storage applications, NAS, online transaction processing servers (OLTP), web servers, and cloud computing applications.

Customer Needs

• High I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing; solutions that reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs.

Key Software Features

• Optimized Disk Utilization
• Supported RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
• HBA Mode and Simple Volume Mode for automatic deployment
• Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders
• Hybrid RAID 1 & 10
• 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 SAF-TE enclosure management
• Configurable stripe size
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Multiple arrays per disk drive
• Dynamic sector repair
• Staggered drive spin-up
• Bootable array support
• Support for Tape Devices, Autoloaders

Management Utilities

Software

• Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
• Web based GUI Management Utility
• OS Support: Windows, Linux, Solaris VMware
• Remote configuration, monitoring & notification
• Remote firmware updates
• SMI-S Support
• SMTP

ARCCONF

• Command Line Interface
• SMI-S support for VMware

Adaptec BIOS Configuration Utility (ACU)

• BIOS level configuration utility
• Flashable BIOS support

Adaptec uEFI BIOS Configuration Utility

• HII based confi guration utility
• Flashable BIOS support

Data Transfer Rate

• 6 Gb/s per port

Bus System Interface

• 8-lane PCIe Gen3

Form Factor

• MD2 – Low Profile

Cache Memory

• 1024MB

Connector Configuration

• Four internal mini SAS HD (SFF-8643)

Package Contents

• Adaptec RAID 71605Q adapter
• Additional low profile vented bracket

Physical Size

• 2.535"H x 6.6"L (64mm x 167mm)

Operating Temperature

• 0°C to 50°C* (with 200 LFM airflow) Note: This Adaptec card contains a powerful RAID processor which requires adequate airflow to operate reliably. Please install this card only into server or PC chassis with recommended airflow (200 LFM). * Ambient temperature measured 1" away from the RAID processor

Operating Voltage

• 0.1A @ 3.3VDC 1.6A @ 12VDC measured on PCIe Gen3 systems with 6G drives

Regulatory Certification

• CE, FCC, UL, C-tick, VCCI, KCC, CNS

Environmental Compliance

• RoHS

Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF)

• 700,000 hours at 40°C