Dell SAS 5/E 8-Port PCIe x8 HBA Controller Card M778G

Dell SAS 5/E 8-Port PCIe x8 SAS Controller Card for External Enclosures

Dell Part Number(s): M778G, 0M778G

Alternate Part Number(s): FD467, 0FD467

The SAS 5/E Adapter from Dell™ is a non-RAID adapter that can communicate to Dell compliant SAS and SATA II external enclosures. The SAS 5/E Adapter is intended to communicate to direct attached storage array products such as the Dell PowerVault MD3000 or the Powervault TL2000 tape library via 2 x4 external connectors. It utilizes high performance SAS 3 Gbps technology to connect to the hard drives, and the next generation of host interface technology, PCI Express™ (PCI-E). In the SAS5E HBA controller the LSI SAS 1068 is a 2 x 4 port SAS/SATA controller, with each of the 8 PHYs capable of 3.0 and 1.5 Gbps SAS/SATA link rates. Each port on the LSISAS1068 supports SAS and SATA devices using the SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), Serial Management Protocol (SMP), Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP), and SATA. It has a 1 MB flash memory that stores the firmware image, key configuration data and, limited error logging information and it supports pre-failure notifications sent by the hard drives SMART events. It is is RoHS and SAS 1.1 compliant, and offers data transfer rate up to 300 MBps per link in each direction. This product has been tested and validated on Dell Systems. It is supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system.

These adapters are useful when connecting enclosures like a Dell PowerVault MD3000 enclosure or a PowerVault TL2000 tape library to a host server.

Dell Official Documentation

Dell SAS 5/E HBA Controller User's Guide.pdf

Specifications

Device Type: Storage controller - plug-in card
Interface Type: PCI Express x8
Controller Interface Type: SAS
Data Transfer Rate: 300 MBps
Channel Qty: 2
Interfaces: 2 x storage - SAS ( external )
Compatible Slots: 1 x PCI Express x8

No cables are included with this adapter card.

Compatible External Enclosures

Dell PowerVault MD3000
Dell PowerVault 124T (LTO3-060 SAS, LTO4-120 SAS, LTO5-140 SAS)
Dell PowerVault TL2000 (LTO4-120 SAS, LTO3-60 HH SAS, LTO4-120 HH SAS, LTO5-140 SAS)
Dell PowerVault TL4000 (LTO5-140 SAS)
Dell PowerVault ML6010 CM (LTO4 SAS)
Dell PowerVault ML6010 CM (LTO5 SAS)

Compatible Host Servers

Dell PowerEdge 1800
Dell PowerEdge 1850
Dell PowerEdge 2800
Dell PowerEdge 2850
Dell PowerEdge 1900
Dell PowerEdge 1950
Dell PowerEdge 2900
Dell PowerEdge 2950
Dell PowerEdge 2970
Dell PowerEdge 6800
Dell PowerEdge 6850
Dell PowerEdge 6850 800T SAS (RBOD only)
Dell PowerEdge 6950
Dell PowerEdge SC1435 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge R805v
Dell PowerEdge R900 (RBOD only)
Dell PowerEdge R905v (RBOD only)
Dell PowerEdge T110 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge T300 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge T310 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge T410 (RBOD only)
Dell PowerEdge T605 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge T610
Dell PowerEdge T710
Dell PowerEdge R200 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge R210 (RBOD only)
Dell PowerEdge R300
Dell PowerEdge R310 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge R410 (tape only)
Dell PowerEdge R510
Dell PowerEdge R610
Dell PowerEdge R710
Dell PowerEdge R810
Dell PowerEdge R910
Dell PowerVault NX1950 (RBOD only)
Dell PowerVault NF500
Dell PowerVault NF600