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Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI 48300

The Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI 48300 card is an eight-port controller featuring Adaptec HostRAID™- an integrated RAID technology that maximizes system performance and uptime. The Adaptec 48300 supports up to eight direct attached drives and up to 128 drives using expander technology. The card offers RAID levels 0, 1, 10, and JBOD as well as 48-bit LBA support for the use of disk drives exceeding 137GB in capacity.

Note: Only drivers that are not included or embedded within a supported operating system are listed below. To see a complete list of supported operating systems see the Product Specifications

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Supported Operating Systems
	Microsoft Windows Red Hat Linux SUSE Linux Novell NetWare SCO OpenServer UnixWare For a detailed list see ASK Answer ID 14780

Benefits
	Low-cost, Serial Attached SCSI controller featuring Adaptec HostRAID™ for high performance, mission critical data storage

Customer Needs
	Ideal for supporting mid- to low-end server and workstation environments where high performance data storage and reliable data protection are critical, such as IT backup, web content, email, share drive and database support.

System Environment
	Departmental and workgroup servers

RAID Levels
	Adaptec HostRAID 0, 1, 10 and JBOD

Key RAID Features
	Bootable array support Auto-rebuild by location Managed through Adaptec Storage Manager software Background initialization

Bus System Interface Type
	PCI-X 64 bit/133 MHz, PCI 33/66

External Connectors
	One x 4 Infiniband/Serial Attached SCSI (SFF8470)

Internal Connectors
	One 32 pin x 4 Serial Attached SCSI (SFF8484)

Data Transfer Rate
	Up to 3 Gb/s

System Requirements
	IA-32, AMD-32, EM64T and AMD-64 type servers 3.3V 32/64-bit PCI 2.2 or 3.3V 64-bit PCI-X 133 slot

Package Contents
	Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI Card 48300 Low-profile replacement bracket Quick Install Guide Adaptec HostRAID CD, containing: --Operating system drivers --Complete user documentation (pdf) Adaptec Storage Manager™ CD Adaptec internal SAS fanout cable (2214600-R)

Warranty
	3 years

Other
	Support for SATA Tape Drives, see /compatibility for a list of compatibles devices


Board Dimensions 2.5in H x 7.0in L (including external connector) 6.35cm H x 17.78cm L (including external connector) Operating Temperature 0° to 50° C Power Dissipation 4 W Regulatory Certification FCC, UL, C-tick, CE, VCC Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) 1,692,573 hours at 40 degrees C