Introduction

The ThinkSystem RAID 9350 family of internal 12 Gbps SAS RAID controllers are high-performance low-cost RAID-on-chip (ROC) adapters that are designed and manufactured by Lenovo. These adapters support all major RAID levels including RAID-6 and RAID-60, and include support for Lenovo management tools.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem RAID 9350-16i and 9350-8i adapters and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.

Ports & interfaces

Supported storage drive interfaces

SAS, Serial ATA

Host interface

PCI Express x8

PCI Express slots version

3.0

Performance

RAID levels

0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60

Data transfer rate

12 Gbit/s

SSD support

Y

Internal memory

4000 MB

Chipset

Microchip Luxor ROC PM8236

JBOD function

Y

Number of devices supported

16

Hot-swap

Y

Certification

FCC Part 15 Class A Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS 3548) Canada (ICES-003 Class B) Europe (EN55032/EN55024) Japan VCCI Korea KCC RoHS compliant EN/IEC/UL 60950 USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B)

System requirements

Windows operating systems supported

Y

Linux operating systems supported

Y

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 55 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

20 - 80%

Weight & dimensions

Width

167 mm

Height

64 mm