• 4G Cache

•  maxCache caching software
• Mixed mode allows devices connected to the same adapter to be used in RAID and HBA modes simultaneously
• Adapter dynamic power management to save up to 30% power
• Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders
• Support for NVMe target devices with Gen 3/4 interfaces (x1, x2, x4, and x8 wide interfaces)
• Support for 64 logical drives/RAID arrays
• Support for native 4K sector SAS and SATA devices in addition to 512-byte sector devices
• RAID 1 and RAID 10 triple mirroring, move array, and split mirroring
• Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration
• Dynamic caching algorithm
• Native command queuing (NCQ)
• Background initialization
• Hot-plug drive support
• RAID level migration
• Hot spares—global, dedicated, and pooled (including copyback)
• Enclosure management capabilities—SAS/ SATA: SGPIO and SES
• PBSI, MCTP and Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) and Redfish Device Enablement (RDE) for out-of-band (BMC) management
• Universal Backplane Management (UBM) support
• Virtual Pin Port Management (VPP)
• Configurable stripe size
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Dynamic sector repair
• Staggered drive spin-up
• Bootable array support through legacy and uEFI bios
• Smart PQI driver with multip queue and MSI-X support for all supported operating systems
• Secure boot, secure updates, and attestation support
• Secure boot support for the uEFI host BIOS
• USB image with offline maxView tools