Introduction

The ThinkSystem RAID 940 family of PCIe 4.0 12 Gbps SAS RAID controllers are high-performance RAID-on-chip (ROC) adapters for connectivity to drives internal to the server. These adapters support RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6 and 60, and include an extensive list of RAS and management features.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i, 16i and 32i 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

4.0

Performance

RAID levels

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

Data transfer rate

12 Gbit/s

SSD support

Y

Chipset

MegaRAID 9367-32i 8G

JBOD function

Y

S.M.A.R.T. support

Y

Number of devices supported

32

Hot-swap

Y

Certification

USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B, class B) Canada (ICES -003, Class B) Taiwan (CNS 13438) Japan (VCCI V-3) Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22) Korea (RRA no 2013-24 & 25) Europe (EN55022/EN55024) Safety: EN/ IEC/ UL 60950 RoHS WEEE

System requirements

Windows operating systems supported

Y

Linux operating systems supported

Y

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

10 - 55 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 105 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

20 - 80%

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

5 - 95%