SAS 12Gb/s Storage Solution with 8 Internal Ports ASUS PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD (Max. Physical DiskQty for RAID: 16) is the latest 12Gb/s SAS and PCI-E 3.0 high reliabilityenterprise storage solution. It meets user needs with support for 6Gb/s SATAand 12Gb/s SAS storage and integrated RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 50,RAID 6 and RAID 60 data protection. Just placing the PIKE card can immediatelyenlarge the capacity and improve the performance, making it the great upgradeoption. Shop Modal header SAS 12Gb/s Storage Solution with 8 Internal Ports ASUS PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD (Max. Physical Disk Qty for RAID: 16) is the latest 12Gb/s SAS and PCI-E 3.0 high reliability enterprise storage solution. It meets user needs with support for 6Gb/s SATA and 12Gb/s SAS storage and integrated RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 50, RAID 6 and RAID 60 data protection. Just placing the PIKE card can immediately enlarge the capacity and improve the performance, making it the great upgrade option. Storage solution with eight ports of internal 12Gb/s SAS connectivity PCI-E x8 interface Internal mini-SAS HD connectors Switch (for more than one card) HBLED1(HEARTBEAT LED): The LED shows the firmware heartbeat information.(blinking) DRLED1(Dirty cache LED): Write Pending(light) FAILLED1(Global Drive Fault LED): Drive Fault Detected(light) CacheVault connector Package Content ASUS PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD SAS RAID card Support DVD System Requirement ASUS Server motherboard PCI-E Gen3 slot SAS or SATA hard disk drives Mini-SAS HD cable Supporting Windows® and Linux Operating systems Appropriate thermal solution Certified power supply module Ensure to update BIOS to the latest version before using PIKE II 3108 series on ASUS Z9 or P9 series platform