Adaptec 6805Q 2270700-R User Manual

Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller

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About the Adaptec RAID 6445

The Adaptec RAID 6445 is a SAS RAID controller with these features:

Form Factor

Low-profile MD2

Bus compatibility

PCIe Gen2

PCIe bus width

x8

Data transfer rate

6 Gb/s per port

Phys (Unified Serial Ports)

8

Standard cache

512 MB DDR2

Connectors

1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) internal 
1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) external

Maximum number of disk drives

8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with expanders)

Enclosure Support

SES, I2C, and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output)

Onboard speaker

Yes

Zero Maintenance Cache 
Protection Module

Adaptec Flash Backup Module AFM-600 (optional; sold 
separately)

Mounting bracket

PCIe x8 connector

Internal mini-SAS 
connector CN0

1 external 
mini-SAS 
connector 

CN1

Drive Activity LED connector for CN0

I2C connector for CN0

Aggregate Activity

Ext. Alarm connector

Daughterboard 
connector

HDA mode connector

Diagnostic LEDs

Drive Activity LEDs
(back of card)