Broadcom CC 05-50145-00 9600-8i8e Tri-Mode Storage Adapter Retail

The 05-50145-00 is the official manufacturer part number for the Broadcom eHBA 9600-8i8e Tri-Mode Storage Adapter. It is a 24G generation, high-performance enhanced Host Bus Adapter (eHBA) designed for enterprise servers and data centers. It enables simultaneous connectivity across SAS, SATA, and NVMe storage devices from a single PCIe slot interface.

Below are the complete, comprehensive technical specifications for this model:

⚙️ Performance & Host Architecture

• Interface Protocol: Tri-Mode (SATA 6Gb/s / SAS 24Gb/s / PCIe 4.0 NVMe)

• Host Bus Interface: PCIe 4.0 x8 lane

• Storage Generation: 24G SAS (with backwards compatibility for 12G/6G SAS and 6G SATA)

• Supported Data Transfer Rates: 22.5 Gb/s, 12 Gb/s, and 6 Gb/s SAS; 6 Gb/s SATA; PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe link speeds

• Device Support Capacity: Connects up to 240 SAS/SATA devices or up to 32 NVMe devices via SAS expanders or direct coupling

• Storage Operational Modes: Optimized for JBOD disk arrays, software-defined storage, and mass infrastructure storage expansion

🔌 Physical Port Configuration & Connectors

• Total Ports: 16 Ports (8 Internal / 8 External)

• Internal Connectors: 1 x8 SFF-8654 (SlimSAS) connector slot

• External Connectors: 2 x4 SFF-8674 (SlimSAS / External Mini-HD form standard) connector slots

🛡️ Security, Reliability & Management

• Hardware Security: Integrated Hardware Secure Boot and SPDM (Security Protocol and Data Model) Attestation support

• Drive Security: Hardware SafeStore key management for self-encrypting drives (SEDs)

• System Integration: Universal Bay Management (UBM) Ready for backplane handling protocol configurations

• Telemetry Tools: Advanced SMART drive health and direct component temperature tracking infrastructure

• Management Software Ecosystem: Fully managed via LSI Storage Authority (LSA), StorCLI (Command-Line Interface), and HII (UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure)

• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): > 5,000,000 hours at an operational baseline of 40°C

• Warranty: 3-year limited manufacturer warranty including advanced hardware exchange processing

⚡ Power & Environmental Tolerances

• Typical Power Consumption: 17 Watts

• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 55°C

• Operating Humidity Bounds: 5% to 90% Relative Humidity (Non-condensing)

📐 Physical Form Factor

• Card Profile: Low-Profile, Half-Length plug-in card configuration

• Physical Dimensions: 167.51 mm x 68.78 mm (6.59 x 2.71 inches)

• Included Mounting Brackets: Ships with a pre-attached full-height bracket alongside an alternate interchangeable low-profile bracket package

🖥️ OS Platform Support

Natively features platform driver configurations across enterprise computing environments:

• Microsoft Windows

• VMware vSphere / ESXi

• Linux Distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Ubuntu Linux, CentOS, Debian, Oracle Enterprise Linux, and Fedora

• Unix Environments: FreeBSD

• Virtualization Platforms: Citrix XenServer