Benefits

    Highest performing I/O solution supporting SAS and SATA HDDs, SSDs, removable media, SAS tape drives.

Customer Needs

     I/O connectivity offering highest bandwidth, lowest latency and highest I/O performance paired with broad compatibility, support for SAS expanders, and enclosure management; flexibility to install SAS and SATA drives.

Key Features

  • Sixteen (71605H, 70165H) and eight (7085H, 7805H) 6Gb/s ports
  • PMC PM8018 SAS protocol controller supports SAS and SATA HDDs, SSDs and SAS tape drives
  • PCIe Gen 3 x8 host interface
  • Low-profile MD2 form factor
  • Support for SAS expanders
  • Enclosure management support via LED header and SES2/SGPIO
  • Up to 800,000 IOPS at 4 KB block size, UP to 1 million IOPS at 512 Byte block size
  • Up to 6600 MB/s sequential throughput (64KB blocks)

Management Utilities

Adaptec BIOS Configuration Utility (ACU)
  • Legacy configuration utility
  • Flashable BIOS support
Adaptec uEFI BIOS Configuration Utility
  • HII based configuration utility
  • Flashable BIOS support

Operating System

  • Microsoft Windows
  • Red Hat Linux
  • VMware ESX
For a detailed list see ASK Answer ID 17283.

Data Transfer Rate


    6 Gb/s per port

Bus System Interface


    8-lane PCIe Gen3 

Form Factor


    MD2- Low Profile 
		 

Connector Configuration

  • 71605H: 4 internal mini SAS HD (SFF-8643)
  • 70165H: 4 external mini SAS HD (SFF-8644)
  • 7805H: 2 internal mini SAS HD (SFF-8643)
  • 7085H: 2 external mini SAS HD (SFF-8644)

Package Contents

    Model 71605H
  • Adaptec 71605H adapter
    Model 70165H
  • Adaptec 70165H adapter
    Model 7805H
  • Adaptec 7805H adapter
    Model 7085H
  • Adaptec 7085H adapter
    Also included with each adapter:
  • Additional low profile vented bracket
  • Adaptec Installation DVD ( incl. documentation, drivers