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HighPoint 12G SAS / 6G SATA RAID IC Kits



High-Performance 12G SAS/6G SATA RAID IC Kits for Project Customers and Solution Providers

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HPT M231

HPT M236 Series



12G SAS / 6G SATA RAID Storage & Connectivity IC Kits


The HPT M236 Series of IC kits enable solution providers to integrate up to 16 independent 12Gb/s SAS channels into a unique hardware solution, and are ideal for applications that require high-performance RAID technology or cost-effective SAS/SATA connectivity. HPT M236 ICs can support directly support up to 16 12G SAS and 6G SATA hard disks or SSDs of any capacity, or as many as 128 vis SAS expansion, and are compatible with industry standard x86 Intel and AMD based computing platforms.


HighPoint RAID Technology


HighPoint's industry proven SAS/SATA RAID engine is capable of supporting one or more RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 or 50 arrays, and single disk configurations. RAID enabled device drivers and management suites are available for current Windows and macOS operating systems, and major Linux distributions including RHEL, Rocky Linux, and Ubuntu.

Custom software packages are available upon request. Customers that require additional Linux support, or a binary driver for a particular kernel range or unique distribution can contact their HighPoint Sales Representative for more information.


Key Features


• Available with 16 and 8 dedicated 12Gb/s SAS Device Channels

• PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface

• Supports up to 16 industry standard SAS/SATA HDD or SSD of any capacity

• HighPoint RAID Engine: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 & JBOD

• Comprehensive Management Suite: BIOS, UEFI, OS Level WebGUI/CLI

• Includes SDK for Linux, macOS and Windows platforms

Product Series

Host Interface: PCIe 3.0 x8

No. of Channels/Ports: Up to 16 12G SAS / 6G SATA


No. Of Devices:

Direct Attached: 16 SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs

SAS Expansion: Up to 128 SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs


HighPoint RAID Engine: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 & JBOD

M236-1633

M236-1633

Host Interface: PCIe 3.0 x8

No. of Channels/Ports: Up to 8 12G SAS / 6G SATA


No. Of Devices:

Direct Attached: 8 SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs

SAS Expansion: Up to 128 SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs


HighPoint RAID Engine: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 & JBOD

M236-0833

M236-0833

Specifications

SAS Chipset Overview

M236-1633

M236-0833

Bus Interface

8-lane, 8 GT/s PCI Express 3.0

8-lane, 8 GT/s PCI Express 3.0

Number of Channel / Port

16x 12Gb/s SAS / 6Gb/s SATA Channels

8x 12Gb/s SAS / 6Gb/s SATA Channels

Data Transfer Rates:

Up to 12Gb/s per port

Up to 12Gb/s per port

Number of Devices (direct-attached)

16x SAS /SATA Hard Drive / SSD

8x SAS /SATA Hard Drive / SSD

Number of Devices (SAS Expansion)

Up to 128 concurrent SATA devices

Up to 128 concurrent SATA devices

SAS

 

Features

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 3.0 compliant

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 3.0 compliant

Backwards Compatible with 6 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps devices

Backwards Compatible with 6 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps devices

Supports SSC, with independent control for each PHY

Supports SSC, with independent control for each PHY

Supports Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), initiator mode and target (direct attach only) mode

Supports Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), initiator mode and target (direct attach only) mode

Supports T10 Protection Information Model. DIF fields can be inserted, checked, replaced, or removed.

Supports T10 Protection Information Model. DIF fields can be inserted, checked, replaced, or removed

Supports Transport Layer Retires

Supports Transport Layer

SATA

Features

SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) compliant, with speed negotiation to 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps

SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) compliant, with speed negotiation to 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps

Supports programmable SATA signaling levels, including Gen1x, Gen2i, Gen2x, Gen3, and Gen3i

Supports programmable SATA signaling levels, including Gen1x, Gen2i, Gen2x, Gen3, and Gen3i

Supports ATA and ATAPI commands

Supports ATA and ATAPI commands

Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Non-0 offset and non-sequential data delivery

Non-0 offset and non-sequential data delivery

32 outstanding commands per device

32 outstanding commands per device

Supports Host mode and Device mode of operation

Supports Host mode and Device mode of operation

PCIe

Features

Primary PCIe interface supports x1, x4, and x8 lane PCIe 3.0 at 8 Gbps

Primary PCIe interface supports x1, x4, and x8 lane PCIe 3.0 at 8 Gbps

Supports independent communication, message, and interrupt mechanisms

Supports independent communication, message, and interrupt mechanisms

Supports MSI/MSI-X interrupts

Supports MSI/MSI-X interrupts

Supports PCIe power management for D0, D1, D3COLD, and D3HOT

Supports PCIe power management for D0, D1, D3COLD, and D3HOT

Supports legacy interrupts

Supports legacy interrupts

All registers are memory-mapped

All registers are memory-map

HPT M236 RAID Solution

Operating System Supprt (HighPoint device driver)

Windows, Windows Server Microsoft Hyper-V

Windows, Windows Server Microsoft Hyper-V

Only supports 64 bit operating system

• Linux (Support Linux Driver auto Compile) 

• Kernel 3.10 and later

Only supports 64 bit operating system

 • Linux (Support Linux Driver auto Compile)

 • Redhat/Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Proxmox(Kernel 3.10 and later)

macOS

macOS

Mac Intel platform: Driver embedded into Mac OS 10.12x and later. Mac M1 platform: The driver needs to be downloaded and installed from the official website.

Mac Intel platform: Driver embedded into Mac OS 10.12x and later. Mac M1 platform: The driver needs to be downloaded and installed from the official website.

Advanced RAID Features

HighPoint RAID Engine (device driver dependent)

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD / Non-RAID Mode RAID 6 is not supported on macOS

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD / Non-RAID Mode RAID 6 is not supported on macOS

Flash ROM for Upgradeable BIOS

Yes

Yes

Storage Health Inspector

Yes

Yes

Redundant RAID Configurations

Yes

Yes

BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support

Yes

Yes

Bootable RAID Array

Yes

Yes

EFI support for Mac Platforms

No

No

UEFI support for PC Platforms

Yes

Yes

Human Interface Infrastructure Support (HII)

Yes

Yes

Multiple RAID Partitions supported

Yes

Yes

Storage Configurations Support Details

Direct Attached

Direct Attached

Online Array Roaming

Yes

Yes

Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

RAID Quick Initialization for fast array setup

Yes

Yes

Drive hotplug support

Yes

Yes

Global Hot Spare Disk support

Yes

Yes

Automatic and configurable RAID Rebuilding Priority

Yes

Yes

Auto resume incomplete rebuilding after power on or reboot system

Yes

Yes

Disk Format compatible: 512, 512e, 4Kn

Yes

Yes

Spin down Massive Arrays of Idle Disks support

Yes

Yes

Native Command Queuing

Yes

Yes

SAS TCQ

Yes

Yes

Disk media scan and repair

Yes

Yes

Device Error Recovery support

Yes

Yes

Automatic remap and repair of bad blocks for RAID configurations (HDD)

Redundant RAID Levels (RAID1, 5, 6, 10, 50)

Redundant RAID Levels (RAID1, 5, 6, 10, 50)

Staggered Drive Spin Up

Yes

Yes

Write Back and Write Through

Yes

Yes

SSD TRIM Mode

Yes

Yes

RAID & Storage Monitoring and Management Suite

Management Suites

BIOS UEFI HII WebGUI (browser-Based management tool) CLI (Command Line Interface- scriptable configuration tool) API package

BIOS UEFI HII WebGUI (browser-Based management tool) CLI (Command Line Interface- scriptable configuration tool) API package

Advanced Management Features

Enclosure Management Interface: SGPIO, SES-2 and I2C (Drive LEDs supported: SGPIO, SES-2 and LED Header)

Enclosure Management Interface: SGPIO, SES-2 and I2C (Drive LEDs supported: SGPIO, SES-2 and LED Header)

SMTP Email Alert Notification

SMTP Email Alert Notification

Audbible Alarm integration

Audbible Alarm integration

Operating Environment

Operating Voltage

9.5W

9.5W

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