Four ports internal, four ports external of 12 Gb/s SAS + SATA ports Eight lanes of PCI Express 3.0 Low-profile form factor Mini-SAS HD connectors LSI SAS 3008 12 Gb/s SAS + SATA controller Supports SSDs, HDDs, & tape drives Provides connectivity in a low-profile form factor 8 lanes of PCI Express 3.0 provides fast signaling for high bandwidth applications High performance with 12 Gb/s SAS data transfer rates