This tri-mode enhanced host bus adapter (eHBA) from Broadcom is a PCI-Express Gen 4 card that adds support for SATA, SAS, and NVMe drives to a workstation or server. This is especially useful for storage-dense rackmount systems that need to hook up more drive bays than the motherboard can natively support, but may have other niche use cases as well. Please note that this does NOT have any RAID functionality built-in; it just presents connected devices to the operating system as individual drives.
Model: Broadcom 05-50111-00
Specifications
Card Specifications | |
| Manufacturer | Broadcom |
| Type of Ports | SlimSAS 8i SFF-8654 |
| Number of Ports | 2 |
| Port Location(s) | Internal |
| Motherboard Connection | PCI Express x8 |
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x8 |
| Form Factor | Low/Full Height |
Dimensions | |
| Height | 68 mm (2.7 in) |
| Width | 21 mm (0.8 in) |
| Depth | 155 mm (6.1 in) |
| Net Weight | .156 kg (0.3 lbs) |
