The LSI 9207 8e SAS 6Gbps Host Bus Adapter from Dell offers an exceptional performance and advanced management functionality that can shave days off installing and managing adapters. This product has been tested and validated on Dell systems. It is supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system.
It has 2x management functionality, and takes half the time to manage with OneCommand Manager
It has unique OneCommand Manager plug-in for VMware vCenter for centralized management of adapters within a VM ware environment
The GreenState power efficiency-reduces data center power consumption and associated OPEX by delivering exceptional power to port ratios
BlockGuard data integrity T10 PI support protects against silent data corruption
VEngine CPU offload-lowers CPU burden on host server, enabling support for more VMs
Rock solid reliability and thermal characteristics, essential for mission-critical, cloud and virtualized applications
Support for Message Signaled Interrupts extended (MSI-X), improves host utilization and enhances application performance
Support for 6 Gbps SAS devices
It contains comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)