Feature Specifications

16x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Channels

Four SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD

Number of Devices

16x SAS /SATA Hard Drive / SSD 

5.51"W * 2.48"H * 0.67"D 

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD / Non-RAID Mode

RAID 1/0 is requivalent of RAID 10. RAID 5/0 is equivalent of RAID 50

Windows 11, 10,  8, 7;

Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2008;

Microsoft Hyper-V;

Only supports 64 bit operating system

Only supports 64 bit operating system.
• Linux (Support Linux Driver auto Compile)
• Redhat/Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Proxmox/Rocky Linux(Kernel 3.10 and   later)
• Unraid6.9.2

• Linux Driver can be installed via internet/network connection

macOS 10.9 ~ macOS Ventura 13.x

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.

Secure Boot(PC platforms)

Windows: Support Secure Boot Enable & Disable

Linux：Support Secure Boot disable

Advanced RAID Features

EFI support for Mac Platforms

No

UEFI support for PC Platforms

Yes

Human Interface Infrastructure Support (HII)

Multiple RAID Partitions supported

Yes

Storage Configurations Support Details

Direct Attached

Multiple RAID Adapters supported

Up to 4 RAID controllers per system

Online Array Roaming

Yes

Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

RAID Quick Initialization for fast array setup

Yes

Drive hotplug support

Yes

Global Hot Spare Disk support

Yes

Automatic and configurable RAID Rebuilding Priority

Yes

Auto resume incomplete rebuilding after power on or reboot system

Yes

Disk Format compatible: 512, 512e, 4Kn

Yes

Spin down Massive Arrays of Idle Disks support

Yes

Native Command Queuing

Yes

SAS TCQ

Yes

Disk media scan and repair

Yes

Device Error Recovery support

Yes

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

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

Staggered Drive Spin Up

Yes

Write Back and Write Through

Yes

SSD TRIM Mode

Supported by Linux (not supported for Windows or macOS)

Cross-Sync Support (Not Support Cross RAID)

Yes (Windows, linux , Mac)

RAID Monitoring and Management Suite

RAID Management Suites

BIOS/UEFI, Browser-Based management tool, CLI (Command Line Interface- scriptable configuration tool), API package

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

Yes

SMTP Email Alert Notification

Yes

Alarm Buzzer

Yes

Compliance Certification

CE FCC RoHS REACH WEEE

Operating Environment

Work Temp:

+5°C ~+ 55°C

Storage Temp:

-20°C ~ +80°C

Operating Voltage

PCI-e: 12V, 3.3V, Power 14W (12V 1A, 3.3V 0.5A)

MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure)

920,585 Hours

Kit Contents

RocketRAID 2840A

Kit Contents

1x Controller card

1x Low Profile Bracket

1x Quick Installation Guide

Optional Accessories

RocketRAID 2840A

Cable

8643-4SAS-1M

8643-4SATA-1M