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LSI SAS9207-414e – This has both 4x internal and external mini SAS / SATA ports, no RAID support so can assume IT mode firmware is shipped LSI SAS9207-8i – This features 2× 4 port internal mini SAS / SATA ports, both horizontally placed at back of card for better/ shorter cable management, no RAID support so can assume IT mode firmware is shipped LSI SAS9207-8e – This replaces the LSI SAS9205 controller which does not support PCIe 3.0, it has 2× 4 mini port external SAS / SATA ports, no RAID support so can assume IT mode firmware is shipped. The 9207-8e also supports up to 1024 SAS or SATA end devices so this card is meant to be used with large external SAS arrays LSI SAS9217-4i4e – This is the OEM version of the LSI SAS9207-4i4e, this looks to be flashed to IR mode as it’ s capable of simple RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E and RAID 10, it has 1× 4 internal and 1× 4 external mini SAS / SATA ports. LSI SAS9217-8i – This is the OEM version of the LSI SAS9207-8i, it also looks to use IR mode firmware as it supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E and RAID 10, it has 2× 4 internal mini SAS ports, looks identical to the LSI SAS9207-8i
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