- General Information
 - Manufacturer
 - Lenovo Group Limited
 
- Manufacturer Website Address
 - http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en
 
- Brand Name
 - Lenovo
 
- Product Type
 - SAS Controller
 
The ThinkSystem 440-8i and 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBAs are high performance PCIe 4.0 host bus adapters for internal storage connectivity in ThinkSystem servers. The adapters integrate the latest enhancements SAS technology and offer 8 or 16 lanes of 12 Gbps SAS. The adapters are available in two form factors, low-profile PCIe and a custom form-factor design. The custom design adapter is cabled to an onboard PCIe 4.0 x8 port on the server and not occupy a standard PCIe slot.
- Technical Information
 - Host Interface
 - PCI Express 4.0 x8
 
- Controller Type
 - 12Gb/s SAS
 
- RAID Supported
 - No
 
- RAID Levels
 - JBOD
 
- Device Supported
 - Server
 
- Operating System Supported
 - Windows 10
 
- Windows Server 2016
 
- Windows Server 2019
 
- Windows Server 2022
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
 
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
 
- Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
 
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
 
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
 
- VMware ESXi 6.7
 
- VMware ESXi 6.7 U1
 
- VMware ESXi 6.7 U2
 
- VMware ESXi 6.7 U3
 
- VMware ESXi 7.0 U1
 
- VMware ESXi 7.0 U2
 
- VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
 
- Interfaces/Ports
 - Total Number of SAS Ports
 - 8
 
- Number of SAS Ports (Internal)
 - 8
 
- SAS Connector Details
 - 2 x4 SFF-8654
 
- Physical Characteristics
 - Form Factor
 - Plug-in Card
 
- Miscellaneous
 - Platform Supported
 - PC
 
- Linux
 
- Environmentally Friendly
 - Yes