- Four external mini SAS HD 4x connectors provide attachment of SAS device enclosures
- SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) and Serial Management Protocol (SMP)
- RAID 0, 5, 6, or 10 with hot-spare capability. System level mirroring through the operating system is also supported. JBOD functionality (512 byte) is supported in a single controller configuration only.
- Concurrent firmware update
- Support for multi-initiator and high availability or single controller configurations
Note: Dual controller configuration (dual storage IOA) is not supported when FC EJ0K is installed in PCIe slots C09 or C012 of the 9040-MR9.