Adaptec HBA 1000-8i8e (2288500-R) is a 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA PCIe Gen3 Host Bus Adapter in a compact MD2 low-profile form factor. It provides eight internal and eight external SAS/SATA ports, accessed via two internal SFF-8643 connectors and two external SFF-8644 connectors. The card uses a PCIe 3.0 x8 (8-lane) interface for high-bandwidth data transfer. As part of the Adaptec 1000 series, it operates as an HBA (no hardware RAID) and is designed to connect SAS/SATA devices to servers or storage enclosures, including direct-attached storage or SAS expanders.
