Specifications
Adapter Family
Broadcom 9600 series eHBAs — 24G SAS PCIe 4.0 tri-mode host bus adapters (JBOD / pass-through)
Models
9600-24i, 9600-16i, 9600-8i8e, 9600W-16e and 9600-16e
I/O Processor
SAS4024 (9600-24i); SAS4016 / SAS4016W (9600-16i, 9600-8i8e, 9600W-16e, 9600-16e)
Host Interface
x8 PCIe 4.0 on 9600-24i / 9600-16i / 9600-8i8e / 9600-16e; x16 PCIe 4.0 on 9600W-16e
Port Configuration
24 internal (9600-24i); 16 internal (9600-16i); 8 internal + 8 external (9600-8i8e); 16 external (9600W-16e and 9600-16e)
Media Interface
SAS, SATA and PCIe (NVMe) — tri-mode on every port
Data Transfer Rates
22.5, 12 and 6 Gb/s SAS; 6 Gb/s SATA
Form Factor
Low-profile MD2 (LP-MD2) across all five eHBA models
Typical Power
17–20 W
Performance
6M–6.4M IOPS 4K random read in JBOD mode
Operating Temperature
0 °C to +55 °C, 5–90% non-condensing humidity
Storage Temperature
-40 °C to +70 °C, 5–95% non-condensing humidity
Power Supply
3.3 V ±9% and 12 V ±8% supplied through the PCIe slot rails
Security
Hardware Secure Boot and SPDM attestation on the 9600 platform
Generation
24G SAS — SAS-4 generation with backward compatibility to 12G and 6G SAS/SATA
Management
StorCLI2 command-line and LSI Storage Authority; shares the MegaRAID 8.x driver stack with the 9600 RAID adapters
Warranty
3 years, advanced replacement option
Overview
The 9600 series eHBAs are the pass-through members of Broadcom's third-generation tri-mode adapter family. They expose SAS, SATA and NVMe devices directly to the host instead of presenting RAID volumes, which is what software-defined storage stacks (Ceph, vSAN, ZFS, Lustre and object stores) want: the OS owns the data protection and the adapter delivers clean, low-overhead connectivity.
Five models cover the common port layouts: the 24-port 9600-24i and 16-port 9600-16i for internal drive bays, the 9600-8i8e for a mixed internal/external topology, and the 9600W-16e / 9600-16e for external JBOD shelves over x16 and x8 PCIe 4.0 respectively. All five are low-profile MD2 and consume 17–20 W typical, so several can coexist in a single storage node.
Because they share the 9600 platform with the MegaRAID 9600 RAID adapters, the eHBAs use the same driver stack, firmware generation and management tooling — one qualification effort covers both RAID and pass-through deployments in the same fleet.
Key Benefits
24G SAS tri-mode ports at 22.5/12/6 Gb/s with NVMe support on the same connector, up to 6.4M IOPS of JBOD throughput, and a shared driver/firmware stack with the MegaRAID 9600 family. Low-profile MD2 at 17–20 W keeps high port counts practical in dense storage nodes.
Applications
Software-defined storage nodes, Ceph and vSAN clusters, ZFS and Lustre storage servers, external JBOD shelves, boot-from-SAS configurations, and AI data-lake nodes that need maximum raw device throughput without RAID offload.
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