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Dell HBA345 front card
The Dell HBA345 front card is a host bus adapter (HBA) that directly mounts on the front backplane, provides PCIe connectivity
to the host through a slim-line connector cable and physical disk drive interface for internal storage with no-RAID capability. The
HBA345 front card is a part of the Dell serial-attached SCSI (SAS) controller solutions family.
Figure 2. Features of the HBA345 front card
1.
PCIe input connector 2. Heat sink
3. Secondary SAS output connector port B 4. Primary SAS output card edge connector port A
5. Power edge connector
Dell HBA card specifications
The table below describes the Dell HBA card specifications that are applicable to both adapter and front form factors.
Table 1. Dell HBA345 card specifications
Feature Dell HBA345
Processor Symbios Logic SAS3416 Fusion-MPT I/O controller chip
Drive types SAS, SATA
Non-RAID Yes
Boot support Yes
Queue depth 7680
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