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The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card contains these hardware components:

Component	Description
Four SSD flash memory modules	Total of 800 GB 24nm eMLC NAND flash is directly mounted on the card in two stacks. Each flash memory module hosts an integrated multi-channel NAND flash controller.
PCI-E to SAS protocol controller	The card host controller has a PCI-E 2.0 x8 host interface connecting to a SAS/SATA x4 6 Gbit/sec protocol controller.
Energy storage components	Energy storage component capacitance allows time to shut down tasks cleanly, assuring full data retention during loss of power.

The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card is a block storage device, with block sizing optimization capabilities. You can use the card for either nonpersistent or persistent data. The card offers high-performance with low latency and a low CPU burden. The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card is designed with advanced enterprise multi-level cell NAND (eMLC) technology for high-level performance and write durability, while providing higher capacity than SLC NAND cards.

The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card presents itself to the operating system through a Fusion-MPT™ interface as a flash card with four drives, that requires minimal user configuration. The card functions using a SAS controller with drive firmware running on its internal processor. The controller connects to up to four embedded flash memory modules.

For example, two Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card available drives display as follows in an Oracle Solaris operating system:

       2. c0t5002361000096074d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000096074
       3. c0t5002361000096412d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000096412
       4. c0t5002361000098849d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000098849
       5. c0t5002361000096282d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000096282
       6. c0t5002361000099524d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000099524
       7. c0t5002361000087004d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000087004
       8. c0t5002361000087090d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000087090
       9. c0t5002361000098913d0 <ATA-2E256-TU2-510B00-UI5F cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 32 sec 186>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5002361000098913

The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card uses a low-profile, half-height, and half-length PCIe board, as shown in the following illustration.

Figure 1 Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card Components

Figure Legend

1Flash stack 1 (Cage 1)

2Flash stack 2 (Cage 2)

3Board

4Bracket

The card meets the PCI low-profile MD2 specification. The card has a PCIe interface that complies with the PCI Express Specification 2.0.

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