1 HBA Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the external Oracle Storage 12 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) PCI Express (PCIe) host bus adapter (HBA), which uses Broadcom technology. The chapter also describes the various operating systems, host platforms, storage, and infrastructure configurations that support the HBA.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Ship Kit Contents

• HBA Features

• Valid Drive Mix Configurations With HDDs and SSDs

• Operating System and Technology Requirements

• System Interoperability

• Boot Support