Question 1

Does this card have a connection for a battery?

Accepted Answer

Thank you for your inquiry. The Broadcom 9400-8i is a Tri-Mode HBA and does not support a battery backup unit (BBU).

Question 2

How much cache does this card have?

Accepted Answer

Thank you for your inquiry. The Broadcom 9400-8i is a host bus adapter (HBA) and does not include onboard cache memory.

Question 3

In order to run a RAID volume with this card, greater than 2TB on
Win7-64, does it matter if the OS is installed legacy or UEFI?

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Accepted Answer

To ensure you can successfully create a bootable RAID volume larger than 2TB with this card, the OS must be installed in UEFI mode, not Legacy BIOS. This is because the traditional MBR partition scheme used by Legacy BIOS has a 2TB limit. UEFI mode is required to use the GPT partition scheme, which is necessary to support boot drives larger than 2TB.

Question 4

Will this run a RAID 10 VD with greater than 2TB on Win7-64?

Accepted Answer

Thank you for your inquiry. Yes, this HBA will successfully run a RAID 10 Virtual Disk (VD) with a capacity greater than 2TB on a Windows 7 64-bit operating system. The controller supports large capacity volumes and is fully compatible with the Windows 7 x64 environment.

For optimal setup, please ensure you are using the latest drivers and management software available for download directly from the Broadcom support site.

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