The Rocket 1000 Series HBAs are natively supported by all major operating systems, windows, macOS, and Linux. With native, in-box NVMe Device Driver Support, your NVMe SSDs will be automatically recognized, and can be prepped and mounted using the operating system's standard tool set. No Bifurcation Required HighPoint NVMe HBAs are compatible with a wide range of hardware platforms. The PCIe 3.0 host interface is fully compliant with industry standard PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 PCIe slots, does not require a host platform with Bifurcation support, and is not limited to a specific brand or model of motherboard.
Built-in High-Speed, Intelligent Switch Chipset HighPoint NVMe HBAs integrated Broadcom high-performance intelligent PCIe switch chipset, which ensures maximum transfer bandwidth is available for each device port, at all times. Up to x4 dedicated lanes can be allocated to each U. 2/U. 3 NVMe SSD. Supports any Off-the-Shelf M. 2 NVMe SSD Any Capacity, Any Generation & Any Form-Factor... Rocket 1000 series U. 2 ports are capable of supporting any industry standard U. 2/U. 3 NVMe SSD Ultra-Efficient Silent & Low-Noise Cooling Systems The 8-Port Rocket 1180 employs our new multi-stage cooling solution that combines an anodized aluminum heatsink with a built-in low noise fan This design ensures the NVMe chipset and RAID componentry remain cool under heavy load while minimizing the risk of distraction in the work environment.