Flexible Configuration: HBA Mode Auto Volume Mode for automatic deployment
Optimized Disk Utilization (Multiple Arrays per disk)
Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders
Support for native 4K sector SAS and SATA devices in addition to 512byte sector devices
Supported RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Hybrid RAID 1 10
Quick initialization
Online Capacity Expansion
Performance modes: Dynamic, OLTP Big Block ByPass
Copyback Hot Spare
Dynamic caching algorithm
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Background initialization
Hot-plug drive support
RAID Level Migration
Hot spares - global, dedicated, and pooled
Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
SES and SAF-TE enclosure management
Configurable stripe size
Dual Firmware
S.M.A.R.T. support
Multiple arrays per disk drive
Dynamic sector repair
Staggered drive spin-up
Bootable array support
Support for Tape Devices, Autoloaders
MSI-X support for all device driver for all supported Operating Systems
Secure boot support for the uEFI host bios

Software
Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
Web based GUI Management Utility
OS Support: Windows, Linux, Solaris VMware
Remote configuration, monitoring notification
Remote firmware updates
SMI-S Support
SMTP

ARCCONF
Command Line Interface
SMI-S support for VMware

Adaptec BIOS Configuration Utility (CTRL+A)
BIOS level configuration utility
Flashable BIOS support

Adaptec uEFI BIOS Configuration Utility
HII based configuration utility
Flashable BIOS support

Operating System
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
Debian Linux
Ubuntu Linux
Solaris
FreeBSD
VMware ESXi

Data Transfer Rate
12 Gb/s per port

Bus System Interface
x8 PCIe 3.0

Form Factor
MD2-Low Profile

Cache Memory
8885: 1024MB

Connector Configuration
8885: Two internal mini SAS HD (SFF-8643), two external mini SAS HD (SFF-8644)

Weight
1.10
Item Dimension
7.72 x 12.01 x 1.89
Warranty Information
3 Years