The host bus adapter 430-8e by Lenovo lets you increase the number of hard drives connected to your server or workstation. The HBA has a PCIe x8 3.0 interface as well as 8 external ports for SATA or SAS drives via 2 miniSAS ports. The maximum data transfer rate is 12 GBps. It is universally compatible with all known brands and flashed to the latest IT mode firmware. Delivery includes full and low profile brackets for installation. The Lenovo host bus adapter serves as a hardware interface for storage devices. Ports: PCIe x8 3.9, 2 miniSAS SFF-8644 Ports for up to 8 external SATA / SAS drives The maximum data transfer rate is 12 Gbps. The latest IT mode firmware is installed. Full and low profile brackets are included.