The host bus adapter 9207-8e by Broadcom / LSI lets you increase the number of connected hard drives. The component is identical to the version by Avago. The HBA offers a PCIe x8 3.0 interface as well as 8 external ports for SATA or SAS drives via 2 miniSAS SFF-8088 ports. The maximum data transfer rate is 6 Gbps. The adapter is universally compatible with all known brands and supports 4k sector drives. It is flashed to the latest IT mode firmware. Full and low profile brackets are included.