This 16-port HBA card is compatible with LSI 9305-16i and uses the SAS3224 controller. It operates in HBA IT Mode (Non-RAID), presenting connected drives directly to the host for passthrough, JBOD, software RAID, ZFS, TrueNAS, unRAID, Proxmox, ESXi, and NAS storage applications. The card uses a PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface and provides four internal SFF-8643 connectors. It supports data transfer rates up to 12Gb/s for SAS drives or 6Gb/s for SATA drives. The package includes 1 HBA card and 4x SFF-8643 to 4x SATA breakout cables, supporting direct attachment of up to 16 SATA drives. The included cables are for SATA drives only and are not compatible with SAS drives. To connect SAS drives, use SFF-8643 to SFF-8482 SAS cables sold separately or select the matched HBA + SAS cable kit. This product is an HBA passthrough card, not a hardware RAID controller.