Specification

Compliant with PCI Express Specification Revision v3.0

Backwards compatible with PCIe 2.0, and PCIe1.0

Bus width: X8 with 64Gb/s transmission speed

Compliant with PCI Power Management Specification Revision1.2

Fully compliant with Industry standard PCIe3.0 Slot, no-bifurcation dependency or need for specific brand/model of motherboards

Integrated Intelligent PCIe 3.0 Switch technology ensures up to PCIe x4 lanes are allocated to each M.2 slot

Supporting transfer rate of 2.5Gb(250MB/s),5Gb(500MB/s), 8Gb(1GB/s)

PCI Express interface: x16 lane

Supports NVM Express (NVMe)

Support for 2-Port x4 lane M.2 Key M NVMe SSD device

Supports M.2 SSD modules sizes:22x80mm

Supports M.2 M key and B+M key with PCIe Protocol

Comes with RAID0 function and automatically builds RAID0.MODE

LED read/write indicator

Compliant to standard NVMe spec v1.3

Automatic detection of lane configuration on boot-up

All ports support hot-plug

Operating temperature range:0~55°C

native, in-box NVMe driver support for all major OS platforms

Supported operating systems Win8,Win8.1,Win10/11, Linux kernel v3.10 or later, FreeBSD 12.1 or later, ESXi 6.5 and later, Mac OS

No driver is required because the driver is transparent to the operating system

Feature table

Product name PCIe 3.0 x8 88NR2241 2-PORT M.2 NVMe SSD RAID Adapter

Bus interface PCI-Epxress3.0 x8

Number of devices 2 x M.2 NVMe Ports (up to x4 lanes per port)

Data Transfer Rate 8Gbps per lane

Max Data Transfer Rate 64Gb/s

SSD Form factor 2280 with x2, or x4 lanes

Dimensions L169 x W69 x H20 mm

RAID Function RAID 0

Form Factor Full-Height / Low-Height

Work Temperature 0°C ~ + 55°C,

Relative humidity 5% to 90% non-condensing

Power Typical: 12.78W

Operating Voltage +12V ±8%; 3.3V ±9%

Supported Operating Systems & Platforms

Windows Windows 11, 10,8,8.1 / Windows Server 2022, 2019 / Microsoft Hyper-V

Linux Linux Kernel v3.10 or later

Mac OS MacOS 10.13 and later

FreeBSD FreeBSD 12.1 and later

VMware ESXi 6.5 and later

System Requirements Linux Platforms:

RHEL/Centos7.6/7.9/8.2/8.3

Deep in 15.11/20/20.6/20.9

Ubuntu 16.04.3/18.04.5

Ubuntu 20.04.1/22.04.2

SUSE 12.5/15 SP4

Mac Platforms:

Apple Mac Pro systems:2012; 5.1, 7.1(2019)

Apple M1 Platform compatible

PC platforms:

Any PC or Motherboard with an industry standard PCIe x16/x8 physical

Slot (Bifurcation is not required)

Cooling Full-Length Anodized Aluminum Heat sink with built-in Low-Noise fans

Package content

1 x PCIe 3.0 x8 88NR2241 2-PORT M.2 NVMe SSD RAID Adapter

1 x Users Manual

2 x Screws

1 x Screw driver

2 x heat sink

Hardware installation

1.Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord

2.Remove the computer cover and the adapter slot cover from the slot that matches your adapter

3.Insert the adapter edge connector into the slot and secure the bracket to the chassis

4.Replace the computer cover ,then plug in the power cord

5.Power on the computer

Drivers installation

ALL supported systems do not require an installed driver


Support

More information and settings, please refer to the User Guides or you can contact us.