Product Naming Convention - Storage Controller Cards
SCC- |
P |
6 |
N |
B3008 |
t |
- |
B |
1 |
- |
NI22 |
Prefix |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
7th |
8th |
10th |
Character (Set) | Representation | Options |
Prefix | Product Family | SCC = Storage Controller Card |
1st | Controller Type |
P = Pass through part (conn to BPN & MB, IOC) F = legacy in the past A = Active part (conn to MB only w/ ROC) B = Active part (conn to MB only w/ IOC) M = Mid-plane |
2nd | Number of Ports/Devices |
2 = 2 ports/devices 4 = 4 ports/devices 6 = 6 ports/devices 16 = 16 ports/devices |
3rd | Protocol Type |
N = NVMe S = SAS T = SATA M = M.2 H = Hyprid F = Fan G = GPU R = Retimer/Redriver |
4th | Chipset Manufacturer (optional) |
I = Microsemi B = Broadcom M = Marvell SAS chip: 3808,3216, 3008, 3108, 2208... etc. 3808 = SAS3808 3908 = SAS3908 3216 = SAS3216 |
5th | RAID Mode / Split Part Section (optional) |
r = IR mode t = IT mode |
6th | Generation |
G3 = PCIe Gen3 G4 = PCIe Gen4 G5 = PCIe Gen5 G6 = PCIe Gen6 GH = Hybrid |
7th | Product Family |
B = BigTwin / Ultra Twin E = Eagle Stream F = FatTwin G = GrandTwin H = Hyper M = MicroCloud P = TwinPro2 S = SBB A = AMD motherboard (blank for Intel) X = Others Max of two types of servers (1st Character after the 2nd "-") |
8th | Tray Height / Form Factor |
1 = 1U Height 2 = 2U Height |
9th |
Reserved Digit (e.g. Firmware Rev.) |
1 ~ 9, A ~ Z, a ~ z D = Dual mode FW E = 14 (X14 System Gen) M = Multiple Clock |
10th |
Solution Code (4-5 char) |
OEM customer abbreviation |