You need 16 drive connections inside the chassis, not out the back. This internal 940-16i adapter keeps all cabling contained within your ThinkSystem, 12Gb/s SAS across every port, and 8GB of flash cache so your array doesn't stall when the workload spikes. PCIe Gen4 on the host side means the CPU sees full speed. Clean install, no external risers, no extra shelf space
| brand | Lenovo ISG |
| model | RAID 940-16i Internal |
| port_count | 16 internal |
| interface_speed | 12Gb/s SAS |
| cache_size | 8GB Flash |
| pci_express_version | Gen4 |
| connector_type | Internal |
| category | Servers > Lenovo RAID Cards |