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MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i and SAS 9271-8i RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
June 2012
MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i and MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID Controllers
MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i and MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID Controllers
Thank you for purchasing the MegaRAID
®
SAS 9271-4i RAID controller or the MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID controller.
Your MegaRAID controller provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant drive subsystem management.
Before you install your RAID controller, take a few minutes to read this quick installation guide. This guide describes
the RAID controller and the related components (sold separately), which include the LSICVM01 CacheVault™ Kit and
the intelligent Battery Backup Unit 09 (LSIiBBU09). The LSICVM01 kit contains the CVFM02 CacheVault Flash Module,
the CVPM02 CacheVault Power Module, the clip, and the cable.
In addition, this guide documents the following procedures:
Installing the MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID controller
Installing the CVFM02 module on the RAID controller
Installing the CVPM02 module on a remote mount board
Connecting the CVFM02 module to the CVPM02 module
Attaching an LSIiBBU09 unit directly to the RAID controller
Connecting the RAID controller to a remote LSIiBBU09 unit
If you need more information about any topic covered in this guide, refer to the related documents on your MegaRAID
Universal Software Suite CD.
1Product Overview
The MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID controller is a PCI Express® 3.0, low-profile RAID controller that offers a 6-Gb/s
transfer rate. It controls eight internal SAS+SATA ports through two SFF-8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors.
The MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i RAID controller is a PCI Express 3.0, low-profile RAID controller that offers a 6-Gb/s transfer
rate. It controls four internal SAS+SATA ports through one SFF-8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors.
The MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i RAID controller does not support the J5B1 port connector, which the MegaRAID SAS 9271-
8i RAID controller does support. Otherwise, the MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i RAID controller supports the same connectors
as the MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID controller.
1.1 CacheVault Flash Module and CacheVault Power Module
The MegaRAID 9271 RAID controllers support the CacheVault Module Kit LSICVM01, which includes a CacheVault
Flash Module (CVFM02), a CacheVault Power Module (CVPM02), a clip, and a cable. The CVFM02 product is a USB flash
module that provides cache offload capability to protect cached data in case of host power loss or server failure. The
CVFM02 module connects to a remote CVPM02 module, which is a super-capacitor pack that provides power for the
backup of your data in case of host power loss or server failure.
For more information about the CVFM02 module and the CVPM02 module, refer to the Cache Backup Products for
MegaRAID SAS+SATA RAID Controllers User Guide on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD.
NOTE This section shows the MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID controller being installed. You can install the
MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i RAID controller in the same way.
NOTE This RAID controller supports SATA I, SATA II, and SATA III.
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