LSI MegaRAID SAS User Manual

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6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide
August 2012
Chapter 3: MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics
6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family
The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID controller.
Table 10 MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controllers – Jumpers and Connectors
Jumper/
Connector
Type Description
J1A2 SCS Backplane Management connector 3-pin shielded header
Implements an enclosure management module that is responsible
for providing enclosure management functions for storage
enclosures and server backplanes.
J1A3 Local Battery Backup Unit connector 20-pin connector
Connects the LSIiBBU09 unit directly to the RAID controller.
J1A4 SCS Backplane Management connector 3-pin shielded header
Implements an enclosure management module that is responsible
for providing enclosure management functions for storage
enclosures and server backplanes.
J1B1 Individual PHY and Drive Fault Indication
header
Ports 3 to 0
Ports 7 to 4
2x8-pin header
Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault
condition. There is one LED per port. When lit, each LED
indicates the corresponding drive has failed or is in the
Unconfigured-Bad state.
The LEDs function in a direct-attach configuration (there are no
SAS expanders). Direct attach is defined as a maximum of one
drive connected directly to each port.
J2B4 Standard Edge Card connector The interface between the RAID controller and the host system.
This interface provides power to the board and an I
2
C interface
connected to the I
2
C bus for the Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI).
J3A1 Drive Activity LED header 2-pin connector
Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected
to the controller.
J3L1 Remote Battery Backup connector 20-pin connector
Connects a remote LSIiBBU09 unit to RAID controller.
J4B1 CacheVault Flash Module DDR3 interface 70-pin connector
Connects the RAID controller to a CVFM02 module. The CVFM02
module connects to a remote CVPM02 module.
J5A1 x4 SAS Port 0 through Port 3 Internal connector SFF-8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector
Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives.
J5A2 Write-Pending LED header 2-pin connector
Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the cache has
yet to be written to the storage devices. Used when the write-back
feature is enabled.
J5B1 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 Internal connector SFF-8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector
Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives.
NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i RAID controller does not contain
the J5B1 connector. This connector is on the MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i
RAID controller.
J6B1 Advanced Software Options Hardware Key
header
3-pin header
Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features,
which include CacheCade, FastPath, Recovery, and SafeStore
disk encryption.

LSI MegaRAID SAS Specifications

General

RAID Levels	0, 1, 5
Ports	8
Form Factor	Low Profile
Operating Systems Supported	Windows, Linux, VMware
SAS Ports	8
BBU Support	Optional
Operating Temperature	0°C to 55°C