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LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i Kit

1. Ju Ses na uU v 9 o v vU 8 i si2 9 e siss q9 52 3 a e amp 32329 O oGqa 8 Ono or r 4 o a 7 9 0502 Specification S Ee Sse e e Sek Iss eae le 2 18 216 eee pecitica o a an aaa p a ANAA AA ood N P E Ee E ARAN 7 D nn nan A D v9 unn oun une v o a a ADADA lt lt aun tuun 2 s szsslsassiz242 E n n tnane Nn Maximum virtual drives per controller 16 16 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 Maximum drive groups per controller 16 16 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 Maximum virtual drives per drive group 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Maximum drives per drive group 16 16 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 Maximum drives per controller 162 162 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 240 240 240 240 240 240 Maximum hot spares per controller 16 162 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 240 240 240 240 240 240 Maximum spans per virtual drive 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Maximum enclosures per port 2 2 2 2 10 2 2 2 2 10 10 2 10 10 10 Number of port connectors 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 5 7 2 a These controllers can support up to 64 devices but only 16 can be used in a RAID configuration b The number assumes one storage enclosure processor SEP per enclosure The maximum numbers in the previous table depend on how many physical devices you have conne
2. Jumper Fare Connector Type Description J1A1 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector AM Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a i fault condition Tix o F gt J1A2 Write Pending LED header 2 pin connector JMA2 Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the cache has yet to be written to the storage devices Used i w when the write back feature is enabled I o E gt J1A3 LSI Test header 2 pin connector LSI Corporation 39 Reserved for internal use 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 8 MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper Connector J1A4 Type Activity LED header 2 ve ve k E J1A4 Description 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected to the controller J1A5 Individual PHY and Drive Fault Indication header Ports 0 to 3 Ports 4 to 7 RA E a Hs J1A5 2x8 pin header Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is ina 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 direct
3. They provide an lC interface for enclosure management They support the internal SAS Sideband signal SFF 8485 SGPIO interface Flexibility Features These features increase the flexibility of the RAID controllers They support a Flash ROM interface a nonvolatile static RAM NVSRAM interface and a pipelined synchronous burst SRAM PSBRAM interface They offer a flexible programming interface to tune I O performance They permit mixed connections to SAS targets or SATA Ill targets They leverage compatible connectors for SAS connections and SATA III connections LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 Summary of 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Characteristics m They permit grouping of up to four PHYs in a single quad port to form a wide port 1 6 7 1 6 8 They permit programming of the World Wide Name Drive Roaming Drive roaming occurs when the drives are changed to different ports on the same controller When the drives are placed on different channels the controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives Configuration data is saved in both the NVRAM on the RAID controller and on the drives attached to the controller This action maintains the integrity of the data on each drive even if the drives have changed their physical device ID S NOTE If you move a drive that is being rebuilt the rebuild operation re
4. 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 9265CV 8i RAID controller Table 9 MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors Jumper Connector J1A1 Type Global Drive Fault LED header J1A1 nye Description 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is ina fault condition J1A2 Write Pending LED header J1A2 a 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 J1A3 LSI Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for internal use J1A4 Activity LED header 2 ve ve k E J1A4 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected to the controller J1A5 Individual PHY and Drive Fault Indication header Ports 0 to 3 Ports 4 to 7 LAN ve ve k a J1A5 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 defin
5. Jumper ss Connector Type Description J5A2 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector UART connector for the expander Reserved for LSI use J5B1 Board to board Mezzanine connector 240 pin 02 DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects the memory module directly to the RAID controller The module connects to an LSIiBBU09 Battery Backup Unit that is mounted remotely Refer to the MegaRAID LSIiBBUOO Intelligent Battery Backup Unit 09 Quick Installation Guide for the procedure used to connect the memory module to the remote LSIiBBUOO unit J6A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector UART connector for the expander Reserved for LSI use 3 1 9 2 MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller The following figure shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them Figure 23 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller J1A1 J1A3 J2A1 J2A2 J2A4 J4A1 J4A2 J5A1 J6A1 MM J1A4 1 I mous 1 i i T s J5B1 1 I CU AACA TAA J2B1 N NOTE Pin 1 on the heade
6. LSI Corporation 54 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Figure 21 Card Layout for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID Controller J2B1 J2B2 J3B1 J4B2 Ports Ports Ports Ports 0 3 4 7 8 11 12 15 J1L1 on oa aa mi mil E J1B2 Ports 24 27 J1C1 85067 07 N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller is like the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller SJ except that the MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e controller does not contain the J4A5 J5A1 or J5B2 connectors LSI Corporation 55 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 9280 24i4e RAID controller It includes diagrams showing Pin1 and its orientation for several of the connectors Table 15 MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID Controller Connectors Jumper Connector J1A2 Type Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART for the expander Description 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J1B1 LED Locate and Fault Indication header Ports 0 to 3 Ports 4 to 7 Z7 ve ve k PORT 0 a a a E a a PORT 7 J1B1 2
7. 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 1 RAID Controller Specifications Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID controller model 25421 CacheVault Flash Module 01 model CVFMO1 CacheVault Flash Module 02 model CVFMO2 CacheVault Flash Module 03 model CVFMO3 CacheVault Power Module 01 model CVPM01 CacheVault Power Module 02 model CVPMO2 LSI intelligent battery backup unit 07 model 25034 LSI intelligent battery backup unit 08 model 25343 LSI intelligent battery backup unit 09 model 25407 The following table lists the specifications for the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers Table 21 RAID Controller Specifications Technical Specifications Specification MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271 SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers Processor PCI Express host controller to PCI secondary 1 0 controller Part number MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID controllers LSISAS2008 PCI Express SAS SATA I O Processor chip MegaRAID SAS 9260 SAS 9261 and SAS 9280 RAID controllers LSISAS2108 ROC device with Integrated PowerPC processor MegaRAID SAS 9260 SAS 9261 and SAS 9280 RAID controllers LSISAS2208 RoC device MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller 25083 MegaRAID SAS 9240 8 RAID controller 25091 MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i RAID controller 25121 MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 RAID controll
8. Nao LSI Storage Networking Accelerated 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 41450 04 Rev A 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Revision History Version and Date Description of Changes 41450 04 Rev A August 2012 Added the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i SAS 9271 4i SAS 9271 8i SAS 9271 8iCC SAS 9286 8e SAS 9286CV 8e and SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID controllers 41450 03 Rev A April 2012 Added the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i SAS 9266 4i SAS 9266 8i and SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controllers 41450 02 Rev E February 2011 Added the MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i SAS 9260CV 8i SAS 9265 8i and SAS 9285 8e RAID controllers 41450 02 Rev D June 2010 Added the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i SAS 9280 16i4e and SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controllers 41450 02 Rev C April 2010 Put this guide in the new template 41450 02 Rev B November 2009 Added the MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i SAS 9240 8i SAS 9261 8i and SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controllers 41450 02 Rev A July 2009 Added the MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260DE 8i SAS 9280 8e and SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controllers 41450 01 Rev A June 2009 Added the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 RAID controller 41450 00 Rev A March 2009 Initial release of this document LSI the LSI amp Design logo CacheCade CacheVault Fusion MPT MegaRAID and SafeStore are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation or its subsidiaries Al
9. The controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives 1 7 Hardware Specifications You can install the 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers in a computer with a motherboard that has a PCI Express slot The following table describes the hardware configuration features for the 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers Table 2 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Features MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271 Specification SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller do not support RAID 6 or RAID 60 Devices supported per port Up to 15 SAS devices or SATA III devices such as drives and expanders Number of ports m MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller Four ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector m MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i RAID controller Four ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector LSI Corporation 16 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 Hardware Specifications Table 2 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Features Continued MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271
10. SAS drives or SATA drives N NOTE Make sure to use an uninterruptible power supply 2 2 Quick Installation The following steps quickly install your 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller These steps are for experienced computer users or installers Section 2 3 Detailed Installation contains the steps for all other users to follow 1 Turn off the power to the system and all drives enclosures and system components and disconnect the PC power cord Open the cabinet of the host system by following the instructions in the host system technical documentation Check the jumper settings to make sure that they are in the desired position The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them NOTE See Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics for detailed information about the S jumpers and the connectors Install the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller in the server and connect SAS devices or SATA II devices to it Make sure that the cables you use conform to all specifications Perform a safety check a Make sure that all cables are attached correctly b Make sure that the RAID controller is installed correctly c Close the cabinet of the host system Reconnect the power cords to the system Turn on the power to the system Make sure that the power is turned on to any external drives before the power is turned on to the host computer If the computer is powered up before these
11. Spec coucl SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers Number of ports continued m MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller Four ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector m MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors wm MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller Sixteen ports through four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9265 8 RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors wm MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller Four ports through one SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector m MegaRAID SAS 9266 8 RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9270 8 RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller Four ports through one SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector m MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i RAID controller Eight internal SAS S
12. The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 26 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 State 4 3 3V supply 1 339A 1 174A 1 225A 1 356A 412V supply 1 466A 1 426A 1 487A 1 773A 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 048A 0 026A 0 214A 0 168A Total power 21 509W 21 072W 22 593W 26 3052W NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted see State 4 in the previous table for typical current consumption values Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller The operating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2108 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Operating ambient temperature 55 C The iBBU unit is not included in the limit as it is present remotely in the system You need to make sure that maximum operating ambient temperature around the LSIiBBUO 7 is 45 C and 55 C for the LSIiBB
13. m MegaRAID SAS 9270 8 RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9271 8 RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm wm MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm wm MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller Standard height PCI Express adapter card size 111 15 mm x 167 64 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller Standard height PCI Express adapter card size 111 15 mm x 167 64 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm LSI Corporation 70 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 2 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Table 21 RAID Controller Specifications Continued Specification Card size contin
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15. 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives LSI Corporation 64 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 1 10 2 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 18 MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID Controller Connectors Continued UART connector for the expander Jumper AR Connector Type Description J2A1 Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives AA connected to the controller ve ve a k J1A4 J2A2 P O Mode jumper 2 pin connector Installing this jumper causes the RAID controller to run in 2O mode The default mode of operation is without the shunt and running in Fusion Mode J2A3 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 J2B1 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface connected to the I7C bus for IPMI J4A1 Serial EEPROM 2 pin connector Provides controller information such as the serial number revision and manufacturing date The default is no shunt installed J4A2 LSI Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use
16. 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 NOTE This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only LSI Corporation 57 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 15 MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID Controller Connectors Continued Jumper Connector J4A5 Type LED Locate and Fault Indication header Ports 16 to 19 Ports 20 to 23 RAX Ve ve k a PORT 16 a t a PORT 23 J4A5 Description 2x8 pin header Connects to an LED array 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 NOTE This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only J4B2 x4 SAS Ports 12 to 15 Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J5A1 J5A2 x4 SAS Ports 16 to 19 Internal connector Write Pending LED header J5A2
17. C bus for IPMI J5A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART connector for the expander 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J5B1 Board to Board Mezzanine connector 240 pin 02 DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects a CacheVault Flash Module CVFMO3 directly to the RAID controller The CVFM03 module connects to a CacheVault Power Module 02 CVPMO2 that is mounted on a remote mount board Refer to the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide for the procedure used to connect the CVFMO03 module to the CVPM02 module J6A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART connector for the expander 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use LSI Corporation 43 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 5 3 1 5 1 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controllers The MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector The MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors This controller supports a nonvolatile CVFM02 module that connects to a CVPMO2 module to provide backup for your data in case of power loss NOTE The MegaRAID
18. During a hard reset m State 2 During a disk stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 35 Power Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 934mA 901mA 893mA 12V supply 807mA 542mA 541mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 14mA 43mA 43mA iBBU applications only NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted on the controller the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID Controller The operating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery
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20. SAS 9261 8 RAID controller Table 7 MegaRAID SAS 9261 8 RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors Jumper Type Description JAL1 Remote Battery Backup Unit connector 20 pin connector on the rear of the controller Connects an optional remote LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or an LSIiBBUOS unit to the RAID controller JT3B1 Battery Backup Unit connector 20 pin connector Connects an optional LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or an optional LSIiBBUOS unit directly to the RAID controller JT5A1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 Connects the cables from the RAID controller to SAS drives or SATA drives or a Mini SAS 4i connector SAS expander JT5B1 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 Connects the cables from the RAID controller to SAS drives or SATA drives or a Mini SAS 4i connector SAS expander JT5B2 Universal Asynchronous Receiver 4 pin connector Transmitter UART debugging Reserved for LSI use JT5B3 Set Factory Defaults connector 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use JT6B1 Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use JT6B2 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition JT6B3 SAS Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates drive activity MegaRAID SAS 9265 RAID Controllers The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports throug
21. TAMAR GESTOR CE STR TR ER Gaede Tate RFID OR OS REED od SA 72 3 344 Electrical Characteristics s oos Detroit aude wegen veda EEUU UCPER ERU EUR TE DENN RE CR UTER RU RR DE EN Rte 72 33 5 Safety Characteristics esses eni rrr eher RE RE ds ARH ATES SONNE LGA REEF RE FAEREREEFOSERRRNREFP NE RE Mma RE Re EE SEE RA 87 GOSS ANY pP EE E E T A E E EE E E E A E A A 88 LSI Corporation 4 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 Overview Chapter 1 Overview 1 1 1 1 1 This document is the primary reference and user s guide for the LSI MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers based on the 6Gb s SAS SATA RAID on a chip devices This document contains complete installation instructions for these RAID controllers and includes specifications for them Overview The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers are high performance intelligent PCI Express to SATA SAS controllers with RAID control capability The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers provide reliability high performance and fault tolerant drive subsystem management They are an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage of workgroup departmental and enterprise systems The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers offer a cost effective way to implement RAID in a server SAS technology brings a wealth of options and flexibility with the use of SAS and SATA devices within the same storage infrastructure However SAS devices and SATA device
22. and board support http www lsi com support storage tech_support index html From this page you can email or call LSI Technical Support or submit a new service request and view its status N NOTE Record your controller serial number in a safe location in case you need to contact LSI Email http www lsi com support email Pages default aspx Support Request http www lsi com support Pages submitsupportrequest aspx Telephone Support http www lsi com support Pages call us as px 1 800 633 4545 North America 00 800 5745 6442 International N NOTE The international toll free number does not require country specific access codes Documents and Downloads http www si com support Pages downloads aspx k LSI Corporation 19 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 Requirements Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation 2 1 Requirements The following items are required to install a 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller A MegaRAID SAS 92xx RAID controller A host system with an available x8 PCI Express 2 0 slot NOTE These controllers also work in PCI Express first generation slots The PCI Express software is SJ backward compatible with previous revisions of the PCI bus and the PCI X bus The MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD which contains the drivers and documentation The necessary internal cables external cables or both
23. can be reprogrammed See NVRAM A SAS device installed outside the computer cabinet These devices are connected using specific types of shielded cables An acronym for Fusion Message Passing Technology architecture Fusion MPT consists of several main elements Fusion MPT firmware the Fibre Channel and SCSI hardware and the operating system level drivers that support these architectures Fusion MPT architecture offers a single binary operating system driver that supports both Fibre Channel and SCSI devices The computer system in which a RAID controller is installed It uses the RAID controller to transfer information to and from devices attached to the SCSI bus A circuit board or integrated circuit that provides a device connection to the computer system An idle powered on standby drive that is ready for immediate use in case of drive failure A hot spare does not contain any user data A hot spare can be dedicated to a single redundant array or it can be part of the global hot spare pool for all arrays managed by the controller When a drive fails the controller firmware automatically replaces and rebuilds the data from the failed drive to the hot spare Data can be rebuilt only from virtual drives with redundancy RAID levels 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 not RAID level 0 and the hot spare must have sufficient capacity A SAS device installed inside the computer cabinet These devices are connected by using a shielded cable LSI Cor
24. devices the devices might not be recognized LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 Detailed Installation 2 3 Detailed Installation This section provides detailed instructions for installing your 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller 1 Unpack the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller Unpack and remove your RAID controller Inspect it for damage If it appears damaged or if any of the following items are missing contact your LSI Customer and Technical Support representative The RAID controller is shipped with the following items ACDthat contains an electronic version of this user s guide and other related documentation Alicense agreement Warranty information Turn off the power to the system Turn off the power to the computer and disconnect the AC power cord Remove the computer cover Refer to the system documentation for instructions Before you install the controller make sure that the computer is disconnected from the power and from any networks Review the RAID controller jumpers and connectors The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them See Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics for diagrams of the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers that show their jumpers and connectors Install the RAID controller Select a PCI Express slot and align the controller s PCI Express bu
25. for LSI use J4A2 Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives An connected to the controller ve ve ae f J4A2 J4A3 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a AA fault condition ve ve aL te J4A3 J4A4 LED Locate and Fault Indication header 2x8 pin header Connects to an LED array 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 NOTE This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only LSI Corporation 34 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 2 3 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 5 MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller Connectors Continued Jumper are Cohnector Type Description J4B2 x4 SAS Ports 12 to 15 Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J5A2 Write Pending LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the AA cache has yet to be written to the storage devices Us
26. least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2108 processor above the maximum ambient temperature m Operating ambient temperature 55 C The iBBU unit is not included in the limit as it is present remotely in the system You need to make sure that maximum operating ambient temperature around the LSIiBBUO7 unit is 45 C and 55 C for the LSIiBBU08 unit NOTE The operating ambient temperature of these RAID controllers can be raised to 60 C provided SJ the airflow over the controller is at least 300 LFPM The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the controller are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the LSIiBBU07 battery backup unit and 0 C to 55 C with the LSIIBBUOS battery backup unit LSI Corporation 82 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 4 23 3 3 4 24 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1
27. module with CacheVault support NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller are software RAID controllers and do not support cache Size of flash ROM for firmware 16 MB NVRAM 32 KB for storing RAID configurations Array Performance Features The following table shows the array performance features for the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers Table 22 Array Performance Features Specification PCI Express host data transfer rate MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271 SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers 5Gb s per lane Drive data transfer rate 6Gb s per lane Maximum scatter gather I O 80 elements Maximum size of I O requests 6 4 MB in 64 KB strips LSI Corporation 71 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 1 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Table 22 Array Performance Features Continued MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SIEG ESI SAS 9271 SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers Maximum queue tags per drive As many as the drive can accept Strip sizes 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB 128 KB 256 KB 512 KB or 1 MB Maximum number of concurrent commands 255 Fault Tolerance The following table list
28. servers LSI Corporation gis 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 Configuration Scenarios High end external SAS SATA configuration This configuration is for external connectivity using SATA drives SATA II drives SATA III drives SAS drives or combinations of SATA and SAS drives External enclosure management is supported through in band SCSI enclosed storage The configuration must support STP and SMP The following figure shows a direct connect configuration The Inter IC I C interface communicates with peripherals The external memory bus provides a 32 bit memory bus parity checking and chip select signals for pipelined synchronous burst static random access memory PSBRAM nonvolatile static random access memory NVSRAM and Flash ROM Figure 1 Example of an LSI SAS Direct Connect Application SAS SATA III Device 32 Bit Memory Address Data SAS Bus Flash ROM PCI Express PSBRAM RAID Controller NVSRAM SAS SATA III Device PC Interface SAS SATA III Device a SAS SATA III Device LQ PCI Express Interface The following figure shows an example of a SAS RAID controller configured with an LSISASx12 expander that is connected to SAS drives SATA III drives or both Figure 2 Example of an LSI SAS RAID Controller Configured with an LSISASx12 Expander PCI Express Interface 8 Peripheral SAS RAID Controller i Flash R
29. support 16 pin connector Indicates drive faults There is one LED per port When lit each LED indicates the corresponding drive has failed or is in the Unconfigured Bad state Refer to the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide for more information about drive states 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 NOTE This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only JT13 Universal Asynchronous Receiver 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use Transmitter UART debugging LSI Corporation 31 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 2 2 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller The following figure shows the jumpers and connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller Figure 11 Card Layout for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller J4A1 J4A3 J2B1 J2B2 J3B1 J4B2 Ports Ports Ports Ports 4 7 8 11 JAL4 on J1B1 back J1C1 85068 00 N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure LSI Corporatio
30. to smaller devices and do not inhibit airflow The point to point SATA III architecture eliminates inherent difficulties created by the legacy ATA master slave architecture while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware PCI Express Architecture PCI Express is a local bus system designed to increase data transfers without slowing down the central processing unit CPU You can install MegaRAID PCI Express RAID controllers in PCI Express computer systems with a standard bracket type With these controllers in your system you can connect SAS devices and SATA Ill devices over the bus NOTE Some PCI E slots support PCI E graphics cards only RAID controllers installed in these PCI E slots do SJ not function PCI Express goes beyond the PCI specification in that it is intended as a unifying I O architecture for various systems desktops workstations mobile devices servers communications and embedded devices Operating System Support The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers support the following operating systems m Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows XP x64 Windows Server 2003 x86 Windows Server 2003 x64 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Window Server 2012 Red Hat Linux SuSE SLES Novell NetWare SCO OpenServer SCO UnixWare Solaris FreeBSD VMware Refer to the MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide for more information about the drivers To download the lates
31. using disk encryption The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e PCI Express 2 0 Standard Height Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls 16 internal SAS SATA ports through four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and four external SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e PCI Express 2 0 Standard Height Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls 24 internal SAS SATA ports through six SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and four external SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector MegaRAID SAS 9285 RAID Controllers The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors and it has an onboard CacheVault Flash Module 03 CVFMO3 that connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 CVPMO2 MegaRAID SAS 9286 RAID Controllers The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e PCI Express 3 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e PCI Express 3 0 Low Profile Serial Attac
32. 0 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the battery backup unit LSI Corporation 75 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 4 9 3 3 4 10 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 28 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 956mA 919mA 916mA 4 12V supply 809mA 555mA 559mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 10mA 39mA 19mA NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the BBU daughter card is mounted the following pow
33. 260CV 4i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector and it has an onboard CacheVault Flash Module 01 CVFMO1 that connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 01 LSI Corporation zJ a 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 1 3 3 1 3 4 1 3 5 1 3 6 1 3 7 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Detailed Descriptions m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and it has an onboard CacheVault Flash Module 01 CVFMO1 that connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 01 m The6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and offers data security using disk encryption MegaRAID SAS 9261 RAID Controller The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9265 RAID Controllers m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight interna
34. 4e RAID controllers Six internal connectors for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller One external connector for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e SAS 9280 16i4e and SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controllers Two external connectors for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e SAS 9280DE 8e SAS 9285 8e SAS 9285CV 8e SAS 9285DE 8e SAS 9286 8e SAS 9286CV 8e SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID controllers Support for RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 Advanced array configuration and management utilities Support for global hot spares and dedicated hot spares Support for user defined strip sizes 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 or 1024 KB Advanced array configuration and management utilities offer these capabilities Online capacity expansion to add space to an existing drive or a new drive Online RAID level migration Drive migration Drive roaming Noreboot necessary after expansion Load balancing Media scan User specified rebuild rate specifying the percentage of system resources to use from 0 percent to 100 percent Nonvolatile random access memory NVRAM of 32 KB for storing RAID system configuration information the MegaRAID SAS firmware is stored in flash ROM for easy upgrade SAS Features The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers support the following SAS features They provide four fully independent PHYs or eight fully independent PHYs depending on the controller They support 6Gb s and 3Gb s SAS data transfers per PHY They su
35. 6mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 4mA 0 3mA 0 1mA NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted on the controller the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller The operating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the RAID controller are as follows m Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 4 27 3 3 4 28 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Power Supply Requir
36. 9 3 3 4 20 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e SAS 9280 8e and SAS 9280DE 8e RAID Controllers All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e SAS 9280 8e and SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controllers through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a disk stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 33 Power Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e SAS 9280 8e and SAS 9280DE 8e RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 623mA 697mA 617mA 12V supply 813mA 963mA 767mA 3 3V auxiliary supply N A N A N A NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted the following power consumption figures apply During fast charging of the battery pack 230mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e SA
37. 950 1 UL 60950 1 First Edition listed accessory UL file number E257743 MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller model 25083 MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller model 25091 MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i RAID controller model 25121 45A MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 RAID controller model 25121 44 MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller model 25243 06 MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller model 25377 00 MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller model 25377 00 MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controller model 25121 MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID controller model 25239 MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID controller model 25366 00 MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller model 25422 00 MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller model 25413 00 MegaRAID SAS 9266 8 RAID controller model 25413 00 MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID controller model 25422 MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller model 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9271 8 RAID controller model 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller model 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller model 25305 MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller model 25152 MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller model 25152 MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller model 25243 MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller model 25243 MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller model 25367 MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller model 25421 MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller model 25421 MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller model 25421 LSI Corporation
38. AID controller are as follows m Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 31 3 3 4 32 3 3 5 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a disk stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 39 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID Controller PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 0 864A 0 989A 0 986A 12V supply 0 832A 0 6388A 0 633A 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 08A 0 0312A 0 040A NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU batte
39. ATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller Eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors wm MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller Four ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector and four ports through one SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector m MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller Sixteen ports through four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and four ports through one SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector m MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller Twenty four ports through six SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and four ports through one SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector m MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller Eight ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller Eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 mini external SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller Eight inter
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41. EEPROM using external utility software No jumper is present for normal operation JT1A4 Serial UART header Reserved for LSI internal use JT1B1 SEP Enclosure Support header 3 pin header Used for connection to the PortO enclosure JT1B2 Advanced Software Options Hardware Key header 2 pin header Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption JT2B1 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 Mini SAS 4i Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller does not contain the JT2B1 connector LSI Corporation 36 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 6 MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i and MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Continued 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 Jumper See Connector Type Description JT2B2 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 Mini SAS 4i Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives JT2B3 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface con
42. ID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller One SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector m MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller Two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors wm MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller Two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller Two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors wm MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller Two SFF 8088 x4 mini external SAS connectors wm MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller Two SFF 8088 x4 mini external SAS connectors Number of internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller One SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector MegaRAID SAS 9240 8 RAID controller Two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i RAID controller One SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 RAID controller Two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller Four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller One SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller Two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controller Two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID controller Two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i connectors MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID controller Two SFF 8087 internal mini SAS 4i connectors MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller Two SFF 8087 internal mini SAS 4i connectors
43. ID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 17 3 3 4 18 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller the MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controllers for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 32 Power Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 548 7mA 916 7mA 910 0mA 12V supply 331 0mA 723 3mA 663 3mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 6mA 0 3mA 0 1mA NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the BBU daughter card is mounted the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickl
44. J5A2 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector UART connector for the expander Reserved for LSI use J5B1 Board to board Mezzanine connector 240 pin 02 DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects the memory module directly to the RAID controller The module connects to an LSIiBBU09 Battery Backup Unit that is mounted remotely Refer to the MegaRAID LSIiBBUOO Intelligent Battery Backup Unit 09 Quick Installation Guide for the procedure used to connect the memory module to the remote LSIiBBUOO unit J6A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller The following figure shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them LSI Corporation 65 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Figure 25 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID Controller J1A1 J1A3 J2A1 J2A2 J2A4 J4A1 J4A2 J5A1 J6A1 3_00922 00 J2B1 N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highli
45. MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller One SFF 8087 internal mini SAS 4i connector MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i RAID controller Two SFF 8087 internal mini SAS 4i connectors MegaRAID SAS 9270 8 RAID controller Two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller One SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i RAID controller Two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller Two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller One SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller Four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller Six SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors LSI Corporation 18 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 Technical Support Table 2 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Features Continued MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271 ppecincaticn SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers Hardware exclusive OR XOR assistance Yes Direct I O Yes Architecture Fusion MPT 1 8 Technical Support For assistance installing configuring or running your 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controller contact LSI Technical Support Click the following link to access the LSI Technical Support page for storage
46. NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9260 4 RAID controller has the same connectors as the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i SJ RAID controller except for the JT7 connector which supports ports 4 to 7 The MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controller has the same connectors as the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i RAID controller Figure 10 Card Layout for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i RAID Controller JT12 1 Jr13 4 E art ia I 3_01400 00 NOTE JT1 JT2 and JT4 are behind the LSIiBBUO7 unit when the iBBU unit is installed but they are Y still accessible N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure The following table describes the jumpers and connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260 8i and SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controllers Table 4 MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260 8i and SAS 9260DE 8i RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Jumper Type Description JT1 Write Pending Indicator dirty cache 2 pin connector LED 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 JT2 SAS Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates drive activity JT3 Battery Backup Unit connector 20 pin connector Connects the optional LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or the optional LSIiBBUOS unit to the RAID control
47. OM NVSRAM 2 LSISAS2108 72 bit DDR DDR2 L C UART PCI Express to SAS ROC with ECC Interface SDRAM LSISASx12 LSISASx12 Expander Expander LSI Corporation 10 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 1 5 1 5 1 1 5 2 Benefits of the SAS Interface Benefits of the SAS Interface SAS is a serial point to point enterprise level device interface that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set SAS is a convergence of the advantages of SATA SCSI and Fibre Channel and it is the future mainstay of the enterprise and high end workstation storage markets SAS offers a higher bandwidth per pin than parallel SCSI and it improves signal and data integrity The SAS interface uses the proven SCSI command set to ensure reliable data transfers while providing the connectivity and flexibility of point to point serial data transfers The serial transmission of SCSI commands eliminates clock skew challenges The SAS interface provides improved performance simplified cabling smaller connectors lower pin count and lower power requirements when compared to parallel SCSI SAS controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that is compatible with Serial ATA technology The SAS protocols and the SATA III protocols use a thin 7 wire connector instead of the 68 wire SCSI cable or 26 wire ATA cable The SAS SATA III connector and cable are easier to manipulate allow connections
48. RAID SAS 9280 8e RAID Controller J6A2 J6A1 J6A3 M O J6B1 3 Jesz NOTE Connectors J6A1 J6A2 and J6A3 are behind the LSIIBBUO7 unit when the iBBU is installed but they are still accessible The following table describes the jumpers and connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller Table 13 MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e and MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID Controllers Connectors Connector Description Comments J1A1 Universal Asynchronous Receiver 4 pin connector Transmitter UART debugging Reserved for LSI use J1A2 Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J1A3 Set Factory Defaults connector 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J1A4 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the cables from the controller to SAS drives or SATA drives or a SAS expander J1B1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the cables from the controller to SAS drives or SATA drives or a SAS expander J6A1 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition J6A2 SAS Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates drive activity J6A3 Write Pending Indicator dirty cache 2 pin connector LED connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the cache has yet
49. S SCSI enclosure services over lC through an internal I C backplane cable J1L1 Remote Battery Backup connector on the rear of the controller 20 pin connector Connects the optional LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or the optional LSIiBBUOS unit to the RAID controller remotely J2B1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J2B2 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J2D1 Standard Edge Card connector LSI Corporation 33 The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface connected to the I C bus for IPMI 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 5 MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller Connectors Continued Ports 8 to 11 Ports 12 to 15 RA Ve ve cL PORT 8 B PORT 15 J4A4 Jumper Aare Connector Type Description J3B1 x4 SAS Ports 8 11 internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J4A1 Module CPLD 1x8 pin connector Reserved
50. S 9280 8e and SAS 9280DE 8e RAID Controllers The operating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e SAS 9280 8e and SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controllers are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2108 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 44 5 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the controller are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 21 3 3 4 22 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID Controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumpt
51. SAS 9266 4i RAID controller does not contain the J5B1 connector which supports S ports 4 to 7 The J5B1 connector is on the MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i RAID controller The following figure shows the jumpers and the connectors on the RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them Figure 16 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i RAID Controller C J1A3 J3L1 J5A2 pem ue J2B4 TO A C J6B5 J6B3 3_00890 01 LSI Corporation 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 J1A2 Type SCS Backplane Management connector Description 3 pin shielded header Implements an enclosure management module that is responsible for providing enclosure mana
52. SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives 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 J5B2 x4 SAS Ports 20 to 23 Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J5B3 Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART debugging 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use LSI Corporation 58 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 9 3 1 9 1 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family MegaRAID SAS 9285 RAID Controllers The MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors The MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors This controller supports the CVFM03 onboard 1 GB nonvolatile DDR3 1333MT s CacheVault Flash Module 03 which connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 to provide backup for your data in case of power loss MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout an
53. U08 unit NOTE The operating ambient temperature of these RAID controllers can be raised to 60 C provided the SJ airflow over the controller is at least 300 LFPM The parameter for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the controller are as follows m Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the LSIiBBUO7 battery backup unit and 0 C to 55 C with the LSIiBBU08 battery backup unit LSI Corporation 74 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 7 3 3 4 8 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 27 Pow
54. You can connect other SAS SJ controllers with external SAS port connectors in the same way 1 Connect the connector on one end of the cable to external port J1A4 or J1B1 on the MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller as shown in the following figure 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the external port on the drive enclosure LSI Corporation 26 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 SAS Device Cables and Connectors Figure 8 Connecting the MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID Controller to a Drive Enclosure iBBU Top View Mini SAS x4 Cable Plug Connector 22 AS Y A NY N AI ZB NN N Y M AY ASANAASAANAAM KS ASN SS AS S 85040 10 LSI Corporation 27 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers are dual PHY SAS PCI Express RAID controllers and are used in a system with a PCI Express slot PCI Express goes beyond the PCI specification in that it is intended as a unifying I O architecture for various systems desktops workstations mobile devices servers communications and embedded devices Th
55. aRAID SAS 9240 8 RAID controllers Table 3 MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i and MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Jumper Type Description J1 RISCwatch header 16 pin header Reserved for LSI use J2 CPLD header 10 pin header Reserved for LSI use J3 External LED drive activity fault header 4 pin connector Connects to external green or red LEDs that indicate drive activity or faults J4 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the cables from the controller to SAS drives or SATA drives or a SAS expander J5 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the cables from the controller to SAS drives or SATA drives or a SAS expander NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller does not have the J5 connector J6 PCI Express x8 Board Edge connector x8 interface that provides connections on both the top and the bottom of the board TP1 Universal Asynchronous Receiver 4 pin connector Transmitter UART debugging Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9260 RAID Controllers The MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector The MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors The MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller con
56. ange is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing for the RAID controllers m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2108 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 5 3 3 4 6 Technical Specifications The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the battery backup unit Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller State 1 During a consistency checks of all RAID 5 virtual drives at one time State 2 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt State 3 During a RAID 5 stress test State 4 During a drive stress test while the BBU is under fast charging
57. ation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Glossary BIOS C configuration D device driver domain validation drive group E EEPROM external SAS device F Fusion MPT architecture H host host adapter board hot spare internal SAS device Glossary Acronym for Basic Input Output System Software that provides basic read write capability Usually kept as firmware ROM based The system BIOS on the motherboard of a computer boots and controls the system The BIOS on your host adapter acts as an extension of the system BIOS Refers to the way a computer is set up the combined hardware components computer monitor keyboard and peripheral devices that make up a computer system or the software settings that allow the hardware components to communicate with each other A program that permits a microprocessor through the operating system to direct the operation of a peripheral device A software procedure in which a host queries a device to determine its ability to communicate at the negotiated data rate A group of physical drives that combines the storage space on the drives into a single segment of storage space A hot spare drive does not actively participate in a drive group Acronym for Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory It is a memory chip that typically stores configuration information as it provides stable storage for long periods without electricity and
58. backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the controller are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 25 3 3 4 26 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a disk stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 36 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 593mA 974mA 963mA 12V supply 598mA 768mA 81
59. ce 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 yetto 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 Corporation 45 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 6 3 1 6 1 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 10 MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper ee Connecter Type Description J6B2 SBR Bypass header 2 pin connector Lets you bypass the SBR EEPROM duri
60. cted to the RAID controller For example the maximum number of drive groups is equal to the number of drives that are supported by the controller Thus for the MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller the maximum number of drive groups per controller is 16 which is based on the maximum number of physical devices that you can connect In addition the maximum number of hot spares per controller is equal to the maximum number of drives per controller Although you can have up to 16 virtual drives per drive group and up to 128 drive groups on most of the controllers a limit of 64 virtual drives exists on those controllers These RAID controllers support 64 bit logical block addressing LBA which makes it possible to connect a large number of drives to the RAID controller directly and through expanders However the actual number of drives that you can attach depends on the limits listed in this table rather than by actual RAID volume capacity LSI Corporation 13 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 1 6 3 1 6 4 1 6 5 1 6 6 Summary of 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Characteristics SATA III Features The following list describes the SATA III features of the RAID controllers They support SATA III data transfers of 3Gb s for LSISAS2108 based controllers and 6Gb s for LSISAS2208 based controllers They support STP data transfers of 3Gb s They provide a serial point t
61. d connector information See Section 2 5 1 Connecting a SAS RAID Controller with Internal Connectors to the Drives for information about connecting the controller to the drives The maximum cable length is 10 meters 393 37 in You can connect one device per SAS PHY unless you use an expander System throughput problems can occur if the SAS cables are not the correct type To minimize the potential for problems use the following guidelines Use cables no longer than 10 meters 393 37 in Use shorter cables if possible Use cables that meet the SAS specification Route the SAS cables carefully Turn on the power to the system Reinstall the computer cover and reconnect the AC power cords Turn on power to the host computer Make sure that the power is turned on to the SAS devices SATA devices or both before or at the same time that the power is turned on to the host computer If the computer is powered on before these devices the devices might not be recognized During boot a BIOS message appears The firmware takes several seconds to initialize The configuration utility prompt times out after several seconds The second portion of the BIOS message shows the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller number firmware version and cache SDRAM size The numbering of the controllers follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the host motherboard LSI Corporation 22 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapte
62. d in detail in the following subsections MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID Controllers m The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller is a PCI Express 2 0 half size full height RAID controller based on the LSISAS2008 PCI Express SAS SATA I O Processor chip The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i controller controls four internal 6 Gb s SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector m The MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller is a PCI Express 2 0 half size full height RAID controller based on the LSISAS2008 PCI Express SAS SATA I O Processor chip The MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i controller controls eight internal 6 Gb s SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9260 RAID Controllers m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i PCI Express 2 0 Standard Height Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls 16 internal SAS SATA ports through four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9
63. d the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller The following figure shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them Figure 22 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID Controller J1A1 J1A2 J2A1 J2A3 J2A2 JAM JAA2 J5A2 J6A1 J1A3 i J1B1 J5B1 Q 85082 00 N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure LSI Corporation 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 9285 8e RAID controller Table 16 MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID Controller Connectors Jumper aee Connector Type Description J1A1 Write Pending LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the A cache has yet to be written to the storage devices Used tve Ve when the write back feature is enabled a k J1A1 J1A2 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a AA fault condition ve ve a k J1A2 J1A3 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mi
64. de for the procedure used to connect a CVFM02 module to a remote CVPM02 module J6A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector UART connector for the expander Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9286 RAID Controllers The MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors The MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors This controller supports the CVFM03 onboard 1 GB nonvolatile DDR3 1333MT s CacheVault Flash Module 03 which connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 to provide backup for your data in case of power loss The MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8iCC RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors This controller supports the CVFM03 onboard 1 GB nonvolatile DDR3 1333MT s CacheVault Flash Module 03 which connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 to provide backup for your data in case of power loss This RAID controller ships as standard with CacheCade CC Pro 2 0 and Fast Path software enabled out of the box MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller The following figur
65. ders Direct attach is defined as a maximum of one drive connected directly to each port LSI Corporation 47 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 1 7 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 11 MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper Connector J1A7 Type C Enclosure Management connector Description 3 pin connector Supports SES SCSI enclosure services over Pc through an internal I C backplane cable J1B1 Serial EEPROM SBR 2 pin connector Provides controller information such as the serial number revision and manufacturing date The default is no shunt installed J2B1 J2B2 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 Internal connector 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 2 drives SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J2B3 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 J2B4 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and a
66. e Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC PCI Express 3 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors This RAID controller supports CacheCade Pro 2 0 and Fast Path software enabled out of the box which optimize application performance in direct attached storage environments configured with solid state drives SSDs LSI Corporation 8 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 1 3 8 Configuration Scenarios MegaRAID SAS 9280 RAID Controllers 1 3 9 1 3 10 1 4 The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector and four external SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors and offers data security
67. e charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current NOTE If a CacheVault Flash Module 02 CVFM is attached to the RAID controller and the CVFMO2 module is SJ connected to a CacheVault Power Module 02 CVPM the following power consumption figures apply During CVPM module charge cycle 500mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers For the MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller the MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing for the RAID controllers m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the battery backup unit LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 1
68. e following subsection provides figures and connector information for the 6Gb s SAS RAID controllers MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID Controllers The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector The MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID Controllers Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID controllers The following figure shows the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller is like the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller except N that the MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller does not contain the J5 connector which supports ports 4 to 7 Figure 9 Card Layout for the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID Controller mmm EERE y J2 m J6 85043 00 MILL LEE LEE ELE LEE LLL LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 2 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i and Meg
69. e shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them LSI Corporation 63 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Figure 24 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID Controller Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family le mM o me deese se J2B1 35082 00 A NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller Table 18 MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID Controller Connectors Jumper en Connector Type Description J1A1 Write Pending LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the Ax cache has yet to be written to the storage devices Used ve ve when the write back feature is enabled a k J1A1 J1A2 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a AA fault condition ve Ve L te J1A2 J1A3 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives J1B1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 External connector SFF
70. ector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 956mA 919mA 916mA 4 12V supply 809mA 555mA 559mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 10mA 39mA 19mA NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the BBU daughter card is mounted the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 230mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID Controller For the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID controller the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing for the RAID controllers m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 44 5 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the battery backup unit LSI Corporation 79 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRA
71. ed ve ve when the write back feature is enabled a k J5A2 J5B3 Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART 4 pin connector debugging Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i and MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID Controllers Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and connector and jumper information for the RAID controller The following figure shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller does not contain the JT2B1 connector which supports S ports 4 to 7 The JT2B1 connector is on the MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller Figure 12 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID Controller JT6A1 JT6A2 JT1A2 JT6A3 e JT1A3 JT1A1 T T JT2B1 JT2B2 E n oo Ports 7 4 Ports 3 0 J5A1 JT1A4 JT1B1 JT1B2 9 85081 00 The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure LSI Corporation 35 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Con
72. ed as a maximum of one drive connected directly to each port LSI Corporation 42 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 9 MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper Connector J1A7 Type C Enclosure Management connector Description 3 pin connector Supports SES SCSI enclosure services over Pc through an internal I C backplane cable J1B1 Serial EEPROM SBR 2 pin connector Provides controller information such as the serial number revision and manufacturing date The default is no shunt installed J2B1 J2B2 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 Internal connector 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 2 drives SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J2B3 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 J2B4 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface connected to the I
73. ed for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 6Gb s RAID Controller Characteristics The following table shows the general characteristics for all 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers Table 20 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics a Forboot code and firmware b For BIOS configuration storage LSI Corporation 67 Flash ROM Serial EEPROM Data Transfer Rates SCSI Features SCSI Termination Yes Yes Up to 6Gb s per port for SAS and up to Plug and Play Active 6Gb s per port for SATA III Scatter Gather Activity LED 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Each 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller ensures data integrity by intelligently validating the compatibility of the SAS domain The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers use Fusion MPT architecture which allows for thinner drivers and better performance Technical Specifications The design and implementation of the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers minimize electromagnetic emissions susceptibility to radio frequency energy and the effects of electrostatic discharge The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers show the following marks and certifications CE mark C Tick mark FCC Self Certification logo Canadian Compliance Statement Korean MIC Taiwan BSMI Japan VCCI CISPR Class B The following hardware is compliant with CSA C22 2 No 60
74. egaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Jumper ae 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 LSI Corporation 49 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 12 MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper Connector J1B1 Type Individual PHY and Drive Fault Indication header Ports 3 to 0 Ports 7 to 4 Description 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 por
75. ements for the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a disk stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 37 Power Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 934mA 901mA 893mA 12V supply 807mA 542mA 541mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 14mA 43mA 43mA iBBU applications only NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted on the controller the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID Controller The op
76. ents when compared to parallel SCSI SAS controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that is compatible with Serial ATA The SAS controllers support the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI Standard Version 2 0 In addition the controller supports the Serial ATA III SATA III protocol defined by the Serial ATA Specification Version 3 0 Supporting both the SAS interface and the SATA III interface the SAS controller is a versatile controller that provides the backbone of both server and high end workstation environments Each port on the SAS RAID controller supports SAS devices SATA devices or both Any device that conforms to the SAS standard and is attached to the SAS bus by a SAS cable This includes SAS RAID controllers host adapters and SAS peripherals LSI Corporation 89 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 SATA SMP SSP STP strip stripe size striping strip size Glossary Acronym for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment A physical storage interface standard SATA is a serial link that provides point to point connections between devices The thinner serial cables allow for better airflow within the system and permit smaller chassis designs Acronym for Serial Management Protocol SMP communicates topology management information directly with an attached SAS expander device Each PHY on the controller can function as an SMP initiator Acronym for Serial SCSI P
77. eps to connect your RAID controller with internal SAS port connectors directly to SAS drives or SATA drives NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i RAID controller is shown as an example You can connect other MegaRAID S SAS controllers with internal SAS port connectors in the same way Insert the SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector on the cable into a SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector on the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i RAID controller as shown in the following figure 2 Plugthe HDD connector on the other end of the internal cable into the connector on the SAS drive or the SATA drive 3 Ifyou have another drive connect it to another plug on the internal cable You can connect other devices if the cable has more connectors LSI Corporation 225 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 SAS Device Cables and Connectors Figure 7 Connecting the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i RAID Controller to a Drive Power Connector 2 5 2 Connecting a RAID Controller with External Connectors to a Drive Enclosure This section provides step by step instructions for connecting a MegaRAID SAS RAID controller with external SAS port connectors to a drive enclosure containing SAS drives SATA drives or a combination of both drive types Follow these steps to connect the cable from your controller to a drive enclosure NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller is shown as an example
78. er 25121 MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller 25243 06 MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller 25377 00 MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller 25377 00 MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controller 25121 MegaRAID SAS 9261 8 RAID controller 25239 MegaRAID SAS 9265 8 RAID controller 25366 MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller 25422 MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9266 8 RAID controller 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9270 8 RAID controller 25422 MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9271 8 RAID controller 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller 25413 MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller 25305 MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller 25152 MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller 25152 MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller 25243 07 MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller 25243 05 MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID controller 25367 MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller 25421 MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller 25421 LSI Corporation 69 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Table 21 RAID Controller Specifications Continued Specification Part number continued MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271 SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers m MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller 25421 m MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID co
79. er Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID Controller PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 2 6A 8 58W 1 06A 3 50W 1 083A 3 57W 12V supply 1 24A 14 88W 1 416A 16 99W 0 803A 9 64W 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 048A 0 16W 0 048A 0 16W 0 033A 0 11W iBBU applications only Total power 23 62W 20 65W 13 32W NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the BBU daughter card is mounted the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 230mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID Controller For the MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID controller the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing for the RAID controllers m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2108 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 44 5 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 8
80. er consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 230mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller For the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID controller the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing for the RAID controllers m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2108 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 44 5 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the battery backup unit LSI Corporation 76 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 11 3 3 4 12 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switc
81. erating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the controller are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 29 3 3 4 30 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a disk stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from t
82. for the RAID controllers for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 24 Power Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 330mA 330mA 330mA 412V supply 1 00A 1 81A 1 53A 3 3V auxiliary supply 30mA 30mA 30mA iBBU applications only LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID Controllers For the MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID controllers the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2008 processor above the maximum ambient temperature m Temperature range 10 C to 60 C The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing m Temperature range 30 C to 80 C Power Supply Requirements for MegaRAID SAS 9260 RAID Controllers All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260 8i SAS 9260CV 4i SAS 9260CV 8i and SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controllers through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switchi
83. g for the RAID controllers m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the battery backup unit LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 3 4 13 3 3 4 14 Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controllers All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9266 8 RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table li
84. gement functions for storage enclosures and server backplanes J1A3 Local Battery Backup Unit connector 20 pin connector Connects the LSIiBBUOO 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 lC interface connected to the I7C 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 LSIiBBUOO unit to RAID controller J4B1 CacheVault Flash Module DDR3 interfa
85. ghted in red in the previous figure The following table describes the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller Table 19 MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID Controller Connectors Jumper ee Connector Type Description J1A1 Write Pending LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the Ax cache has yet to be written to the storage devices Used ve ve when the write back feature is enabled a k J1A1 J1A3 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector onnects to an that indicates whether a drive is ina An C LED that indi hether a driveis i ve ve fault condition L r J1A3 J1A4 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives J1B1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives LSI Corporation 66 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 2 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics MegaRAID SAS 6Gb s RAID Controller Characteristics Table 19 MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID Controller Connectors Continued Jumper Connector J2A1 Type Activity LED header Description 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected to the controller J2A2 Advanced Software Options Hardware Ke
86. gust 2012 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 General Description General Description The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers bring 6 0 Gb s Serial Attached SCSI and 6 0 Gb s SATA III performance to host adapter workstation and server designs The controllers support internal storage devices and external storage devices which allow you to use a system that supports enterprise class SAS drives and desktop class SATA Ill drives Each 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controller can connect to drives directly and can use expanders to connect to additional drives Simplified cabling between devices is an additional benefit These MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers are based on the following chips and devices m LSISAS2008 PCI Express SAS SATA I O Processor chip m L SISAS2108 RAID On a Chip ROC device m L SISAS2208 RAID On a Chip ROC device These devices are compliant with the Fusion MPT architecture and provides a PCI Express x8 interface Each port on the MegaRAID SAS controllers supports SAS devices SATA devices or both using SSP SMP STP and SATA The SSP protocol enables the MegaRAID SAS controllers to communicate with other SAS devices The SATA protocol enables the MegaRAID SAS controllers to communicate with SATA devices N NOTE All of these RAID controllers provide an x8 PCI Express 2 0 interface 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Detailed Descriptions The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers are describe
87. h two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors This controller supports a CacheVault Flash Module CVFMO3 that connects to a CVPMO2 module to provide backup for your data in case of power loss LSI Corporation 38 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 1 4 1 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID controller The following figure shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8 RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them Figure 14 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller J5A1 J6A1 85079 00 N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID controller Table 8 MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors
88. he PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 38 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID Controller PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 593mA 974mA 963mA 12V supply 598mA 768mA 816mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 4mA 0 3mA 0 1mA NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted on the controller the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID Controller The operating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the R
89. hed SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 mini external SAS connectors This RAID controller supports the CVFM03 module which connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e PCI Express 3 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 mini external SAS connectors This RAID controller supports the CVFM03 module which connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 In addition this controller supports CacheCade Pro 2 0 and Fast Path software enabled out of the box which optimize application performance in direct attached storage environments configured with solid state drives SSDs Configuration Scenarios You can use the MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers in three main scenarios Low end internal SATA configuration In this configuration use the RAID controller as a high end SATA SATA II or SATA Ill compatible controller that connects up to eight drives either directly or through a port expander This configuration is mostly for low end or entry servers An out of band l C bus provides enclosure management Side bands of both types of internal SAS connectors support the SFF 8485 SGPIO interface Midrange internal SAS configuration This configuration is like an internal SATA configuration but with high end SAS drives This configuration is more suitable for low range to midrange
90. hing regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controllers for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 29 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID Controller PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 582mA 929mA 971mA 12V supply 476mA 560mA 614mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 2 3mA 0 7mA 0 9mA NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the BBU daughter card is mounted the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID Controller For the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensin
91. igure LSI Corporation 46 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 9270 8 RAID controller Table 11 MegaRAID SAS 9270 8 RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors Jumper Connector J1A1 Type Global Drive Fault LED header J1A1 nye Description 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is ina fault condition J1A2 Write Pending LED header J1A2 a 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 J1A3 LSI Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for internal use J1A4 Activity LED header 2 ve ve k E J1A4 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected to the controller J1A5 Individual PHY and Drive Fault Indication header Ports 0 to 3 Ports 4 to 7 LAN ve ve k a J1A5 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 expan
92. ion of the controller State 1 During a consistency checks of all RAID 5 virtual drives at one time State 2 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt State 3 During a RAID 5 stress test State 4 During a drive stress test while the BBU is under fast charging The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 34 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e and SAS 9280 16i4e RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 State 4 3 3V supply 1 339A 1 174A 1 225A 1 356A 12V supply 1 466A 1 426A 1 487A 1 773A 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 048A 0 026A 0 214A 0 168A Total power 21 509W 21 072W 22 593W 26 3052W NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted see State 4 in the previous table for typical current consumption values Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID Controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID Controller The operating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at
93. l SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 mini internal SAS connectors m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i PCI Express 2 0 Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors and it has an onboard CacheVault Flash Module 03 CVFMO3 that connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 CVPMO2 MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controllers m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector m The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i PCI Express 2 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors and it has an on board CacheVault Flash Module 02 CVFMO2 that connects to a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 CVPMO2 MegaRAID SAS 9270 RAID Controller The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i PCI Express 3 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i PCI Express 3 0 Low Profile Serial Attached SCSI SATA Disk Array Controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector The 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i PCI Express 3 0 Low Profil
94. l other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies LSI Corporation reserves the right to make changes to the product s or information disclosed herein at any time without notice LSI Corporation does not assume any responsibility or liability arising out of the application or use of any product or service described herein except as expressly agreed to in writing by LSI Corporation nor does the purchase lease or use of a product or service from LSI Corporation convey a license under any patent rights copyrights trademark rights or any other of the intellectual property rights of LSI Corporation or of third parties LSI products are not intended for use in life support appliances devices or systems Use of any LSI product in such applications without written consent of the appropriate LSI officer is prohibited Corporate Headquarters Website Milpitas CA www lsi com 800 372 2447 Document Number 41450 04 Rev A Copyright O 2012 LSI Corporation All Rights Reserved 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Table of Contents August 2012 Table of Contents Chapter 1 OvervIeW 5o iso 5 eee rex eC YR RR RIERIAWVES VOLUI ire Ia I RR ERN EIER ER bya TUR CESAR FIR UR EO RES ROTER Fe DET ER E a ea wis 5 iuo VI PEDI 5 1 1 1 MegaRAID SATA SAS Controllers with Disk Encryption Support issssssssssssssssee hme heh hene 5 1 1 2 MegaRAID SATA SAS Controllers with Support for Battery Backup Units and CacheVault
95. lear the configuration on the system to which you migrate the drives to prevent a configuration data mismatch between the drives and the NVRAM NOTE When you migrate drives move only the drives that make up the virtual drive not all of the drives S in a drive group so that you do not see an NVRAM mismatch error providing a configuration is on the destination controller The NVRAM mismatch error appears only if you move all ofthe drives to the other controller 2 Turn off power to the server and all drives enclosures and system components Disconnect the power cords from the systems 3 Openthe host system by following the instructions in the host system technical documentation Either remove the SAS cable connectors from the internal drives or remove the shielded cables from the external drives that you want to migrate a Makesure that pin 1 on the cable matches pin 1 on the connector b Make sure that the SAS cables conform to all SAS specifications Remove the drives from the first system and insert them into the drive bays on the second system Connect the SAS cables to the drives in the second system Determine the SAS target requirements HN o m Perform a safety check a Make sure that all of the cables are attached correctly b Make sure that the RAID controller is installed correctly c Close the cabinet of the host system 9 Reconnectthe power cords to the system 10 Turn on the power to the system
96. ler remotely JT4 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to a single LED to indicate whether any drive is in a fault condition LSI Corporation 30 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 4 MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260 8i and SAS 9260DE 8i RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper JT6 Type x4 SAS Ports 3 to 0 Description SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the cables from the RAID controller to SAS drives SATA drives ora SAS expander JT7 x4 SAS Ports 7 to 4 SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the cables from the RAID controller to SAS drives SATA drives or a SAS expander NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i RAID controller does not have this connector JT8 JT9 Advanced Software Options Hardware Key header Set Factory Defaults connector 2 pin connector Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use JT10 LSI Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use JT11 JT12 IPMI style SMBus System Management l C header Individual Drive Fault LED header for Eight Phys 0 to 7 3 pin shielded header Provides enclosure management
97. ller MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID controller Refer to the Cache Backup Products for MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide the MegaRAID CacheVault Power Module 02 Quick Installation Guide the battery backup unit quick installation guides and the RAID controller quick installation guides on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD for more information about the battery backup units and the CacheVault modules SAS SATA Standards and Communication Protocols MegaRAID SATA SAS controllers support the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI standard version 2 0 In addition the controller supports the SATA III protocol defined by the Serial ATA specification version 3 0 Supporting both the SAS interface and the SATA interface the SAS controller is a versatile controller that provides the backbone of both server and high end workstation environments Each port on your MegaRAID SAS RAID controller supports SAS devices SATA devices or both by using the following protocols m SAS Serial SCSI Protocol SSP which enables communication with other SAS devices m SATA which enables communication with other SATA devices Serial Management Protocol SMP which communicates topology management information directly with an attached SAS expander device Serial Tunneling Protocol STP which enables communication with SATA devices through an attached expander LSI Corporation 6 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview Au
98. ly to each port J1A7 C Enclosure Management connector 3 pin connector Supports SES SCSI enclosure services over C through an internal IC backplane cable J1B1 Serial EEPROM SBR 2 pin connector Provides controller information such as the serial number revision and manufacturing date The default is no shunt installed J2B1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 Internal connector SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J2B2 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 2 drives LSI Corporation 40 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 4 2 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 8 MegaRAID SAS 9265 8i RAID Controller Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper S Cohnector Type Description J2B3 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 J2B4 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface connected to the 12C bus for IPMI J5A1 Serial Universal Asynchro
99. mum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for these controllers are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the battery backup unit LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 3 4 15 3 3 4 16 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Technical Specifications Power Supply Requirements for the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID Controller All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 31 Power Supply for the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID Controller PCI Edge Conn
100. n 32 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 9260 16i RAID controller It includes diagrams that show Pin1 and its orientation for several of the connectors Table 5 MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID Controller Connectors Jumper Connector J1A2 Type Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART for the Expander Description 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J1B1 LED Locate and Fault Indication header Ports 0 to 3 Ports 4 to 7 A 2 PORTO J1B1 PORT 7 2x8 pin connector Connects to an LED array 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 NOTE This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only J1B3 Advanced Software Options Hardware Key header 2 pin header Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption J1C1 IPMI style I C connector 3 pin connector Supports SE
101. n lC interface connected to the I C bus for IPMI J5A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART connector for the Expander 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J5B1 Board to board Mezzanine connector 240 pin DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects the controller directly to a CVFM module The module can connect to an optional remote LSIiBBUO9 intelligent battery backup unit Refer to the MegaRAID LSIiBBUO9 Intelligent Battery Backup Unit Quick Installation Guide for the procedure used to connect a CVFM module to a remote LSIiBBUO unit J6A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART connector for the expander 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers The MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector The MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors This controller supports a nonvolatile CVFM02 module that connects to a CVPMO2 module to provide backup for your data in case of power loss LSI Corporation 48 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family August 2012 3 1 7 1 The MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID c
102. nal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 mini external SAS connectors Data transfer rate Up to 6Gb s per PHY LSI Corporation 17 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 Hardware Specifications Table 2 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Features Continued MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271 Spec icoucl SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers Bus m PCI Express 2 0 for LSISAS2108 based controllers m PCI Express 3 0 for LSISAS2208 based controllers Cache function Write back write through non read ahead read ahead cache I O direct I O NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller do not support write back mode Multiple virtual drives per controller Up to 64 this value is dependent on the firmware Online capacity expansion Yes Dedicated and global hot spares Yes Hot swap devices supported Yes Non drive devices supported Yes Mixed capacity drives supported Yes Number of external connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller One SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector m MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller Two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller Two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors m MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller One SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector m MegaRA
103. nected to the I C bus for IPMI JT6A1 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a i AA fault condition ve ve P f JT6A1 JT6A2 Hard Disk Drive Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives AA connected to the controller ve ve a k JT6A2 JT6A3 Write Pending LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the AA cache has yet to be written to the storage devices Used ve ve when the write back feature is enabled a k JT6A3 MegaRAID SAS 9261 RAID Controller The MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i connectors MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID controller The following figure shows the jumpers and connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID controller LSI Corporation 37 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 4 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Figure 13 Card Layout for the MegaRAID SAS 9261 8i RAID Controller J4L1 on backside JT5B2 JT6B2 85049 00 The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID
104. nectors on the RAID controllers to connectors on SAS drives SATA drives or both Both SAS drives and SATA drives can connect to SAS backplane receptacle connectors The difference between the SAS connector and the SATA connector is the bridge between the SAS primary physical link and the power connector on the SAS controller which the SATA connector does not have NOTE SAS backplane connectors accept SAS drives or SATA drives but SATA backplane connectors cannot N accept SAS drives LSI Corporation 24 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 2 5 1 SAS Device Cables and Connectors Figure 6 SAS Plugs and SATA Plugs and SAS Backplane Receptacle Connector SAS Primary Physical Link Serial Attached SCSI SAS Backplane Receptacle Connector SAS Secondary P Physical Link Power Serial ATA SAS Secondary Physical Link SATA II SAS Primary SATA II Physical Link Physical Link Note SATA backplane connectors do not accept SAS drives The following subsections provide step by step instructions for connecting the MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers to SAS drives and SATA drives either directly or through an expander Connecting a SAS RAID Controller with Internal Connectors to the Drives This section provides step by step instructions for connecting the SAS cable from the internal connectors on the RAID controller to SAS drives and SATA drives Follow these st
105. ng boot in case the EEPROM contents are corrupt or missing J6B3 Global Activity LED header 2 pin header Connects to a single LED that indicates drive activity on either port J6B4 Onboard Serial Universal Asynchronous 4 pin connector Receiver Transmitter UART connector Reserved for LSI use J6B5 Global Drive Fault LED indicator 2 pin header Connects to a single LED that indicates drive activity on either port J6B6 Onboard Serial Universal Asynchronous 4 pin connector Receiver Transmitter UART connector Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9270 RAID Controller The MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i low profile SAS SATA disk array controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID controller The following figure shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them Figure 17 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9270 8i RAID Controller J6 J5A1 J6A1 M P 85079 00 N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous f
106. ng regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controllers for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 25 Power Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9260 RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 553mA 713mA 557mA 12V supply 773mA 923mA 710mA 3 3V auxiliary supply N A N A N A Total power 11 047W 13 362W 10 307W NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the BBU daughter card is mounted the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 230mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for MegaRAID SAS 9260 RAID Controllers For the MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260 8i SAS 9260CV 4i SAS 9260CV 8i and SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controllers the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity r
107. ni SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives J1B1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives J2A1 Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives An connected to the controller ve ve a k J1A4 J2A2 170 Mode jumper 2 pin connector Installing this jumper causes the RAID controller to run in 170 mode The default mode of operation is without the shunt and running in Fusion mode J2A3 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 J2B1 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an C interface connected to the 1 C bus for IPMI J4A1 Serial EEPROM 2 pin connector Provides controller information such as the serial number revision and manufacturing date The default is no shunt installed J4A2 LSI Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use LSI Corporation 60 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 16 MegaRAID SAS 9285 8e RAID Controller Connectors Continued
108. nnector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives LSI Corporation 56 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 15 MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID Controller Connectors Continued Ports 8 to 11 Ports 12 to 15 RA Ve ve d PORT 8 a PORT 15 J4A4 Jumper AUR Connector Type Description J2D1 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface connected to the I C bus for IPMI J3B1 x4 SAS Ports 8 to 11 internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives J4A1 Module CPLD 1x8 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J4A2 Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives AA connected to the controller ve ve atk J4A2 J4A3 Global Drive Fault LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is ina Za fault condition ve ve tk J4A3 J4A4 LED Locate and Fault Indication header 2x8 pin header Connects to an LED array 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
109. nous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector UART connector for the Expander Reserved for LSI use J5B1 Board to board Mezzanine connector 240 pin DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects the controller directly to a CVFM module The CVFM module can connect to an optional remote LSIiBBUO9 intelligent battery backup unit Refer to the MegaRAID LSIiBBUO9 Intelligent Battery Backup Unit Quick Installation Guide for the procedure used to connect a CVFM module to a remote LSIiBBUOO unit J6A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector UART connector for the expander Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller The following figure shows the location of the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them Figure 15 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID Controller J5A1 J6 El A1 J1A4 J1A5 J1A8 J1A7 3 00792 00 N NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure LSI Corporation 41
110. ntroller 25421 Operating voltage 3 3 V 12 V Card size m MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm wm MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i RAID controller Standard height PCI Express adapter card size 111 15 mm x 167 64 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9261 8 RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9265 8 RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9266 8 RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm
111. ntroller host adapter The interface required to transmit and receive data packets transferred across the serial bus Each PHY can form one side of the physical link in a connection with a PHY on a different SATA device The physical link contains four wires that form two differential signal pairs One differential pair transmits signals while the other differential pair receives signals Both differential pairs operate simultaneously and allow concurrent data transmission in both the receive and the transmit directions Acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks originally Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks An array group of multiple independent drives managed together to yield higher reliability performance or both exceeding that of a single drive The RAID array appears to the controller as a single storage unit I O is expedited because several drives can be accessed simultaneously Redundant RAID levels RAID levels 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 provide data protection A set of techniques applied to drive groups to deliver higher data availability performance characteristics or both to host environments Each virtual drive must have a RAID level assigned to it Acronym for Serial Attached SCSI A serial point to point enterprise level device interface that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set The SAS interface provides improved performance simplified cabling smaller connections lower pin count and lower power requirem
112. o point storage interface They simplify cabling between devices They eliminate the master slave construction used in parallel ATA They permit addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander They permit multiple initiators to address a single target in a failover configuration through an expander PCI Express Performance The following list describes the PCI Express performance features of the RAID controllers They provide a PCI Express interface that does the following Supports a dedicated PCI Express bus Supports x8 lane configuration Supports transfer rates of up to 5GT s 4Gb s per lane Complies with the PCI Express specification Revision 2 0 and the Serial ATA specification version 3 0 They provide unequaled performance through the Fusion MPT architecture They provide high throughput and low CPU utilization to offload the host processor Usability Features The following list describes the usability features of the RAID controllers They simplify cabling with point to point serial architecture They support smaller thinner cables that do not restrict airflow They provide drive spin up sequencing control They provide one LED signal for each PHY to indicate link activity this is a fault LED only for controllers with internal port connectors NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller do S not have any LEDs to indicate link activity
113. oller Connectors Continued Connector J6A1 Description Global Drive Fault LED header Comments 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition J6A2 SAS Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates drive activity J6A3 Write Pending Indicator dirty cache LED connector 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 J6B1 Remote Battery Backup Unit connector 20 pin connector Connects a remote optional LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or a remote LSIiBBUOS unit to the RAID controller J6B2 Battery Backup Unit connector optional LSIiBBU08 unit to the RAID controller remotely 20 pin connector Connects an optional LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or an NOTE Connectors J6A1 J6A2 and J6A3 are behind the LSIiBBUO7 unit when the iBBU unit is installed but SJ they are still accessible MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e and MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID Controllers Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e RAID controller The following figure shows the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e controller
114. ontroller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors This RAID controller ships as standard with CacheCade CC Pro 2 0 and Fast Path software enabled out of the box NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller does not contain the J5B1 connector which supports S ports 4 to 7 The J5B1 connector is on the MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i RAID controller and on the MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i RAID controller The following figure shows the jumpers and the connectors on the RAID controller The jumpers are set at the factory and you usually do not need to change them Figure 18 Layout of the MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i RAID Controller C J1A3 J3L1 J5A2 O O gt s1a2 1 i 1 a J3A1 E J1A4 d fete a miM NC Ug ene we me EE Jai Ed lee J6B2 E ee mm m ge te d erate i cis EHH ef 7 1684 EE JEEE vese J2B4 e DURAN 1663 JeBs 3_00890 01 The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID controllers Table 12 M
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116. physical drives With self encrypting drives if you remove a drive from its storage system or the server in which it is housed the data on that drive is encrypted and is useless to anyone who attempts to access without the appropriate security authorization For more information about self encrypting drives refer to the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD LSI Corporation EB 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 1 1 2 1 1 3 Overview MegaRAID SATA SAS Controllers with Support for Battery Backup Units and CacheVault Modules Some MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers can use optional cache products which include a battery backup unit iBBU or a CacheVault Flash Module CVFM to protect cached data even during the most catastrophic system failures The following MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers can use a CacheVault Flash Module CVFM with a CacheVault Power Module CVPM to protect cached data in case of a power failure or outage MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9265CV 8i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9271 4i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9271 8i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9271 8iCC RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8i RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID contro
117. poration 88 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 M main memory NVRAM PCI PCI Express peripheral devices PHY RAID RAID levels SAS SAS device Glossary The part of computer memory that is directly accessible by the CPU usually synonymous with RAM Acronym for nonvolatile random access memory An EEPROM electronically erasable read only memory chip that stores configuration information See EEPROM Acronym for peripheral component interconnect A high performance local bus specification that allows the connection of devices directly to computer memory The PCI Local Bus allows transparent upgrades from 32 bit data path at 33 MHz to 64 bit data path at 33 MHz and from 32 bit data path at 66 MHz to 64 bit data path at 66 MHz Acronym for peripheral component interconnect Express A high performance local bus specification that permits the connection of devices directly to computer memory PCI Express is a two way serial connection that transfers data on two pairs of point to point data lines PCI Express goes beyond the PCI specification in that it is intended as a unifying I O architecture for various systems desktops workstations mobile server communications and embedded devices A piece of hardware such as a video monitor drive printer or CD ROM used with a computer and under the control of the computer SCSI peripherals are controlled through a MegaRAID SAS RAID co
118. pport SMP to communicate topology management information They support SSP to enable communication with other SAS devices They support STP to enable communication with SATA devices through an attached expander They provide a serial point to point enterprise level storage interface They simplify cabling between devices LSI Corporation 12 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 1 6 2 Summary of 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Characteristics m They provide a scalable interface that supports up to 240 devices through the use of expanders NOTE The number of devices varies depending on the MegaRAID product Check the LSI website N http www lsi com for specific details about your product m They support wide ports that consist of two three or four PHYs within a single quad port m They support narrow ports consisting of a single PHY m They transfer data by using SCSI information units SAS Array Limitations This section describes the array limitations of the 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers These limitations include the number of drives supported per controller the maximum number of drives per controller and the maximum number of virtual drives allowed per controller The following table lists the array limitations for the 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers Table 1 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controllers Array Limitations
119. r 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 2 4 2 5 After Installing the RAID Controller 8 Run the WebBIOS Configuration Utility Run the WebBIOS Configuration Utility to configure the drive groups and the virtual drives When the message Press CTRL H for WebBIOS appears on the screen immediately press Ctrl H to run the utility 9 Install the operating system driver MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers can operate under various operating systems To operate under these operating systems you must install the software drivers The MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD includes software drivers for the supported operating systems along with documentation You can view the supported operating systems and download the latest drivers for RAID controllers from the LSI website For information about installing the driver refer to the MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD Be sure to use the latest service packs provided by the operating system manufacturer and to review the readme file that accompanies the driver After Installing the RAID Controller After you install the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller you must configure the controller and install the operating system driver The MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide instructs you on the configuration options and how to set them on your 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller The MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide pro
120. r Description Comments J1A1 Universal Asynchronous Receiver 4 pin connector Transmitter UART debugging Reserved for LSI use J1A2 LSI Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J1A3 Set Factory Defaults connector 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J1A4 IPMI style PC 3 pin connector connector Supports SES SCSI Enclosure Services over 12C over an internal 12C backplane cable J1A5 Advanced Software Options Hardware 2 pin shielded header Key header Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption J1B1 x4 SAS Ports 7 to 4 SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives SATA drives or a SAS expander J2B1 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card x8 PCI Express 2 0 bus connection as defined in the PCI Express specification This interface provides power to the board and to an 12C interface connected to IC bus one for IPMI J2B2 x4 SAS Ports 3 to 0 SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition LSI Corporation 53 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 3 1 8 3 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 14 MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID Contr
121. r the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption J6B2 SBR Bypass header 2 pin connector Lets you bypass the SBR EEPROM during boot in case the EEPROM contents are corrupt or missing J6B3 Global Activity LED header LSI Corporation 50 2 pin header Connects to a single LED that indicates drive activity on either port 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 8 1 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 12 MegaRAID SAS 9271 RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Continued Jumper ee Connector Type Description J6B4 Onboard Serial Universal Asynchronous 4 pin connector Receiver Transmitter UART connector Reserved for LSI use J6B5 Global Drive Fault LED indicator 2 pin header Connects to a single LED that indicates drive activity on either port J6B6 Onboard Serial Universal Asynchronous 4 pin connector Receiver Transmitter UART connector Reserved for LSI use MegaRAID SAS 9280 RAID Controllers The MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector and four external SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 external mini SAS connector The MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight exte
122. rnal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors The MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight external SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connectors and offers data security using disk encryption The MegaRAID SAS 9280 16i4e standard height SAS SATA RAID controller controls 16 internal SAS SATA ports through four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and four external SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 external mini SAS connector The MegaRAID SAS 9280 24i4e standard height SAS SATA RAID controller controls 24 internal SAS SATA ports through six SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and four external SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 external mini SAS connector MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e and SAS 9280DE 8e RAID Controllers Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e RAID controller The following figure shows the jumpers and the connectors on these RAID controllers NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8e RAID controller has the same connectors as the MegaRAID SAS 9280 8e S RAID controller LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide August 2012 Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Figure 19 Card Layout for the Mega
123. rotocol SSP enables communication with other SAS devices Each PHY on the SAS controller can function as an SSP initiator or an SSP target Acronym for Serial Tunneling Protocol STP enables communication with a SATA device through an attached expander Each PHY on the SAS controller can function as an STP initiator The portion of a stripe that resides on a single drive The total drive space consumed by a stripe not including a parity drive For example if a stripe contains 64 KB of drive space and has 16 KB of data residing on each drive the stripe size is 64 KB and the strip size is 16 KB A larger stripe size produces improved read performance especially if most of the reads are sequential For mostly random reads select a smaller stripe size Drive striping writes data across two or more drives Each stripe spans two or more drives but consumes only a portion of each drive Each drive therefore may have several stripes The amount of space consumed by a stripe is the same on each drive that is included in the stripe The portion of a stripe that resides on a single drive is a strip also known as a stripe element Striping by itself does not provide data redundancy striping in combination with parity provides data redundancy The drive space consumed by a strip For example if a stripe contains 64 KB of drive space and has 16 KB of data residing on each drive the stripe size is 64 KB and the strip size is 16 KB The stripe depth i
124. rs and connectors is highlighted in red in the previous figure LSI Corporation 61 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 connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID controller Table 17 MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller Connectors Jumper Connector J1A1 Type Write Pending LED header ZA ve ve a k J1A1 Description 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 J1A3 Global Drive Fault LED header A ve ad ve a k J1A3 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition J1A4 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives J1B1 x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives J2A1 Activity LED header 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected to the controller J2A2 J2A4 J2B1 Advanced Software Options Hardware Key header 170 Mode jumper Standard Edge Card connector 3 pin header Enables suppor
125. ry backed daughter card uses S 12V If the iBBU daughter card is mounted on the controller the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID Controller The operating thermal and atmospheric conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID controller are as follows m Relative humidity range is 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 10 C to 60 C without the battery backup unit Temperature range 10 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup The parameters for the nonoperating such as storage and transit environment for the RAID controller are as follows Temperature range 30 C to 80 C without the battery backup unit m Temperature range 0 C to 45 C with the iBBU battery backup Safety Characteristics All 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers meet or exceed the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 VO Each bare board is also marked with the supplier name or trademark type and UL flammability rating For the boards installed in a PCI Express bus slot all voltages are lower than the SELV 42 4V limit LSI Corpor
126. s bring individual characteristics that make each one a more suitable choice depending on your storage needs MegaRAID gives you the flexibility to combine these two similar technologies on the same controller within the same enclosure and in the same virtual drive NOTE Carefully assess any decision to mix SAS drives and SATA drives within the same virtual drive Although SJ you can mix drives the practice is strongly discouraged LSI offers a family of MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers that address the needs for both internal and external solutions The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers are based on the LSI first to market SAS IC technology and proven MegaRAID technology As second generation PCI Express RAID controllers these controllers address the growing demand for increased data throughput and scalability requirements across midrange and enterprise class server platforms These controllers provide these features 6 0 Gb s Serial Attached SCSI SAS performance 6 0 Gb s SATA III performance m EFight lane 5 GT s 4Gb s PCI Express host interface MegaRAID SATA SAS Controllers with Disk Encryption Support The MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9280DE 8i RAID controller offer data security using disk encryption This feature offers the ability to encrypt data on drives and use disk based key management to provide data security This solution provides data protection in the event of theft or loss of
127. s connector to the slot Press down gently but firmly to make sure that the card is seated correctly in the slot Secure the bracket to the computer chassis with the bracket screw The following figure shows the installation of the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i RAID controller in a PCI Express slot ATTENTION If your RAID controller has a battery backup unit BBU attached do not press down on the A BBU when you insert the card NOTE Some PCI Express slots support PCI Express graphics cards only RAID controllers installed in these N PCI Express slots do not function LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 85039 05 Detailed Installation Figure 3 Example of the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8i Board Installation in a PCI Express Slot Bracket Screw NV ANS NN Press here WW AN e NN SS ANAK ASS CRW SS 32 bit slots PCI e 3 3 V Edge of slot Motherboard L 7 N 64 bit slots 3 3 V Configure and install the SAS devices the SATA devices or both in the host computer case Refer to the documentation for the devices for any preinstallation configuration requirements Connect the RAID controller to the devices Use SAS cables to connect SAS devices SATA devices or both to the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controller See Section 2 5 SAS Device Cables and Connectors for SAS cable an
128. s four four drives in the stripe You can specify strip sizes of 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB 128 KB 256 KB 512 KB or 1 MB LSI Corporation 90 41450 04A Nae LSI Storage Networking Accelerated
129. s the fault tolerance features for the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers Table 23 Fault Tolerance Features MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9280 Specification and SAS 9285 RAID Controllers Support for SMART Yes Drive failure detection Automatic Drive rebuild using hot spares Automatic Parity generation and checking Yes a The Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART detects up to 70 percent of all predictable drive failures In addition SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors heads and drive electronics Electrical Characteristics This subsection provides the power supply requirements for the 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers Power Supply Requirements for MegaRAID SAS 9240 RAID Controllers All power is supplied to the MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i RAID controller through the PCI Express 3 3V rails and the 12V rail Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3 3V rails and the 12V rail provides the necessary voltages The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller m State 1 During a hard reset m State 2 During a drive stress test m State 3 While sitting idle at the DOS prompt The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply
130. starts it does not resume from the stopping point Follow these steps to use the drive roaming feature 1 Turn off the power to the server and all drives enclosures and system components Disconnect the power cords from the system Open the host system by following the instructions in the host system technical documentation Move the drives to different positions on the backplane to change the targets Determine the SAS target requirements Perform a safety check uP wn a Make sure that the drives are inserted correctly b Close the cabinet of the host system Reconnect the power cords to the system 7 Turn on the power to the system The controller then detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives Drive Migration Drive migration is the transfer of a set of drives in an existing configuration from one controller to another The drives must remain on the same channel and must be reinstalled in the same order as in the original configuration The controller to which you migrate the drives cannot have an existing configuration N NOTE Partial configurations which include individual virtual drives can be migrated N NOTE Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be supported at the same time LSI Corporation 15 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 Hardware Specifications Follow these steps to migrate drives 1 Make sure that you c
131. sts the power supply for the RAID controllers for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 30 Power Supply for MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controllers PCI Edge Connector State 1 State 2 State 3 3 3V supply 548 7mA 916 7mA 910 0mA 12V supply 331 0mA 723 3mA 663 3mA 3 3V auxiliary supply 0 6mA 0 3mA 0 1mA NOTE The charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional iBBU battery backed daughter card uses S 12V If the BBU daughter card is mounted the following power consumption figures apply During trickle charging of the battery pack Not applicable no trickle charge for Li ION During fast charging of the battery pack 250mA in 12V current NOTE If a CacheVault Flash Module 02 CVFM is attached to the RAID controller and the CVFMO2 module is SJ connected to a CacheVault Power Module 02 CVPM the following power consumption figures apply During CVPM module charge cycle 500mA in 12V current Operating and Nonoperating Conditions for the MegaRAID SAS 9266 RAID Controllers For the MegaRAID SAS 9266 4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9266 8i RAID controller the operating thermal and atmospheric conditions are as follows m Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing 20 percent to 80 percent noncondensing for the RAID controllers m Airflow must be at least 200 linear feet per minute LFPM to avoid operating the LSISAS2208 processor above the maxi
132. t J2B4 Standard Edge Card connector The interface between the RAID controller and the host system This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface connected to the I7C 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 J4B1 Remote Battery Backup connector CacheVault Flash Module DDR3 interface 20 pin connector Connects a remote LSIiBBUOO unit to RAID controller 70 pin connector Connects the RAID controller to a CVFM02 module The CVFM02 module connects to a remote CVPM02 module J5A1 J5A2 x4 SAS Port 0 through Port 3 Internal connector Write Pending LED header SFF 8087 mini SAS 4i internal connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives 2 pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the cache has yetto 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 fo
133. t for the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption 2 pin connector Installing this jumper causes the RAID controller to run in 170 mode The default mode of operation is without the shunt and running in Fusion mode The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an C interface connected to the 1 C bus for IPMI J4A1 J4A2 Serial EEPROM LSI Test header 2 pin connector Provides controller information such as the serial number revision and manufacturing date The default is no shunt installed 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use LSI Corporation 62 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 3 1 10 3 1 10 1 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family Table 17 MegaRAID SAS 9285CV 8e RAID Controller Connectors Continued Jumper AR Connector Type Description J5A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 4 pin connector UART connector for the expander Reserved for LSI use J5B1 DDR3 Board to Board Mezzanine connector 240 pin DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects the controller directly to a CVFM02 module The CVFM02 module connects to a remote CVPM02 module Refer to the MegaRAID CacheVault Flash Module 02 Quick Installation Gui
134. t operating system drivers go to http www lsi com cm DownloadSearch do The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers use Fusion MPT architecture for all major operating systems thinner drivers and better performance LSI Corporation 11 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 1 Overview August 2012 1 6 1 6 1 Summary of 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Characteristics Summary of 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID Controller Characteristics This section summarizes the features and benefits offered by the 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers It contains information on SAS features SATA features PCI performance integration usability and flexibility The 6Gb s MegaRAID SATA SAS RAID controllers have the following features PCI Express x8 lane width with support for x16 connections PCI Express performance up to 5GT s 4Gb s per lane Support for a 512 MB DDR2 800 MHz onboard SDRAM for LSISAS2108 based controllers Support for a 1 GB DDR3 1333 MT s onboard SDRAM for LSISAS2208 based controllers One internal connector for the MegaRAID SAS 9240 4i SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260CV 4i SAS 9266 4i SAS 9271 4i and SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controllers Two internal connectors for the MegaRAID SAS 9240 8i SAS 9260 8i SAS 9260CV 8i SAS 9260DE 8i SAS 9261 8i SAS 9265CV 8i SAS 9265 8i SAS 9266 8i SAS 9270 8i and SAS 9271 8i RAID controllers Four internal connectors for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i and SAS 9280 16i
135. to be written to the storage devices Used when the write back feature is enabled J6B1 Remote Battery Backup Unit connector 20 pin connector Connects an optional remote LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or an LSIiBBU08 unit to the RAID controller J6B2 Battery Backup Unit connector 20 pin connector Connects an LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or an LSIiBBU08 unit directly to the RAID controller LSI Corporation 52 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family 3 1 8 2 MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID Controller Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller The following figure shows the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e controller Figure 20 Card Layout for the MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID Controller J6A2 J6A1 J6A3 5 uf J6B1 JeB20 O NOTE Connectors J6A1 J6A2 and J6A3 are behind the LSIiBBUO7 unit when the iBBU unit is installed but S they are still accessible The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID controller Table 14 MegaRAID SAS 9280 4i4e RAID Controller Connectors Connecto
136. troller Family Table 6 MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i and MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i RAID Controllers Jumpers and Connectors Jumper Connector J5A1 Type Board to Board Mezzanine connector Description 240 pin 01 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects the controller directly to a CVFMO1 module The CVFMO1 module connects to a remote CVPMO1 module Refer to the MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i and SAS 9260CV 8i RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide for the procedure used to connect a CVFMO1 module to a remote CVPM01 module JT1A1 LED Locate and Fault Indication header Ports 0 to 3 Ports 4 to 7 oe s PORT 0 PORT JT1A1 2x8 pin header Connects to an LED array 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 NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 4i RAID controller does not contain the JT2B1 connector which supports ports 4 to 7 JT1A2 JT1A3 LSI Internal Use header SBR Firmware Recovery header Reserved for LSI internal use 2 pin header The SBR FW recovery header is used when SBR corruption is suspected Installing the jumper lets the unit boot while bypassing the SBR information You can then reprogram the S
137. trols four internal SAS SATA ports through one SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector and has a nonvolatile CVFM01 module attached The CVFM01 module connects to a CVPM01 module to provide backup for your data in case of power loss The MegaRAID SAS 9260CV 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and has a nonvolatile CVFM01 module attached The CVFM01 module connects to a CVPM01 module to provide backup for your data in case of power loss The MegaRAID SAS 9260DE 8i low profile SAS SATA RAID controller controls eight internal SAS SATA ports through two SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors and offers data security by using disk encryption The MegaRAID SAS 9260 16i standard height SAS SATA RAID controller controls 16 internal SAS SATA ports through four SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connectors LSI Corporation 29 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 3 MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics August 2012 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family 3 1 2 1 MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260 8i and SAS 9260DE 8i RAID Controllers Board Layout and Jumper Connector Information This subsection provides the board layout and the connector and jumper information for the MegaRAID SAS 9260 4i SAS 9260 8i and SAS 9260DE 8i RAID controllers The following figure shows the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9260 8 RAID controller
138. ued MegaRAID SAS 9240 SAS 9260 SAS 9261 SAS 9265 SAS 9266 SAS 9270 SAS 9271 SAS 9280 SAS 9285 and SAS 9286 RAID Controllers m MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8e RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm m MegaRAID SAS 9286CV 8eCC RAID controller Low profile PCI Express adapter card size 68 90 mm x 167 65 mm Array interface to the host PCI Express Rev 2 0 PCI Express Rev 3 0 PCI Express bus data transfer rate m Upto 5 Gb s per lane m x8 lane width Serial port 4 pin RS232 compatible connector for manufacturing use only SAS controller m L SISAS2008 PCI Express SAS SATA I O Processor chip m LSISAS2108 Single SAS controller m LSISAS2208 SAS Interface controller SAS bus speed 6Gb s SAS ports SAS connectors with four SAS ports each Cache configuration The RAID controllers support the following battery backed cache configuration m MegaRAID SAS 9260 SAS 9261 and SAS 9280 512 MB 72b arrangement 5 1Gbx16 Double Data Rate Il DDR2 800 MHz battery backed module m MegaRAID SAS 9265 SAS 9266 and SAS 9285 1GB 72b arrangement 5 2Gbx16 Double Data Rate III DDR3 1333 MHz with iBBU support m MegaRAID SAS 9265CV SAS 9266 and SAS 9285CV 1GB 72b arrangement 5 2Gbx16 Double Data Rate III DDR3 1333 MHz custom
139. vides detailed installation instructions for operating system drivers SAS Device Cables and Connectors This section describes the cables and the connectors used on the MegaRAID SAS controllers and provides step by step instructions for connecting SAS drives SATA drives or both to the MegaRAID SAS RAID controller The SAS protocol and the SATA protocol use a thin 7 wire connector instead of the 68 wire SCSI cable or the 40 wire ATA cable N NOTE Use only straight SAS cables not crossover SAS cables The following figure shows the SAS cable that connects the internal connectors on a SAS RAID controller to SAS drives SATA drives or both LSI Corporation 6Gb s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide Chapter 2 MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation August 2012 SAS Device Cables and Connectors Figure 4 Internal SAS Cable for Connection to SAS Drives SATA II Drives or SATA III Drives The following figure shows the SATA III device plug connector that connects a SAS RAID controller with internal connectors to the host receptacle connector on a backplane A SATA III connector consists of a signal connector and a power connector Figure 5 SATA III Connectors Device Plug Connector Serial ATA N Signal Connector pin 1 Serial ATA Power Connector Host Receptacle Connector The following figure shows SAS connectors and SATA connectors on SAS drives and SATA drives respectively Cables connect internal con
140. x8 pin connector Connects to an LED array 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 NOTE This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only J1B2 x4 SAS Ports 24 to 27 External connector SFF 8088 x4 external mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to a SAS SATA backplane or an expander J1B3 Advanced Software Options Hardware Key header 2 pin header Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption J1C1 IPMI style I C connector 3 pin connector Supports SES SCSI enclosure services over lC through an internal IC backplane cable J1L1 J2B1 Remote Battery Backup connector on the rear of the controller x4 SAS Ports 0 to 3 Internal connector 20 pin connector Connects an optional remote LSIiBBUO7 intelligent Battery Backup Unit or an LSIiBBU08 unit to the RAID controller SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives J2B2 x4 SAS Ports 4 to 7 Internal connector SFF 8087 x4 internal mini SAS co
141. y header 3 pin header Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features which include CacheCade FastPath Recovery and SafeStore disk encryption J2A4 P O Mode jumper 2 pin connector Installing this jumper causes the RAID controller to run in lO mode The default mode of operation is without the shunt and running in Fusion mode J2B1 Standard Edge Card connector The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provides power to the board and an lC interface connected to the 1 C bus for IPMI J4A1 Serial EEPROM 2 pin connector Provides controller information such as the serial number revision and manufacturing date The default is no shunt installed J4A2 LSI Test header 2 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J5A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART connector for the expander 4 pin connector Reserved for LSI use J5B1 DDR3 Board to Board Mezzanine connector 240 pin DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface Connects the controller directly to a CVFM02 module The CVFM02 module connects to a remote CVPM02 module Refer to the MegaRAID CacheVault Flash Module 02 Quick Installation Guide for the procedure used to connect a CVFM02 module to a remote CVPM02 module J6A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART connector for the expander 4 pin connector Reserv

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