Features
- Provides four fully independent PHYs or eight fully independent PHYs, depending on the controller
- Supports 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS data transfers per PHY
- Supports SMP to communicate topology management information
- Supports SSP to enable communication with other SAS devices
- Supports STP to enable communication with a SATA II device through an attached expander
- Provides a serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level storage interface
- Simplifies cabling between devices
Specifications
- PCI Express x8 lane width (with support for x16 connections)
- PCI Express performance up to 5Gb/s per lane
- Support for 512-Mbyte DDR2 800 MHz on-board SDRAM intelligent battery-backed module
- One internal connector for the SAS 9240-4i, SAS 9260-4i, and SAS 9280-4i4e RAID controllers
- Two internal connectors for the SAS 9240-8i, SAS 9260-8i, SAS 9261-8i, and SAS 9260DE-8i RAID controllers
- Four internal connectors for the SAS 9260-16i RAID controller and the SAS9280-16i4e RAID controller
- Six internal connectors for the SAS 9280-24i4e RAID controller
- One external connector for the SAS 9280-4i4e, SAS 9280-16i4e, and SAS 9280-24i4e RAID controllers
- Two external connectors for the SAS 9280-8e RAID controller and the SAS 9280DE-8e RAID controller
- Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 00, 10, 50, and 60
- Advanced array configuration and management utilities
- Support for global hot spares and dedicated hot spares
- Support for user-defined stripe sizes: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 KB
- Advanced array configuration and management utilities offer:
Online capacity expansion to add space to an existing drive or new drive
Online RAID level migration
Drive migration
Drive roaming
No reboot 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)
- 32-Kbyte nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) for storing RAID system configuration information; the MegaRAID SAS firmware is stored in flash ROM for easy upgrade.
The MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers supports the following operating systems:
- Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008
- Red Hat Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Novell NetWare
- SCO OpenServer
- SCO UnixWare
- Solaris
- FreeBSD
To download the latest operating system drivers, go to:
http://www.lsi.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do.
The MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers use Fusion-MPT™ architecture for all major operating systems, thinner drivers, and better performance.
Quick Installation Guide
