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MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i and SAS 9361-8i RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
March 9, 2018
MegaRAID
®
SAS 9361-4i and SAS 9361-8i RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
Product Overview
MegaRAID
®
SAS 9361-4i and SAS 9361-8i RAID Controllers Quick
Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the 12Gb/s MegaRAID
®
SAS 9361-4i RAID controller or the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID
controller. Your MegaRAID controller provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant drive subsystem
management, and it offers an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage of workgroup, departmental, and
enterprise systems.
Before you install your RAID controller, take a few minutes to read this quick installation guide. This guide describes the
MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller, and it documents how to install
your controller. In addition, this guide describes the CVM02 CacheVault
®
Kit (sold separately). The CVM02 kit contains
a CacheVault Flash Module 04 (CVFM04), a CacheVault Power Module 02 (CVPM02), a clip, and a cable.
If you need more information about any topic covered in this guide or about the related products, refer to the
following documentation:
12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide
LSICVM02 Kit Quick Installation Guide
MegaRAID Advanced Services Hardware Key Quick Installation Guide
MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
Software license agreement
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Product Overview
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller are PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0,
low-profile controllers with RAID control capability, based on the SAS3108 RAID On-a-Chip (RoC) device.
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller uses 1 GB of DDR3 1866-MHz memory and controls four internal Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) ports through one SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
internal connector.
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller uses 1 GB or 2 GB of DDR3 1866-MHz memory and controls eight internal
SAS/SATA ports through two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i internal connectors. This capability lets you use a system that
supports both enterprise-class SAS drives and desktop-class SATA III drives.
These 12Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID controllers are based on the proven Broadcom
®
MegaRAID technology. As
third-generation PCIe RAID controllers, these controllers address the growing demand for increased data throughput
and scalability requirements across midrange and enterprise-class server platforms. These RAID controllers provide
these features:
12Gb/s SAS III performance
6Gb/s SATA III performance
Eight-lane 8-GT/s PCIe host interface
SAS technology brings a wealth of options and flexibility with the use of SAS devices and SATA devices within the same
storage infrastructure. However, SAS devices and SATA devices bring individual characteristics that make each one a
more suitable choice depending on your storage needs. MegaRAID products give you the flexibility to combine these
two similar technologies on the same controller, within the same enclosure, and in the same virtual drive.
NOTE
These RAID controllers support SATA II and SATA III technologies.
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