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Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
Embedded SATA RAID Controller
Embedded SATA RAID Controller
Note
VMware ESX/ESXi or any other virtualized environments are not supported for use with the embedded
MegaRAID controller. Hypervisors such as Hyper-V, Xen, or KVM are also not supported for use with
the embedded MegaRAID controller.
This server includes an embedded MegaRAID controller hub that can control up to eight SATA-only
front-facing drives (SFF 8-drive server only). It can also control up to two internal boot SSDs (SFF
24-drive and LFF 12-drive servers only).
This section contains the following topics:
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Embedded SATA RAID Controller Requirements For Front-Facing Drive Control, page C-10
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Embedded SATA RAID: Two SATA Controllers, page C-11
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Embedded SATA RAID Controller Considerations, page C-12
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Installing a SATA Interposer Board For Front-Facing Drive Control, page C-12
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Installing a Software RAID 5 Key Module for Embedded RAID 5 Support, page C-12
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Enabling the Embedded RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-13
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Disabling the Embedded RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-14
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Launching the LSI Embedded MegaRAID Configuration Utilities, page C-14
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Installing LSI MegaSR Drivers For Windows and Linux, page C-15
Embedded SATA RAID Controller Requirements For Front-Facing Drive Control
The embedded SATA RAID controller hub requires the following items:
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For front-facing drive control—The SFF, 8-drive version of the server.
The embedded RAID option is available for front-facing drive control only with the SFF 8-drive,
direct-connect backplane.
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A SATA interposer board and Y-cable (bundled as
UCSC-IP-PCH-C240M4=
).
This interposer board plugs into the motherboard and provides cable connectors.
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(Optional) A SATA RAID 5 key module.
This optional module can be installed to a motherboard header to add SATA RAID 5 support for
front-facing drives.
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The embedded SATA RAID controller must be enabled in the server BIOS.
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(Optional) LSI MegaSR drivers for Windows or Linux.
Note
The embedded SATA RAID controller can also manage internal SSD boot drives in a RAID 1 array. For
that case, the requirement is either the LFF 12-drive or the SFF 24-drive version of the server. Only the
LFF 12-drive and the SFF 24-drive versions of the server support internal boot SSDs. No cabling is
required for managing the internal SSD boot drives.
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