Avago Technologies SAS 9380-8e User Manual
MegaRAID® SAS 9380-8e RAID Controller
54984-00B
Quick Installation Guide
Version 2.0
54984-00, Rev. B
April 2014
MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
April 2014
Revision History
Version and Date Description of Changes
54984-00, Rev. B, April 2014 Updated board installation figure.
54984-00, Rev. A, January 2014 Initial release of the document.
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MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
April 2014
Product Overview
MegaRAID® SAS 9380-8e RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the 12Gb/s LSI® MegaRAID® SAS 9380-8e RAID controller. Your MegaRAID controller
provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant drive subsystem management, and it offers an ideal RAID
solution for the external 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 9380-8e RAID controller and documents how to install your controller. In addition, this guide
describes the LSICVM02 CacheVault® Kit (sold separately). The LSICVM02 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 on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD:
12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide
LSICVM02 Kit Quick Installation Guide
MegaRAID Advanced Software Options Hardware Key Quick Installation Guide
MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
Software license agreement
Product Overview
The MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID controller is a PCI-Express® (PCIe®) 3.0, low-profile controller with RAID control
capability, based on the LSISAS3108 RAID On-a-Chip (ROC) device. The controller uses 1 GB of DDR3 1866-MHz
memory. In addition, it controls eight external Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
(SATA) ports through two SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD-4e external connectors.
This 12Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID controller is based on the LSI first-to-market SAS IC technology and proven
MegaRAID technology. As a third-generation PCIe RAID controller, this controller addresses the growing demand for
increased data throughput and scalability requirements across midrange and enterprise-class server platforms. This
RAID controller provides 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.
For more information, including the technical specifications for your RAID controller, refer to the 12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS
RAID Controllers User Guide on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD.
NOTE This RAID controller supports SATA II and SATA III technologies.
NOTE Re co rd y ou r RA ID cont rol le r se ri al nu mber in a sa fe l oc ati on in ca se y ou
need to contact LSI.
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