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LSICVM02 Kit Quick Installation Guide
May 2014
LSICVM02 Kit Quick Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the LSI® CacheVault™ Module 02 (LSICVM02) Kit. Before you install the LSICVM02 kit, please
take a few minutes to read this guide. This guide describes the CacheVault Module Kit LSICVM02, which contains a
MegaRAID® CacheVault Flash Module 04 (CVFM04), a MegaRAID CacheVault Power Module 02 (CVPM02), a clip, and a
cable, and explains how to install these components.
The CVFM04 product is an Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) flash module that provides cache off-load capability to
protect cached data in case of host power loss or server failure. The remote CVPM02 module is a super-capacitor pack
that provides the power to off-load cached data from the DRAM to the nonvolatile FLASH memory on the CVFM04
module if a power failure or outage occurs. Cached data is restored from the CVFM module to DRAM the next time the
RAID controller is powered. Cached data can then be written to the storage devices.
To install the kit, you attach the CVFM04 module directly to a RAID controller, insert the CVPM02 module into the clip
on a BBU-BRACKET-05 remote mount board (sold separately), and then connect the CVFM04 module by cable to the
remote CVPM02 module. Next, install the RAID controller and the remote mount board in PCI Express® (PCIe®) slots in
the system.
The following MegaRAID controllers support the LSICVM02 CacheVault Kit:
 MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller
 MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller
 MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID controller
 MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID controller
NOTE This guide documents installation of the CacheVault modules using
the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller in Installing the LSICVM02
Kit on page 5 . You can install the CacheVault modules the same way on
the MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i, 9380-4i4e, and 9380-8e RAID controllers.
If you need more information about any topic covered in this guide, refer to the related documents on your MegaRAID
Universal Software Suite CD:
 Cache Backup Products for MegaRAID SAS+SATA RAID Controllers User Guide
 MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i and SAS 9361-8i RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
 MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
 MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
 12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide
 MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
 MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
 Software license agreement
NOTE Record your controller serial number in a safe location in case you
need to contact LSI.