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12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide
April 2014
Chapter 1: Overview
Hardware Specifications
1.7 Hardware Specifications
You can install the 12Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID controllers in a computer with a motherboard that has a PCIe
slot. The following table describes the hardware configuration features for the 12Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID
controllers.
Table 2 12Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID Controller Features
Specification
MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i RAID Controller, MegaRAID SAS 9341-8i RAID Controller,
MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID Controller, MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID Controller
MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID Controller, MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID Controller
RAID levels MegaRAID SAS 9341 RAID controllers: 0, 1, 5, 10, 50
MegaRAID SAS 9361 RAID controllers: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID controllers: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID controllers: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Devices supported per port MegaRAID SAS 9341 RAID controllers: Up to 64 SAS devices or SATA III devices (such as drives
and expanders)
MegaRAID SAS 9361 RAID controllers: Up to 255 SAS devices or SATA III devices (such as drives
and expanders)
MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID controllers: Up to 255 SAS devices or SATA III devices (such as drives
and expanders)
MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID controllers: Up to 255 SAS devices or SATA III devices (such as drives
and expanders)
Number of ports MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i RAID controller: Four ports through one SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector
MegaRAID SAS 9341-8i RAID controller: Eight ports through two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connectors
MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller: Four ports through one SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector
MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller: Eight ports through two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connectors
MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID controller: Four ports through one SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
connector and four ports through one SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD-4e connector
MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID controller: Eight ports through two SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD-4e
connectors
Data transfer rate Up to 12Gb/s per PHY
Bus PCIe 3.0 (for LSISAS3108-based controllers)
Cache function Write-back, write-through, non-read-ahead, read-ahead, cache I/O, direct I/O
Multiple virtual drives per controller MegaRAID SAS 9341 RAID controllers: Up to 32
MegaRAID SAS 9361 RAID controllers: Up to 64
MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID controllers: Up to 64
MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e RAID controllers: Up to 64
Online capacity expansion Yes
Dedicated and global hot spares Yes
Hot-swap devices supported Yes
Non-drive devices supported Yes
Mixed-capacity drives supported Yes
Number of internal connectors MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i RAID controller: One SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector
MegaRAID SAS 9341-8i RAID controller: Two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connectors
MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller: One SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector
MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller: Two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connectors
MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e RAID controller: One SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector