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12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide

April 2014

Chapter 3: MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics

12GB/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family

The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller.

Table 4 Jumpers and Connectors

Jumper/

Connector

Type

Description

J1A2

IPMI-style I

2

C connector for Ports 4 to 7

3-pin connector

Supports SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) over I

2

C through an internal I

2

C

backplane cable.

J1A4

IPMI-style I

2

C connector for Ports 0 to 3

3-pin connector

Supports SES over I

2

C through an internal I

2

C backplane cable.

J1B1

Individual PHY and drive fault indication
header

Ports 0 to 3

Ports 4 to 7

2x8-pin header

Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition.
One LED exists per port. When lit, each LED indicates the corresponding
drive has failed or is in the Unconfigured-Bad state.

The LEDs function in a direct-attach configuration (no SAS expanders
exist). Direct attach is defined as a maximum of one drive connected
directly to each port.

NOTE The J5A1 connector on the MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID
controller is a single internal port connector.

J2B4

Standard edge card connector

The interface between the RAID controller and the host system.

Along with the PCIe interface, this connector provides power to the
board and an I

2

C interface connected to the I

2

C bus for the Intelligent

Platform Management Interface (IPMI).

J4B1

CacheVault Flash Module (ONFI) interface 70-pin connector

Connects the RAID controller to a flash module.

J5A1

Dual x4 SAS Port 0 through Port 7 internal
connector

Two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i internal connectors

Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives.

J5B1

LSI Test header

2-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

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3257

YH

YH

D

N