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Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i User Manual

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6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide

August 2013

MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics

6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family

J2A1

Activity LED header

2-pin connector

Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives
connected to the controller.

J2A2

I

2

O Mode jumper

2-pin connector

Installing this jumper causes the RAID controller to run in I

2

O

mode. The default mode of operation is without the shunt
and running in Fusion mode.

J2A3

Advanced Software Options Hardware Key header

3-pin header

Enables support for the Advanced Software Options
features, which include CacheCade, FastPath, Recovery, and
SafeStore disk encryption.

J2B1

Standard Edge Card connector

The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a
standard edge card.

This interface provides power to the board and an I

2

C

interface connected to the I

2

C bus for IPMI.

J4A1

Serial EEPROM

2-pin connector

Provides controller information, such as the serial number,
revision, and manufacturing date. The default is no
shunt installed.

J4A2

LSI Test header

2-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

J5A2

Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
(UART) connector for the expander

4-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

J5B1

Board-to-board Mezzanine connector

240-pin 02 DDR3 nonvolatile memory module interface

Connects the memory module directly to the RAID
controller. The module connects to an LSIiBBU09 Battery
Backup Unit that is mounted remotely.

Refer to the MegaRAID LSIiBBU09 Intelligent Battery Backup
Unit 09 Quick Installation Guide
for the procedure used to
connect the memory module to the remote LSIiBBU09 unit.

J6A1

Serial Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
(UART) connector for the expander

4-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

Table 16 MegaRAID SAS 9285-8e RAID Controller – Connectors (Continued)

Jumper/

Connector

Type

Description

J1A4

+ve

a

k

-ve