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MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i and SAS 9266-8i RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
July 2012
Product Overview
MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i and MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i RAID Controllers
Quick Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the MegaRAID
®
SAS 9266-4i RAID controller or the MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i RAID controller.
Your MegaRAID controller provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant drive subsystem management.
Before you install your RAID controller, take a few minutes to read this quick installation guide. This guide describes
the RAID controller and the related components (sold separately), which include the LSICVM01 CacheVault™ Kit and
the intelligent Battery Backup Unit 09 (LSIiBBU09). The LSICVM01 kit contains the CVFM02 CacheVault Flash Module,
the CVPM02 CacheVault Power Module, the clip, and the cable.
In addition, this guide documents the following procedures:
 Installing the MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i RAID controller
 Installing the CVFM02 module on the RAID controller
 Installing the CVPM02 module on a remote mount board
 Connecting the CVFM02 module to the CVPM02 module
 Attaching an LSIiBBU09 unit directly to the RAID controller
 Connecting the RAID controller to a remote LSIiBBU09 unit
If you need more information about any topic covered in this guide, refer to the related documents on your MegaRAID
Universal Software Suite CD.
Product Overview
The SAS 9266-8i RAID controller is a PCI Express®, low-profile RAID controller that offers a 6-Gb/s transfer rate. It
controls eight internal SAS+SATA ports through two SFF-8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors.
The SAS 9266-4i is a PCI Express, low-profile RAID controller that offers a 6-Gb/s transfer rate. It controls four internal
SAS+SATA ports through one SFF-8087 mini SAS 4i internal connectors.
The SAS 9266-4i does not support the J5B1 port connector, which the SAS 9266-8i RAID controller does support.
Otherwise, the SAS 9266-4i supports the same connectors as the SAS 9266-8i RAID controller.
CacheVault Flash Module and CacheVault Power Module
The MegaRAID 9266 RAID controllers support the CacheVault Module Kit LSICVM01 L5, which includes a CacheVault
Flash Module (CVFM02), a CacheVault Power Module (CVPM02), a clip, and a cable. The CVFM02 product is a USB flash
module that provides cache offload capability to protect cached data in case of host power loss or server failure. The
CVFM02 module connects to a remote CVPM02 module, which is a super-capacitor pack that provides power for the
backup of your data in case of host power loss or server failure.
For more information about the CVFM02 module and the CVPM02 module, refer to the Cache Backup Products for
MegaRAID SAS+SATA RAID Controllers User Guide on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD.
NOTE This section shows the SAS 9266-8i RAID controller being installed. You can install the SAS 9266-4i in
the same way.
NOTE This RAID controller supports SATA I, SATA II, and SATA III.