Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e - Manual (Page 3)

LSI Corporation Confidential | June 2010 Page 3
MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
Quick Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the LSI™ MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS 9280-16i4e RAID controller.
Your MegaRAID controller provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant
drive subsystem management. Before you install your RAID controller, please take a few
minutes to read this quick installation guide. If you need more information about any
topic covered in this guide, refer to the related documents on your MegaRAID Universal
Software Suite CD.
Figure 1 shows the MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e RAID controller.
Figure 1: MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e RAID Controller
MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e RAID Controller
The MegaRAID® SAS 9280-16i4e RAID controller is a PCI-Express, standard-height,
half-length RAID controller that offers a 6 Gb/s transfer rate. It controls 16 internal
SAS/SATA ports through four SFF-8087 x4 internal connectors and four external
SAS/SATA ports through one SFF-8088 x4 external connectors.