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MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
June 2012
MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller
Quick Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the MegaRAID
®
SAS 9286CV-8eCC 6Gb/s 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. This guide
documents how to install the RAID controller, and connect a transportable CacheVault™ Flash Module 03 (CVFM03) to
a remote CacheVault Power Module 02 (CVPM02). In addition, this guide documents the connectors and headers on
the RAID controller, the CacheVault Flash Module 03, and the CacheVault Power Module 02, which provide backup for
your data in case of power loss. This guide also documents the CacheCade Pro 2.0 Software.
If you need more information about any topic covered in this guide, refer to the related documents on your MegaRAID
Universal Software Suite CD.
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Product Overview
The MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller is a SAS2208-based low-profile PCI-Express 3.0 RAID controller that
offers a 6Gb/s transfer rate. It controls eight external SAS/SATA ports through two SFF-8088 x4 external mini SAS
connectors.
The MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller supports the CVFM03 module, which is an on-board 1-GB
nonvolatile DDR3 1333-MT/s CacheVault Flash Module. The CVFM03 module connects to a remote CacheVault Power
Module 02.
The MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller also supports the CacheCade Pro 2.0 software.
The following figure shows the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller . (The CVFM03 module is not attached in
this figure, so that all of the connectors on the RAID controller are visible. Other figures in this guide show the CVFM03
module attached to the controller.)
Figure 1 MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller