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MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
June 2012 MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC RAID Controller .
NOTE Pin 1 on the headers and the connectors is highlighted in red in Figure 2 .
Table 1 Jumpers and Connectors
Jumper/
Connector
Type Description
J1A1 Write pending LED header 2-pin connector
Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the cache has yet to be
written to the storage devices. Used when the write-back feature is enabled.
J1A3 Global drive fault LED header 2-pin connector
Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition.
J1A4 x4 SAS Ports 4–7 external connector SFF-8088 x4 external mini SAS connector
Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives.
J1B1 x4 SAS Ports 0–3 external connector SFF-8088 x4 external mini SAS connector
Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives.
J2A1 Activity LED header 2-pin connector
Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected to the
controller.
J2A2 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.
J2A4
I
2
O Mode jumper
2-pin connector
Installing this jumper causes the RAID controller to run in I
2
0 mode. The
default mode of operation is without the shunt and running in Fusion mode.
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 header
Reserved for LSI use.
J5A1 Serial Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter (UART)
connector for the Expander 4-pin connector
Reserved for LSI use.
J5B1 DDR3 Board-to-board connector 240-pin connector
Connects the RAID controller to the CVFM03 module.
J6A1 Serial UART connector for the
Expander 4-pin connector
Reserved for LSI use.