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MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i and SAS 9361-8i RAID Controllers Quick Installation Guide
August 2013 Product Overview
MegaRAID® SAS 9361-4i RAID Controller and
MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the 12Gb/s LSI® MegaRAID® SAS 9361-4i RAID controller or the LSI MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i
RAID controller. Your MegaRAID controller provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant drive subsystem
management, and it offers an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage of workgroup, departmental, and
enterprise systems.
Before you install your RAID controller, take a few minutes to read this quick installation guide. This guide describes
the MegaRAID®
SAS 9361-4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller, and it documents how to
install your controller. In addition, this guide describes the LSICVM02 CacheVault Kit (sold separately). The LSICVM02
kit contains a CacheVault® Flash Module 04 (CVFM04), a CacheVault Power Module 02 (CVPM02), a clip, and a cable.
If you need more information about any topic covered in this guide or about the related products, refer to the
following documentation on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD:
 12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide
 LSICVM02 Kit Quick Installation Guide
 MegaRAID Advanced Services Hardware Key Quick Installation Guide
 MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
 MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
 Software license agreement
Product Overview
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller and the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller are PCI-Express®
(PCIe®) 3.0, low-profile controllers with RAID control capability, based on the LSISAS3108 RAID On-a-Chip
(ROC) device.
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID controller uses 1 GB of DDR3 1866-MHz memory and controls four internal Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) ports through one SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
internal connector.
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i RAID controller uses 1 GB of DDR3 1866-MHz memory and controls eight internal Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) ports through two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
internal connectors. This capability lets you use a system that supports both enterprise-class SAS drives and
desktop-class SATA III drives.
These 12Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID controllers are based on the LSI first-to-market SAS IC technology and
proven MegaRAID technology. As third-generation PCIe RAID controllers, these controllers address the growing
demand for increased data throughput and scalability requirements across midrange and enterprise-class server
platforms. These RAID controllers provide these features:
 12Gb/s SAS III performance
 6Gb/s SATA III performance
 Eight-lane 8-GT/s PCIe host interface
SAS technology brings a wealth of options and flexibility with the use of SAS devices and SATA devices within the
same storage infrastructure. However, SAS devices and SATA devices bring individual characteristics that make each
one a more suitable choice depending on your storage needs. MegaRAID products give you the flexibility to combine
these two similar technologies on the same controller, within the same enclosure, and in the same virtual drive.
NOTE These RAID controllers support SATA II and SATA III technologies.