Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP - Manual (Page 3)

MegaRAID 1078-based SAS RAID Controllers User’s Guide iii
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Preface
This document is the primary reference and user’s guide for the LSI
MegaRAID
®
Serial Attached SCSI/SATA II RAID Controllers based on
the LSISAS1078, which is a SAS/SATA RAID On-a-Chip device. It
contains complete installation instructions for these RAID controllers and
includes specifications for them.
The MegaRAID 1078-based Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller
family consists of the following controllers:
•
MegaRAID SAS 8704ELP PCI Express Low-Profile Serial-Attached
SCSI/SATA II Disk Array Controller with Internal Connectors
•
MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP PCI Express Low-Profile Serial-Attached
SCSI/SATA II Disk Array Controller with Internal Connectors
•
MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 PCI Express Serial-Attached SCSI/SATA
II Disk Array Controller with Internal Connectors
•
MegaRAID SAS 8880EM2 PCI Express Serial-Attached SCSI/SATA
II Disk Array Controller with External Connectors
•
MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP PCI Express Low-Profile Serial-Attached
SCSI/SATA II Disk Array Controller with External Connectors and
Internal Connectors
For details on how to configure the RAID controllers, refer to the
MegaRAID SAS Software User’s Guide. For information about the
operating system drivers, refer to the MegaRAID SAS Device Driver
Installation User’s Guide.
Audience
This document assumes that you have some familiarity with RAID
controllers and related support devices. The people who benefit from this
book are: