Avago Technologies MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 (520-0 CH) - Manual (Page 25)

MegaRAID320 Storage Adapters User’s Guide 2-1
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Chapter 2
Hardware Installation
This chapter describes the procedures that install the MegaRAID 320-1,
320-1, 320-2, 320-2E, 320-2X, and 320-4X Storage Adapters. It contains
the following sections:
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Section 2.1, “Requirements”
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Section 2.2, “Quick Installation”
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Section 2.3, “Detailed Installation”
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Section 2.4, “SCSI Device Cables”
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Section 2.5, “Replacing a Failed Controller with Data in the TBBU”
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Section 2.6, “After Installing the Storage Adapter”
2.1 Requirements
The following items are required to install a MegaRAID 320 Storage
Adapter:
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A MegaRAID 320-1, 320-1, 320-2, 320-2E, 320-2X, or 320-4X
Storage Adapter
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A host computer with an available 32- or 64-bit, 3.3 V PCI or PCI-X
expansion slot or a PCI-Express slot
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The MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD, which contains drivers
and documentation
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The necessary internal and/or external SCSI cables
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Ultra, Ultra2, Ultra160, or Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives
(although backward compatible, SCSI uses the speed of the slowest
device on the bus)
LSI strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).