SAS9286CV-8E Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express3.0 SATA+SAS RAID Controller

MegaRAID^® SAS 9286CV-8e
Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express^® 3.0 SATA+SAS RAID Controller with
CacheVault^™ Flash Cache Protection
Product Brief
Key Features
■■ Eight external 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
■■ Two Mini-SAS external connectors
(SFF8088)
■■ LSI SAS 2208 Dual- core 6Gb/s ROC
––x2 800MHz PowerPC Processors
■■ PCI Express 3.0 Host Interface
■■ 1GB DDRIII cache memory
■■ RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60
■■ MegaRAID CacheVault Flash Cache
Protection included
Key Advantages
■■ Unmatched RAID performance
■■ External JBOD expansion for up to 240
3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and SAS hard
drives or SSDs
■■ Compatible with 6Gb/s SAS Switch
■■ CacheVault technology included
for greener, lower total cost cache
protection
■■ Support for Advanced Software
Options
Unmatched RAID Performance for Next-Generation Servers and Storage
Today’s data center, cloud and high-performance computing environments not only require
increased storage capacity to handle massive volumes of data, but are also challenged to protect
and deliver data as quickly as possible to meet the needs of applications and end users. To address
these performance demands as capacity scales, the newest 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers from Avago
offer a powerful combination of intelligent performance, enterprise RAID data protection and
proven interoperability with the latest server platforms based on the PCI Express 3.0 specification.
The MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8e, with eight external ports, delivers two 800MHz PowerPC processor
cores and a 72-bit DDRIII interface that drives 1GB cache memory. Powered by the LSI SAS 2208
dual-core ROC, the 9286CV-8e controller includes the latest PCI Express 3.0 and 6Gb/s SAS
technology and is designed for configuring external storage enclosures with high-performance SAS
hard drives, high-capacity SATA hard drives or application-accelerating SSDs or for building more
sophisticated configurations using Avago 6Gb/s SAS Switch products.
MegaRAID CacheVault Technology
MegaRAID CacheVault flash cache protection uses NAND flash memory powered by a super-
capacitor to help protect data stored in the MegaRAID controller cache memory. This module
eliminates the need for a lithium ion battery traditionally used to protect DRAM cache memory on
PCI RAID controllers. The RAID controller automatically writes the data in cache memory to flash
storage when a power failure occurs, while the super-capacitor keeps the current going during
the process. When the power comes back, the DRAM is recovered from flash storage and the
system goes on without loss of data. The benefits of this technology are elimination of hardware
maintenance associated with LiON batteries, lower total cost of ownership over the life of the
adapter, and more environmentally friendly cache protection.
Support for Advanced Software Options
The family of 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers are designed to support advanced software options that
provide white box channel partners with enhanced performance and data protection capabilities.
These new software options help enable end users to address key business challenges while helping
to deliver a higher return on their IT investments. MegaRAID CacheCade^™ Pro 2.0 software and
MegaRAID Fast Path software boost transactional I/O performance of solid state disk configurations,
while MegaRAID Recovery software and MegaRAID SafeStore^™ software enable enhanced data
protection and security.
Intuitive RAID Management Utility
The MegaRAID Management Suite^™ software provides essential tools to manage MegaRAID
products, whether deployed in an enterprise or small business. Avago offers a collection of
applications and tools including a pre-boot setup utility and a full spectrum of online RAID
management utilities. This suite of applications allows administrators to adjust SAS or SATA topology
views from the system host, controller and disk enclosure down to the logical and physical drive
level. Extending to enterprise deployments, these tools scale to more easily configure, monitor and
manage RAID and JBOD volumes locally or over the LAN network.