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

MegaRAID^® SAS 9286CV-8eCC
Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express^® 3.0 SATA+SAS RAID Controller with
CacheVault^™ Flash Cache Protection and SSD-Optimized Software
Product Brief
Key Features
■■ Eight external 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
■■ Two Mini-SAS external connectors
(SFF8088)
■■ LSISAS2208 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
■■ SSD-Optimized Software included;
CacheCade Pro 2.0 and Fast Path Ready
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 Avago 6Gb/s SAS
Switch
■■ CacheVault technology included
for greener, lower total cost cache
protection
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-8eCC,
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-8eCC controller
includes the latest PCI Express 3.0 and 6Gb/s SAS technology and is ideal 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. 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.
MegaRAID^® CacheCade^™ Pro 2.0 and MegaRAID Fast Path Ready
The “CC” family of 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers ship standards with CacheCade Pro 2.0 and Fast Path
software enabled out of the box. These software offerings help to optimize application performance in
direct-attached storage environments configured with solid-state drives (SSDs). CacheCade Pro 2.0 read/
write software is designed to dramatically accelerate application I/O performance of hard disk drive
(HDD)-based arrays by intelligently caching frequent accessed, or “hot spot”, data to SSDs. Using SSDs
as a dedicated pool or high-performance cache in front of HDDs cost-effectively improves both read
and write performance, reduces I/O latencies, accelerates application response time and lowers RAID
access and rebuild times. MegaRAID Fast Path software is a high-performance I/O accelerator, designed
to dramatically boost transactional application throughput of SSD arrays connected to the MegaRAID
controller card.
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.