LSI 25083 manual After Installing the RAID Controller, SAS Device Cables and Connectors

for RAID controllers on the LSI website at: http://www.lsi.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do.

For information about installing the driver, refer to the MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User’s Guide on the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD. Be sure to use the latest service packs provided by the operating system manufacturer and to review the readme file that accompanies the driver.

2.4After Installing the RAID Controller

After you install the MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller, you must configure the controller and install the operating system driver. The MegaRAID SAS Software User’s Guide instructs you on the configuration options and how to set them on your MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller. The MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User’s Guide provides detailed installation instructions for operating system drivers.

2.5SAS Device Cables and Connectors

This section describes the cables and the connectors used on the SAS controllers and provides step-by-step instructions for connecting SAS drives, SATA II drives, or both to the SAS RAID controller. The SAS and SATA II protocols use a thin, 7-wire connector instead of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable.

Note: Use only straight SAS cables, not crossover SAS cables.

Figure 2.2 shows the SAS cable that connects the internal connectors on a SAS RAID controller to SAS drives, SATA II drives, or both.

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