LSI 25083 manual Audience, Organization

•MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e PCI Express 2.0 Low-Profile Serial- Attached SCSI/SATA II Disk Array Controller with External Connectors

•MegaRAID SAS 9280DE-8e PCI Express 2.0 Low-Profile Serial-Attached SCSI/SATA II Disk Array Controller with External Connectors

For information about 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 document are:

•Engineers who are designing a system that will include a MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller

•Anyone who is installing a MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller in a system

Organization

This document contains the following chapters and appendix:

•Chapter 1, Overview, provides an overview of the MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers.

•Chapter 2, MegaRAID SAS Hardware Installation, describes the procedures for installing the MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers.

•Chapter 3, MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics, provides the characteristics and technical specifications for the MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers.

•Appendix A, Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations, lists and defines the terms and abbreviations used in this document.

ivPreface

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