User`s guide

iv Preface
Copyright © 2009 by LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
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.
Related Publications
MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User’s Guide
Document Number: 80-00163-01 Rev. D
This document describes how to install the MegaRAID device driver for
your operating system. The information in this document is independent
of the back-end bus and applies to the MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers.
MegaRAID SAS Software User’s Guide
Document Number: 80-00156-01 Rev. H