Product Brief
Protect Business Critical Data with the Industry’s Most Trusted SATA+SAS
RAID Controllers
Next-Generation SATA+SAS RAID
MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers provide a new level of reliability, availability, and performance
to businesses that are facing storage challenges driven by unprecedented data growth. With data
transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i brings users new features and
improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA+SAS
generation. This MegaRAID value line controller, ideal for inside-the-box connectivity, employs the
latest in RAID-on-Chip technology, complies with the PCI Express 2.0 specication, and provides
additional data security using SafeStore™ Encryption Services.
6Gb/s SAS Performance Advantage
With data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i bring users new features
and improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s
SATA+SAS generation. 6Gb/s SAS is designed for backward compatibility with 3Gb/s SAS as well as
with 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SATA hard drives. Regardless of the drive speed, 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers
will deliver signicant performance improvements in both read and write applications as compared
to their 3Gb/s predecessors.
SafeStore Encryption Services
Avago is pleased to introduce SafeStore Encryption Services, which include Instant Secure Erase for
self-encrypting drives (SEDs). This technology represents a signicant step forward in securing a
drive’s data from any unauthorized access or modication resulting from theft, loss, or repurposing
of drives. Instant secure provides instant data protection via cryptographic erase. Whether the
drive is 73GB or 1TB, this feature will delete the existing encryption key and regenerate a new data
encryption key in less than a second, enabling drives to be returned, retired, sold or reused securely.
Intuitive RAID Management Utility
The MegaRAID Management Suite™ provides the essential software tools to eciently manage
MegaRAID products, whether deployed in an enterprise or small business. Avago oers 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 allow administrators to adjust SAS 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 easily congure, monitor and manage
RAID volumes locally or over the LAN network.
Key Features
Eight internal 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
(SFF-8087)
–Horizontal mount
LSI SAS 2108 6Gb/s RAID-on-Chip
–800MHz PowerPC®
512MB 800MHz DDRII cache memory
Optional battery backup module
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5 and 6
RAID Spans 10, 50 and 60
Key Advantages
6Gb/s SAS for superior levels of RAID
performance
PCI Express® 2.0 provides faster
signaling for high-bandwidth
applications
Support for 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and
SAS hard drives
SafeStore™ Encryption Services for
more secure data protection
Typical Applications
Video-On-Demand
Video-Surveillance
Video Creation + Editing
Medical Imaging
High-Performance Computing
Digital Content Archive and VTL
Storage Appliance
File, Web, Database, and Email Servers
MegaRAID® SAS 9261-8i
Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA+SAS RAID Controller
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Product Brief
LSI MegaRAID® SAS 9261-8i
Solution Provided Eight-port internal SATA+SAS solution for high-density servers and workstations using up to 128 SATA and/or SAS drives
Physical Dimensions MD2 Low prole (6.6” X 2.536”)
Internal Connectors Two Mini-SAS SFF8087 4i internal connectors (horizontal)
Device Support Up to 128 SAS and/or SATA hard drives
Host Bus Type x8 lane PCI Express 2.0 Compliant
Data Transfer Rates Up to 6Gb/s per port
I/O Processor/SAS Controller LSI SAS 2108 RAID-on-Chip (ROC)
Cache Memory 512MB 800MHz DDR II SDRAM
Battery Backup Unit LSIiBBU07, an intelligent battery backup module option that directly connects to the adapter
Key RAID Data Protection
Features
• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6
• RAID spans 10, 50 and 60
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
• Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
• Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or
reconstruction (RLM)
• Single controller Multipathing (failover)
• Load Balancing
• Congurable stripe size up to 1MB
• Fast initialization for quick array setup
• Check Consistency for background data integrity
• SafeStore Encryption Services
– Instant Secure Erase
• SSD Support with SSD Guard™
• Patrol read for media scanning and repairing
• 64 logical drive support
• DDF compliant Conguration on Disk (COD)
• S.M.A.R.T support
• Global and dedicated Hot Spare with Revertible Hot
Spare support
– Automatic rebuild
– Enclosure anity
– Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays
• Enclosure management
– SES (inband)
– SGPIO (sideband)
Operating Temperature Maximum ambient: 60°C (44.5°C w/iBBU)
Operating Voltage +3.3V
Hardware Warranty 3 years, free advanced technical support, advanced replacement option
Regulatory Certications EN55022, EN55024, EN60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3; FCC Class A, Class B; UL1950; UL; CSA C22.2; VCCI; RRL for MIC; BSMI;
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RAID Management
MegaRAID Management Suite
• MegaRAID Storage Manager
• MegaCLI (command-line interface)
• WebBIOS
OS Support Extensive support includes Microsoft® Windows® Vista/2008/Server 2003, Linux®, Solaris™ (x86), FreeBSD®, VMware® and more.
* Visit the download center for the most complete list of supported operating systems: www.lsi.com/support
Ordering Information
MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i Single Pack LSIiBBU08
MPN: L5-25239-22
OPN: LSI00212
MPN: L5-25343-06
OPN: LSI00264