Chapter 2 hardware installation, 1 requirements, Chapter 2, hardware installation – Avago Technologies MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 (520-0 CH) User Manual

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MegaRAID320 Storage Adapters User’s Guide

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Chapter 2
Hardware Installation

This chapter describes the procedures that install the MegaRAID 320-1,
320-1, 320-2, 320-2E, 320-2X, and 320-4X Storage Adapters. It contains
the following sections:

Section 2.1, “Requirements”

Section 2.2, “Quick Installation”

Section 2.3, “Detailed Installation”

Section 2.4, “SCSI Device Cables”

Section 2.5, “Replacing a Failed Controller with Data in the TBBU”

Section 2.6, “After Installing the Storage Adapter”

2.1

Requirements

The following items are required to install a MegaRAID 320 Storage
Adapter:

A MegaRAID 320-1, 320-1, 320-2, 320-2E, 320-2X, or 320-4X
Storage Adapter

A host computer with an available 32- or 64-bit, 3.3 V PCI or PCI-X
expansion slot or a PCI-Express slot

The MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD, which contains drivers
and documentation

The necessary internal and/or external SCSI cables

Ultra, Ultra2, Ultra160, or Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives
(although backward compatible, SCSI uses the speed of the slowest
device on the bus)

LSI strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

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