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Question posted by syngav1 on October 18th, 2011

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any one know what the part number for raid controller module for a powervault md3000

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Answer #1: Posted by DCatDell on October 18th, 2011 9:06 AM

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SAS 5/e controller is part number M778G.

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Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 19

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Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 52

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Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 77

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