Question 1

does come with cable  for the 4 hard drives?

Accepted Answer

Yes, if you purchase it as a "kit" it comes with the cable, but only if you purchase it as a kit.   If you order it, the cable is usually tucked away in one of the corrogated "rolls" with the packaging.  At first it'll look like there isn't a cable, but there is.   Also, I use the 9341-8i, the 9361-8i, and the 9361-8i exclusively on a lot of builds.   I would only get this card (the 9361-4i) if you planned on using it with a cache card and a battery backup.   Otherwise, I would get the 9341-8i for future expansion.   (you'd get 8 drives instead of 4).   Just offering a little extra info.

Question 2

Can you use this card to boot your operating system (eg Windows 8) in raid 0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but you have to set that up in your motherboard BIOS setup. 
Find a section called "Boot Priority" or "Boot Sequence" and select the LSI (AVAGO) MegaRAID card from the set of options as the primary boot device.  (of course you have to have installed the card in an empty pci express slot before you can choose it in BIOS)

Question 3

Will it work with consumer grade motherboard like the Asus X79 Deluxe?

and what comes with the kit?

I need to run 24 SSDs with this card do I need any extra cables?

Thanks lot

Accepted Answer

AFAIK, this card only supports 2 drives.

Brand	LSI
Series	9300
Model	MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i (LSI00414)
Part	LSI00414
Form Factor	Low Profile

Type	SATA / SAS
Internal Connectors	1 x mini-SAS SFF8643 internal connector (Horizontal mount)
Interface	PCI-Express 3.0 x8
Transfer Rate	Up to 12Gb/s
Cache Memory	1GB DDR3 1866
RAID	RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Operating Systems Supported	Extensive support includes Microsoft Windows Server 2012/8 & 7/2008/Vista/2003/XP, Linux, Solaris (x86), Netware, FreeBSD, VMware and more.
Dimensions	6.6" x 2.536"

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