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...controllers/modules/expanders and related support devices. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide iii The people who benefit from this book are: • Engineers who are designing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 for an overview of the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240.... For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 in their RAID system. Organization This document includes the following chapters and appendices: • Chapter 1 provides...
...controllers/modules/expanders and related support devices. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide iii The people who benefit from this book are: • Engineers who are designing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 for an overview of the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240.... For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 in their RAID system. Organization This document includes the following chapters and appendices: • Chapter 1 provides...
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... 4. SFF8087 (with SGPIO) Connector Cable 21 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide vii SATA Connector to SFF8087 connector cable 17 Figure 9. Installing Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 7 Figure 3. SFF8087 to SFF8087 Connector Cable 19 Figure 10. Card Layout...11 Figure 6. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 5. Hardware Block Diagram...
... 4. SFF8087 (with SGPIO) Connector Cable 21 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide vii SATA Connector to SFF8087 connector cable 17 Figure 9. Installing Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 7 Figure 3. SFF8087 to SFF8087 Connector Cable 19 Figure 10. Card Layout...11 Figure 6. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 5. Hardware Block Diagram...
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...port, 6.0Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set to -point serial data transfers. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is an optimal device for use in clusters, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and NetworkAttached Storage (NAS) environments. SAS is ... cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin count, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI and improves signal and data integrity. SAS controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that use of a thin, 7-wire connector instead of the enterprise and high-...
...port, 6.0Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set to -point serial data transfers. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is an optimal device for use in clusters, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and NetworkAttached Storage (NAS) environments. SAS is ... cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin count, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI and improves signal and data integrity. SAS controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that use of a thin, 7-wire connector instead of the enterprise and high-...
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... Expander Card RES2SV240 is powered either from its standard PCI Express* x4 connector (with the following Intel® RAID Controllers and Modules: • Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 • Intel® RAID Module RMS2AF080 and RMS2AF040 • Intel® RAID Module RMS2LL080 and RMS2LL040 • Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL080, RS2BL040, and RS2BL080DE • Intel® RAID Controller RS2MB044 • Intel...
... Expander Card RES2SV240 is powered either from its standard PCI Express* x4 connector (with the following Intel® RAID Controllers and Modules: • Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 • Intel® RAID Module RMS2AF080 and RMS2AF040 • Intel® RAID Module RMS2LL080 and RMS2LL040 • Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL080, RS2BL040, and RS2BL080DE • Intel® RAID Controller RS2MB044 • Intel...
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... spin-up • Hot Plug • Native Command Queuing • Allows multiple initiators to be used for your RAID controller or module. Operating System Support The operating systems supported are determined by the expander. Features • Supports both Serial Attached ...card to address a single target (in a fail-over configuration) Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 3 See the Tested operating system list for Intel® 6-drive hot-swap non- • SFF-8485 protocol, using the Serial GPIO (SGPIO) interface provided by your RAID controller...
... spin-up • Hot Plug • Native Command Queuing • Allows multiple initiators to be used for your RAID controller or module. Operating System Support The operating systems supported are determined by the expander. Features • Supports both Serial Attached ...card to address a single target (in a fail-over configuration) Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 3 See the Tested operating system list for Intel® 6-drive hot-swap non- • SFF-8485 protocol, using the Serial GPIO (SGPIO) interface provided by your RAID controller...
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... expander. ✧ Route SAS cables carefully. ✧ Use only "straight" SAS cables, not "cross-over" SAS cables. 8 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide AF003495 Figure 3. It is better to a RAID module or RAID controller (see your server/workstation board or chassis documentation. Connect the SAS/SATA cables from the backplane (or...
... expander. ✧ Route SAS cables carefully. ✧ Use only "straight" SAS cables, not "cross-over" SAS cables. 8 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide AF003495 Figure 3. It is better to a RAID module or RAID controller (see your server/workstation board or chassis documentation. Connect the SAS/SATA cables from the backplane (or...
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... specification or user guide of the RAID controller connected to this expander card to know how to users in adapter. Figure 4. Configuring the Expander Card After physically installed into a server system, the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is transparent to configure a RAID system. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives/Backplane 7. Install the server...
... specification or user guide of the RAID controller connected to this expander card to know how to users in adapter. Figure 4. Configuring the Expander Card After physically installed into a server system, the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is transparent to configure a RAID system. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives/Backplane 7. Install the server...
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...SFF8087 to the host; output means the connector is used to connect to receive pins on this expander card only includes long SFF8087 to SFF8087 cables for input usage. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 15 Transmit pins connect to target device such as backplane or hard drive. Each ... pin 1. AF003496 Figure 7. the device connected to initiator device such as input or output connector. The SAS/SATA connector is used as RAID controller or RAID module. Shipment of this expander card can be used to connect to the host reverses the signal names.
...SFF8087 to the host; output means the connector is used to connect to receive pins on this expander card only includes long SFF8087 to SFF8087 cables for input usage. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 15 Transmit pins connect to target device such as backplane or hard drive. Each ... pin 1. AF003496 Figure 7. the device connected to initiator device such as input or output connector. The SAS/SATA connector is used as RAID controller or RAID module. Shipment of this expander card can be used to connect to the host reverses the signal names.
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Table 2. SFF8087 to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out Controller(or backplane) Connector PinOut Expander Connector Pin-Out Pin No A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 Signal GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN ... GND SAS_TX_C_DP SAS_TX_C_DN GND SAS_A_SB0 SAS_A_SB1 GND SAS_A_SB_CTRL_TYP E GND SAS_TX_C_DP SAS_TX_C_DN GND SAS_TX_C_DP SAS_TX_C_DN GND GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND SAS_A_SB_BP_TYPE GND 16 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide
Table 2. SFF8087 to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out Controller(or backplane) Connector PinOut Expander Connector Pin-Out Pin No A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 Signal GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN ... GND SAS_TX_C_DP SAS_TX_C_DN GND SAS_A_SB0 SAS_A_SB1 GND SAS_A_SB_CTRL_TYP E GND SAS_TX_C_DP SAS_TX_C_DN GND SAS_TX_C_DP SAS_TX_C_DN GND GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND SAS_A_SB_BP_TYPE GND 16 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide
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...Internal Cable with this expander card, but below introduction provides detailed pin-out specification, so that users would be needed depending on it, following cable is needed . Check the RAID controller/module and server backplane configuration details from market. Controller(or backplane) Connector PinOut... cables may be able to find such cable from http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ in order to get more details of initiator and target devices. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 17 In server chassis non-expander backplane that...
...Internal Cable with this expander card, but below introduction provides detailed pin-out specification, so that users would be needed depending on it, following cable is needed . Check the RAID controller/module and server backplane configuration details from market. Controller(or backplane) Connector PinOut... cables may be able to find such cable from http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ in order to get more details of initiator and target devices. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 17 In server chassis non-expander backplane that...
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SATA Connector to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out Controller Connector Pin-Out Expander Connector Pin-Out Pin No Signal P0_1 GND P0_2 TX+ P0_3 TX+ P0_4 GND P0_5 P0_6 P0_7 P1_1 P1_2 P1_3 P1_4 ... GND SAS_TX_C_DN SAS_TX_C_DP GND GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND GND SAS_TX_C_DN SAS_TX_C_DP GND SAS_A_SB_BP_TYPE GND SAS_A_SB4 SAS_A_SB5 SAS_A_SB0 SAS_A_SB1 GND SAS_A_SB_CTRL_TYPE GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND 18 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Table 3.
SATA Connector to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out Controller Connector Pin-Out Expander Connector Pin-Out Pin No Signal P0_1 GND P0_2 TX+ P0_3 TX+ P0_4 GND P0_5 P0_6 P0_7 P1_1 P1_2 P1_3 P1_4 ... GND SAS_TX_C_DN SAS_TX_C_DP GND GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND GND SAS_TX_C_DN SAS_TX_C_DP GND SAS_A_SB_BP_TYPE GND SAS_A_SB4 SAS_A_SB5 SAS_A_SB0 SAS_A_SB1 GND SAS_A_SB_CTRL_TYPE GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND 18 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Table 3.
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SATA Connector to SFF8087 Connector Cable Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 19 Controller Connector Pin-Out Expander Connector Pin-Out Pin No Signal P2_6 P2_7 P3_1 P3_2 P3_3 P3_4 RX+ GND GND TX+ TX+ GND P3_5 P3_6 P3_7 RXRX+ GND Pin No B15 B13 B12 A15 A16 A17 A18 B18 B17 B16 B15 Signal GND SAS_TX_C_DP GND GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND GND SAS_TX_C_DN SAS_TX_C_DP GND Figure 9.
SATA Connector to SFF8087 Connector Cable Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 19 Controller Connector Pin-Out Expander Connector Pin-Out Pin No Signal P2_6 P2_7 P3_1 P3_2 P3_3 P3_4 RX+ GND GND TX+ TX+ GND P3_5 P3_6 P3_7 RXRX+ GND Pin No B15 B13 B12 A15 A16 A17 A18 B18 B17 B16 B15 Signal GND SAS_TX_C_DP GND GND SAS_RX_C_DP SAS_RX_C_DN GND GND SAS_TX_C_DN SAS_TX_C_DP GND Figure 9.
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.... No other required voltage rails of mixed capacity • SAS 2.0 host controllers (RAID or Non-RAID) SGPIO Performance Features Table 6. Performance Features Specification Drive data transfer rate Maximum queue tags per drive Support for multiple initiators Performance Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Upto 6 Gigabit/sec per port, point-to-point 6 x4 internal ports...
.... No other required voltage rails of mixed capacity • SAS 2.0 host controllers (RAID or Non-RAID) SGPIO Performance Features Table 6. Performance Features Specification Drive data transfer rate Maximum queue tags per drive Support for multiple initiators Performance Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Upto 6 Gigabit/sec per port, point-to-point 6 x4 internal ports...