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Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Intel Order Number: E93121-003
Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Intel Order Number: E93121-003
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... RIGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. Portions Copyright 2005-2011 by Intel Corporation. ii Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN INTEL®'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR SUCH PRODUCTS, INTEL® ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, AND INTEL® DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, RELATING TO SALE AND...
... RIGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. Portions Copyright 2005-2011 by Intel Corporation. ii Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN INTEL®'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR SUCH PRODUCTS, INTEL® ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, AND INTEL® DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, RELATING TO SALE AND...
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...Appendix B provides regulatory and certification information. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for an overview of the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing and configuring the expander card. • Chapter 3 provides the ...characteristics and technical specifications for their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 in their RAID system. Audience This document assumes that you have some familiarity with RAID controllers/modules/expanders and...
...Appendix B provides regulatory and certification information. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for an overview of the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing and configuring the expander card. • Chapter 3 provides the ...characteristics and technical specifications for their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 in their RAID system. Audience This document assumes that you have some familiarity with RAID controllers/modules/expanders and...
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... Publication ...iii Overview ...1 Benefits of SAS and SATA ...1 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 2 Protocol Support ...2 Operating System Support 3 Features ...3 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware Installation 5 Requirements ...5 Installing the RAID Module ...5 Configuring the Expander Card 9 Replacing the Expander Card 9 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Characteristics 11 Major Components ...13 LSI* LSISAS2x24 24-Port...
... Publication ...iii Overview ...1 Benefits of SAS and SATA ...1 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 2 Protocol Support ...2 Operating System Support 3 Features ...3 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware Installation 5 Requirements ...5 Installing the RAID Module ...5 Configuring the Expander Card 9 Replacing the Expander Card 9 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Characteristics 11 Major Components ...13 LSI* LSISAS2x24 24-Port...
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... bracket 6 Figure 2. Installing the Expander Card onto a Customized Chassis Wall 8 Figure 4. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 SAS/SATA Connectors 15 Figure 8. SFF8087 (with SGPIO) Connector Cable 21 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide vii Installing Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 7 Figure 3. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives...
... bracket 6 Figure 2. Installing the Expander Card onto a Customized Chassis Wall 8 Figure 4. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 SAS/SATA Connectors 15 Figure 8. SFF8087 (with SGPIO) Connector Cable 21 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide vii Installing Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 7 Figure 3. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives...
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Technical Specifications 21 Table 6. SFF8087 (with SGPIO) Connector Pin-out 20 Table 5. Performance Features 22 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide ix SFF8087 to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out 18 Table 4. Jumper Description 12 Table 2. SATA Connector to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out 16 Table 3. List of Tables Table 1.
Technical Specifications 21 Table 6. SFF8087 (with SGPIO) Connector Pin-out 20 Table 5. Performance Features 22 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide ix SFF8087 to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out 18 Table 4. Jumper Description 12 Table 2. SATA Connector to SFF8087 Connector Pin-out 16 Table 3. List of Tables Table 1.
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... point-to-point, device interfaces that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set to -point serial data transfers. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 1 Each expander phy is the future mainstay of SCSI commands eliminates clock skew challenges. The...The SAS interface provides improved performance, simplified cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin count, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is a 24-port, 6.0Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander that is an attractive alternative to 24 directly attached SAS...
... point-to-point, device interfaces that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set to -point serial data transfers. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 1 Each expander phy is the future mainstay of SCSI commands eliminates clock skew challenges. The...The SAS interface provides improved performance, simplified cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin count, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is a 24-port, 6.0Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander that is an attractive alternative to 24 directly attached SAS...
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...data transfers using SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA II as described in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Standard, version 2.0 2 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide The expander card is an extension to the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.1. SATA II is designed to be ... card is contained within the LSI* LSISAS2x24 24-Port Serial Attached SCSI/SATA Expander chip. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 The SAS/SATA functionality for the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is powered either from its RA 4-pin power connector for remote cable power. For the...
...data transfers using SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA II as described in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Standard, version 2.0 2 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide The expander card is an extension to the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.1. SATA II is designed to be ... card is contained within the LSI* LSISAS2x24 24-Port Serial Attached SCSI/SATA Expander chip. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 The SAS/SATA functionality for the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is powered either from its RA 4-pin power connector for remote cable power. For the...
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See the Tested operating system list for Intel® 6-drive hot-swap non- expander SATA/SAS backplane • Two 2x12 headers to ...8226; SFF-8485 protocol, using the Serial GPIO (SGPIO) interface provided by your RAID controller or module at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/. Operating System Support The operating systems supported are determined by the expander. Features • Supports both...connector • Board functioning either in PCI Express slot or remotely 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- expander SATA/SAS backplane • Two 2x12 headers to ...8226; SFF-8485 protocol, using the Serial GPIO (SGPIO) interface provided by your RAID controller or module at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/. Operating System Support The operating systems supported are determined by the expander. Features • Supports both...connector • Board functioning either in PCI Express slot or remotely in a fail-over configuration) Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 3
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... Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 5 2 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240, with full height or low profile brackets, or with screws • Available PCI Express* x4 connector, or ..., see your server system documentation. 3. Remove the server cover. For instructions, see step 6 in "Installing the RAID Module") Note: Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Installing the RAID Module To install the RAID Expander Card, follow these steps: 1....
... Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 5 2 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240, with full height or low profile brackets, or with screws • Available PCI Express* x4 connector, or ..., see your server system documentation. 3. Remove the server cover. For instructions, see step 6 in "Installing the RAID Module") Note: Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Installing the RAID Module To install the RAID Expander Card, follow these steps: 1....
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Install the expander card into an available server system x4, x8 or x16 PCI- To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2). Full-height Bracket Low-profile Bracket AF003490 Figure 1. Express* slot (see your server system documentation. 6 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Changing the bracket 4.
Install the expander card into an available server system x4, x8 or x16 PCI- To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2). Full-height Bracket Low-profile Bracket AF003490 Figure 1. Express* slot (see your server system documentation. 6 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Changing the bracket 4.
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... can be supplied remotely from RA 4-pin 12V/5V power connector, the expander card can meet the expander card's thermal and atmospheric requirement. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 7 The expander card can therefore be located elsewhere within the server chassis instead of using a PCI Express slot, if only...
... can be supplied remotely from RA 4-pin 12V/5V power connector, the expander card can meet the expander card's thermal and atmospheric requirement. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 7 The expander card can therefore be located elsewhere within the server chassis instead of using a PCI Express slot, if only...
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... chassis as an 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 Connect the SAS/SATA cables from the backplane (or hard drives) to the expander card, and from the expander card to use ...
... chassis as an 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 Connect the SAS/SATA cables from the backplane (or hard drives) to the expander card, and from the expander card to use ...
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... system documentation for instructions to remove and then install an add-in RAID configurations. Configuring the Expander Card After physically installed into a server system, the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is transparent to configure a RAID system. See your server system documentation for instructions...
... system documentation for instructions to remove and then install an add-in RAID configurations. Configuring the Expander Card After physically installed into a server system, the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is transparent to configure a RAID system. See your server system documentation for instructions...
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3 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Characteristics J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J10 J9 J8 Figure 5. Card Layout AF003493 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 11
3 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Characteristics J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J10 J9 J8 Figure 5. Card Layout AF003493 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 11
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...J6 Internal mini SAS Port Connectors, Ports 0-3, 4-7, 811,12-15,16-19 and 20-23 Type J7 - Hardware Block Diagram 12 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Table 1. Jumper Description s Jumper Description J1 - J8 Discrete Fault LED header 2x12 pin header J9 SGPIO connector 4-...LEDs that indicate drive faults, two 2x12 headers can support 24 LEDs SGPIO out-of-band enclosure management, specifically to be used for Intel® 6-drive hot-swap non-expander SATA/SAS backplane 12V power input from remote power supply SFF8087 Internal SAS/SATA CONNECTOR Ports 0-3...
...J6 Internal mini SAS Port Connectors, Ports 0-3, 4-7, 811,12-15,16-19 and 20-23 Type J7 - Hardware Block Diagram 12 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Table 1. Jumper Description s Jumper Description J1 - J8 Discrete Fault LED header 2x12 pin header J9 SGPIO connector 4-...LEDs that indicate drive faults, two 2x12 headers can support 24 LEDs SGPIO out-of-band enclosure management, specifically to be used for Intel® 6-drive hot-swap non-expander SATA/SAS backplane 12V power input from remote power supply SFF8087 Internal SAS/SATA CONNECTOR Ports 0-3...