Hardware User Guide
Page 3
...; Engineers who are designing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 for their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 in their RAID system. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide iii It ...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 the Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240. • Appendix A provides safety instructions to be used to manage SAS...
...; Engineers who are designing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 for their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 in their RAID system. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide iii It ...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 the Intel®RAID Expander Card RES2SV240. • Appendix A provides safety instructions to be used to manage SAS...
Hardware User Guide
Page 5
... 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 SAS/SATA Expander chip 13 Flash ROM ...14...
... 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 SAS/SATA Expander chip 13 Flash ROM ...14...
Hardware User Guide
Page 7
... Figure 10. SATA Connector to SFF8087 connector cable 17 Figure 9. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 5. 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 List of Figures Figure 1. Changing the bracket 6 Figure 2. Installing...
... Figure 10. SATA Connector to SFF8087 connector cable 17 Figure 9. Cabling among the Expander Card, RAID Module/Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 5. 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 List of Figures Figure 1. Changing the bracket 6 Figure 2. Installing...
Hardware User Guide
Page 11
.... The serial transmission of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. The SAS expander is individually configurable and performs SAS and SATA transfers based on the speed of migration and implementation. The Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 addresses the growing demand for high availability and scalable server clustering environments and front-end...
.... The serial transmission of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. The SAS expander is individually configurable and performs SAS and SATA transfers based on the speed of migration and implementation. The Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 addresses the growing demand for high availability and scalable server clustering environments and front-end...
Hardware User Guide
Page 12
... for SATA II through expander interfaces. • SAS protocol, described in the Serial Attached SCSI Standard, Version 2.0. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 The SAS/SATA functionality for this Intel® RAID Expander Card at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/. This expander card has twenty-four ...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 Additional Intel® RAID Controllers and Modules may be purchased for some of above adapters to ...
... for SATA II through expander interfaces. • SAS protocol, described in the Serial Attached SCSI Standard, Version 2.0. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 The SAS/SATA functionality for this Intel® RAID Expander Card at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/. This expander card has twenty-four ...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 Additional Intel® RAID Controllers and Modules may be purchased for some of above adapters to ...
Hardware User Guide
Page 13
...; Onboard 4-pin SGPIO connector to be used for each SAS/SATA port • Power from RA 4-pin power connector or standard PCI Express* x4 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 • SFF-8485 protocol, using the...
...; Onboard 4-pin SGPIO connector to be used for each SAS/SATA port • Power from RA 4-pin power connector or standard PCI Express* x4 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 • SFF-8485 protocol, using the...
Hardware User Guide
Page 15
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 with available RA 4-pin power connector • SAS and SATA hard drives up to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. Turn off the...
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 with available RA 4-pin power connector • SAS and SATA hard drives up to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. Turn off the...
Hardware User Guide
Page 18
... 6-drive and 4-drive non-expander backplanes in Intel's pedestal 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 the shortest...
... 6-drive and 4-drive non-expander backplanes in Intel's pedestal 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 the shortest...
Hardware User Guide
Page 22
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-pin connector J10 Power connector RA 4-pin connector Comments Connection to SAS/SATA devices: • J1 = SAS port (0-3) • J2 = SAS port (4-7) • J3 = SAS port (8-11) • J4 = SAS...
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-pin connector J10 Power connector RA 4-pin connector Comments Connection to SAS/SATA devices: • J1 = SAS port (0-3) • J2 = SAS port (4-7) • J3 = SAS port (8-11) • J4 = SAS...
Hardware User Guide
Page 23
... interfaces: I2C-A, I2C-B, I2C-C, and an I2C interface to an external SEP: Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 13 Any phy can be SAS or SATA attached • Supports multiple data rates and auto-negotiation between LSI Gen2 SAS device • Allows any number of the host or target at either 6.0Gb...
... interfaces: I2C-A, I2C-B, I2C-C, and an I2C interface to an external SEP: Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 13 Any phy can be SAS or SATA attached • Supports multiple data rates and auto-negotiation between LSI Gen2 SAS device • Allows any number of the host or target at either 6.0Gb...
Hardware User Guide
Page 24
... for remote status indications - Provides a Serial General-Purpose I/O (SGPIO) interface for SGPIO support. 14 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Provides 72 independent LED signals and two internal port activity indicator signals that provides serial and...SMP or SSP target ports which advertise the Expander's WWN address. All four I2C interfaces can be used to accommodate expander card firmware. - SAS/SATA Connectors The Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 provides six internal SFF8087 SAS/SATA signal connectors. Provides 11 independent GPIO signals...
... for remote status indications - Provides a Serial General-Purpose I/O (SGPIO) interface for SGPIO support. 14 Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide Provides 72 independent LED signals and two internal port activity indicator signals that provides serial and...SMP or SSP target ports which advertise the Expander's WWN address. All four I2C interfaces can be used to accommodate expander card firmware. - SAS/SATA Connectors The Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 provides six internal SFF8087 SAS/SATA signal connectors. Provides 11 independent GPIO signals...
Hardware User Guide
Page 25
The SAS/SATA connector is used to connect to the host reverses the signal names. These pin-outs for input usage. Shipment of this expander card can be used as backplane or hard drive. Each SFF8087 connector on the other device. output means the ... cables for the serial ATA connector are with the legacy PATA connector. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 15 Input means the connector is keyed at pin 1. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 SAS/SATA Connectors SAS/SATA Connector Pin-out Signal names are not compatible with respect to the...
The SAS/SATA connector is used to connect to the host reverses the signal names. These pin-outs for input usage. Shipment of this expander card can be used as backplane or hard drive. Each SFF8087 connector on the other device. output means the ... cables for the serial ATA connector are with the legacy PATA connector. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User's Guide 15 Input means the connector is keyed at pin 1. Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 SAS/SATA Connectors SAS/SATA Connector Pin-out Signal names are not compatible with respect to the...
Hardware User Guide
Page 32
...range: 20% to -point 6 x4 internal ports, for the expander card. Specification Operating voltage Interface to host SATA bus speed SAS/SATA ports Firmware Compatible devices Enclosure management Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 +12 V PCI Express* x4 compliant connector only to provide power...+1.8 V. No other required voltage rails of mixed capacity • SAS 2.0 host controllers (RAID or Non-RAID) SGPIO Performance Features Table 6. The max operation power is supplied to the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 through the standard PCI Express* x4 connector 12 V rails, or...
...range: 20% to -point 6 x4 internal ports, for the expander card. Specification Operating voltage Interface to host SATA bus speed SAS/SATA ports Firmware Compatible devices Enclosure management Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 +12 V PCI Express* x4 compliant connector only to provide power...+1.8 V. No other required voltage rails of mixed capacity • SAS 2.0 host controllers (RAID or Non-RAID) SGPIO Performance Features Table 6. The max operation power is supplied to the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 through the standard PCI Express* x4 connector 12 V rails, or...