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Intel® Integrated RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Intel Order Number: G22857-001
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Intel Order Number: G22857-001
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... INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. ii Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide DISCLAIMER INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL(R) PRODUCTS. Portions Copyright 2011 by Intel Corporation. Intel may be claimed as the property of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in medical, life saving, life sustaining applications...
... INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. ii Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide DISCLAIMER INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL(R) PRODUCTS. Portions Copyright 2011 by Intel Corporation. Intel may be claimed as the property of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in medical, life saving, life sustaining applications...
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... to use an Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 as a part of the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing and configuring the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and technical specifications for the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. • Appendix...following chapters and appendices: • Chapter 1 provides a general overview of their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 in their RAID system. Preface This is included on the Resource CD that you have some ...
... to use an Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 as a part of the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing and configuring the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and technical specifications for the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. • Appendix...following chapters and appendices: • Chapter 1 provides a general overview of their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 in their RAID system. Preface This is included on the Resource CD that you have some ...
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...SAS/SATA Features ...5 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules 5 Beep Codes ...5 Chapter 2: Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware Installation 7 Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 11 Replacing a Controller ...11 Resolving a Config Mismatch 11 Chapter 3: Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Characteristics 13 Major Components ...16 LSI* SAS2208 ... Fault Header (x8 23 Serial UART Header ...24 Technical Specifications ...24 Array Performance Features 25 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide v
...SAS/SATA Features ...5 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules 5 Beep Codes ...5 Chapter 2: Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware Installation 7 Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 11 Replacing a Controller ...11 Resolving a Config Mismatch 11 Chapter 3: Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Characteristics 13 Major Components ...16 LSI* SAS2208 ... Fault Header (x8 23 Serial UART Header ...24 Technical Specifications ...24 Array Performance Features 25 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide v
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... Technology 28 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices 28 SAS Expander Support 28 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices 28 Enclosure Management Support 28 RAID Functionality and Features 28 Hierarchy ...28 SAS Bus and ID Mapping 30 Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install 31 Drive Roaming ...31 Drive Migration... Deutsch ...36 Français ...37 Español ...39 Italiano ...40 Appendix C: Regulatory and Certification Information 43 Product Safety and EMC Compliance 43 vi Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide
... Technology 28 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices 28 SAS Expander Support 28 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices 28 Enclosure Management Support 28 RAID Functionality and Features 28 Hierarchy ...28 SAS Bus and ID Mapping 30 Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install 31 Drive Roaming ...31 Drive Migration... Deutsch ...36 Français ...37 Español ...39 Italiano ...40 Appendix C: Regulatory and Certification Information 43 Product Safety and EMC Compliance 43 vi Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide
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Changing the Bracket 8 Figure 2. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9 17 Figure 8. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 SAS/SATA Connectors 18 Figure 9. SFF8087 to Four-port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 20 Figure 10... Header 23 Figure 12. LED Header ...22 Figure 11. List of Figures Figure 1. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Hardware Block Diagram 15 Figure 7. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 9 Figure 3. UART Connector...24 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide vii
Changing the Bracket 8 Figure 2. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9 17 Figure 8. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 SAS/SATA Connectors 18 Figure 9. SFF8087 to Four-port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 20 Figure 10... Header 23 Figure 12. LED Header ...22 Figure 11. List of Figures Figure 1. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Hardware Block Diagram 15 Figure 7. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 9 Figure 3. UART Connector...24 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide vii
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... Connector Pin-out 21 Table 4. Individual PHY/Drive Fault Header (J1A5) Pin List 23 Table 7. Array Performance Features 25 Table 10. RAID Virtual Drive Status 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide ix Actual Power Consumption Table 27 Table 12. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 19 Table 3. Technical... 24 Table 8. I2C Connector Pin-Out 21 Table 5. Fault Tolerance Features 26 Table 11. Jumper Description 14 Table 2. LED Headers Pin-out 22 Table 6. RAID Physical Drive Status 29 Table 13. List of Tables Table 1.
... Connector Pin-out 21 Table 4. Individual PHY/Drive Fault Header (J1A5) Pin List 23 Table 7. Array Performance Features 25 Table 10. RAID Virtual Drive Status 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide ix Actual Power Consumption Table 27 Table 12. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 19 Table 3. Technical... 24 Table 8. I2C Connector Pin-Out 21 Table 5. Fault Tolerance Features 26 Table 11. Jumper Description 14 Table 2. LED Headers Pin-out 22 Table 6. RAID Physical Drive Status 29 Table 13. List of Tables Table 1.
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... SCSI and improves signal and data integrity. As a second generation PCI Express* storage controller, the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 addresses the growing demand for the RAID controller, even during system failures. The SAS interface uses the proven SCSI command set . SAS controllers...and high-end workstation storage markets. The serial transmission of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 1 The SAS and SATA protocols use simplified cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin counts, and ...
... SCSI and improves signal and data integrity. As a second generation PCI Express* storage controller, the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 addresses the growing demand for the RAID controller, even during system failures. The SAS interface uses the proven SCSI command set . SAS controllers...and high-end workstation storage markets. The serial transmission of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 1 The SAS and SATA protocols use simplified cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin counts, and ...
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... under the link for this controller supports up to -date support list, see also the Tested Hardware and Operating System List for the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide With 1GB RAM built onto a memory board which is connected to share topology management information with an integrated LSI SAS2208...
... under the link for this controller supports up to -date support list, see also the Tested Hardware and Operating System List for the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide With 1GB RAM built onto a memory board which is connected to share topology management information with an integrated LSI SAS2208...
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Drive migration - No reboot necessary after expansion - Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 3 There must be enabled before virtual disk creation). Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may cause operating system errors due to existing drive or new drive. ... Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for Rebuilds, Consistency Checks, Initialization (auto restarting Consistency Check on OCE and RAID migration. - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to waiting for controller access. • Background operating mode can be...
Drive migration - No reboot necessary after expansion - Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 3 There must be enabled before virtual disk creation). Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may cause operating system errors due to existing drive or new drive. ... Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for Rebuilds, Consistency Checks, Initialization (auto restarting Consistency Check on OCE and RAID migration. - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to waiting for controller access. • Background operating mode can be...
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Write-back: Faster because it does not wait for cache memory. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - Determines whether read operations check ... recover if possible. • Failures are logged from controller and drive firmware, and SMART monitor. • Failures are five or more disks in a RAID 5 array, which optimizes performance by enabling readmodify-write mode. Write-through : - • Smart initialization automatically checks consistency of virtual disks if there are...
Write-back: Faster because it does not wait for cache memory. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - Determines whether read operations check ... recover if possible. • Failures are logged from controller and drive firmware, and SMART monitor. • Failures are five or more disks in a RAID 5 array, which optimizes performance by enabling readmodify-write mode. Write-through : - • Smart initialization automatically checks consistency of virtual disks if there are...
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... lost . • Long beep (3 seconds on, 1 second off ): Using hot spare in rebuild; To disable the alarm, choose Disable Alarm. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 5 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules • Migration must occur to the same or larger capacity configuration. • Migration cannot occur if there is...
... lost . • Long beep (3 seconds on, 1 second off ): Using hot spare in rebuild; To disable the alarm, choose Disable Alarm. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 5 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules • Migration must occur to the same or larger capacity configuration. • Migration cannot occur if there is...
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... strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). For instructions, see your server system documentation. 3. Remove the power cord(s). 2. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 (SAS/SATA cables need to be prepared separately) • A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot • Resource CD...
... strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). For instructions, see your server system documentation. 3. Remove the power cord(s). 2. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 (SAS/SATA cables need to be prepared separately) • A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot • Resource CD...
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Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot (see your server system documentation. 8 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Changing the Bracket 4. Full-height Bracket AF003882 Figure 1. To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2).
Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot (see your server system documentation. 8 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Changing the Bracket 4. Full-height Bracket AF003882 Figure 1. To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2).
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... use cables longer than one meter. ✧ Decrease the maximum length by one foot if you are all properly attached. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 9 Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 5. Connect the provided cables into connector at the inside edge of the adapter. Make sure the controller and cables are properly...
... use cables longer than one meter. ✧ Decrease the maximum length by one foot if you are all properly attached. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 9 Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 5. Connect the provided cables into connector at the inside edge of the adapter. Make sure the controller and cables are properly...
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A C B Ports 0-3 Ports 4-7 D AF003885 Figure 3. See your server system documentation for instructions. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6.
A C B Ports 0-3 Ports 4-7 D AF003885 Figure 3. See your server system documentation for instructions. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6.