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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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... a trademark or registered trademark of others. Portions Copyright 2011 by Intel Corporation. ii Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Copyright © 2011 by LSI Corporation. 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/OR...
... a trademark or registered trademark of others. Portions Copyright 2011 by Intel Corporation. ii Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Copyright © 2011 by LSI Corporation. 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/OR...
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...regulatory and certification information. Audience This document assumes that shipped with RAID controllers/modules and related support devices. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. • Appendix A explains drive roaming and drive migration. ...• Appendix B provides safety instructions to be used to use an Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 as a part of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software ...
...regulatory and certification information. Audience This document assumes that shipped with RAID controllers/modules and related support devices. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080. • Appendix A explains drive roaming and drive migration. ...• Appendix B provides safety instructions to be used to use an Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 as a part of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software ...
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...Handling 3 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 ROC ...x8 23 Serial UART Header ...24 Technical Specifications ...24 Array Performance Features 25 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide v
...Handling 3 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 ROC ...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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... SGPIO Connector 20 Figure 10. Individual PHY/Drive Fault Header 23 Figure 12. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 9 Figure 3. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 SAS/SATA Connectors 18 Figure 9. UART Connector...24 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide vii Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Card Layout...13 Figure 5. LED Header ...22 Figure 11. Cache...
... SGPIO Connector 20 Figure 10. Individual PHY/Drive Fault Header 23 Figure 12. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 9 Figure 3. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 SAS/SATA Connectors 18 Figure 9. UART Connector...24 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide vii Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Card Layout...13 Figure 5. LED Header ...22 Figure 11. Cache...
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... 13. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 19 Table 3. BBU Connector Pin-out 21 Table 4. Technical Specifications 24 Table 9. RAID Virtual Drive Status 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide ix Array Performance Features 25 Table 10. UART Connector Pin-out 24 Table 8. Actual Power Consumption Table 27 Table 12...
... 13. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 19 Table 3. BBU Connector Pin-out 21 Table 4. Technical Specifications 24 Table 9. RAID Virtual Drive Status 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide ix Array Performance Features 25 Table 10. UART Connector Pin-out 24 Table 8. Actual Power Consumption Table 27 Table 12...
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... legacy ATA master-slave architecture, while maintaining compatibility with cost-effective SATA or high performance SAS media. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 1 The SAS and SATA protocols use with existing ATA firmware. The point-to use... subsystem management. 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 optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9 provides cached data protection for increased data throughput...
... legacy ATA master-slave architecture, while maintaining compatibility with cost-effective SATA or high performance SAS media. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 1 The SAS and SATA protocols use with existing ATA firmware. The point-to use... subsystem management. 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 optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9 provides cached data protection for increased data throughput...
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... System List for SATA II through expander interfaces. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 The Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 is an intelligent, low-profile RAID adapter with an integrated LSI SAS2208 dual-core RAID-On-Chip chipset, providing both using two SFF-8087 mini multi-lane connectors, this Intel® RAID Controller at http://www.intel.com. Protocol Support Each port on the SAS...
... System List for SATA II through expander interfaces. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 The Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 is an intelligent, low-profile RAID adapter with an integrated LSI SAS2208 dual-core RAID-On-Chip chipset, providing both using two SFF-8087 mini multi-lane connectors, this Intel® RAID Controller at http://www.intel.com. Protocol Support Each port on the SAS...
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...both a standard and a low-profile bracket. • The card ships with a 1GB memory board which is already installed onto the RAID controller baseboard as failed. • Auto-resume of system resources to use from 0-100%). Drive migration - Redundancy and Error Handling • ... operating mode can be enabled before virtual disk creation). There must be disk activity (I/O to existing drive or new drive. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 3 No reboot necessary after expansion - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to the drive) for limitations...
...both a standard and a low-profile bracket. • The card ships with a 1GB memory board which is already installed onto the RAID controller baseboard as failed. • Auto-resume of system resources to use from 0-100%). Drive migration - Redundancy and Error Handling • ... operating mode can be enabled before virtual disk creation). There must be disk activity (I/O to existing drive or new drive. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 3 No reboot necessary after expansion - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to the drive) for limitations...
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..., which optimizes performance by enabling readmodify-write mode. Write-back: Faster because it does not wait for cache memory. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Read Ahead: Predicts next read . - Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - • Smart initialization automatically ...
..., which optimizes performance by enabling readmodify-write mode. Write-back: Faster because it does not wait for cache memory. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide Read Ahead: Predicts next read . - Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - • Smart initialization automatically ...
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...or 4 PHYs within a single quad port. • Allows addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander if using SATA 2.0- Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 5 To disable the alarm only until the next event or until next power cycle, choose SilenceAlarm. Online Capacity Expansion... and RAID Level Migration Rules • Migration must occur to the same or larger capacity configuration. • ...
...or 4 PHYs within a single quad port. • Allows addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander if using SATA 2.0- Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 5 To disable the alarm only until the next event or until next power cycle, choose SilenceAlarm. Online Capacity Expansion... and RAID Level Migration Rules • Migration must occur to the same or larger capacity configuration. • ...
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... RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller, follow these steps: 1. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 7 Remove the power cord(s). 2. Turn off the power to fit the height of the server system (see Figure 1). If necessary, change the bracket on the RAID controller to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080...
... RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller, follow these steps: 1. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 7 Remove the power cord(s). 2. Turn off the power to fit the height of the server system (see Figure 1). If necessary, change the bracket on the RAID controller to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080...
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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. To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2). Full-height Bracket AF003882 Figure 1.
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. To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2). Full-height Bracket AF003882 Figure 1.
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...10023; Only connect to a SATA drive, SAS or SATA backplane, or an expander device. ✧ Route the cables carefully. ✧ Check that the controller and cables are properly attached and plug the cable into the adapter using a backplane. ✧ Do not use cables longer than one meter. ✧ ...you are using the 4-port combined end. Connect the provided cables into connector at the inside edge of the adapter. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 5. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 9 PCI Express* Slot (3.3 V) AF003884 Figure 2.
...10023; Only connect to a SATA drive, SAS or SATA backplane, or an expander device. ✧ Route the cables carefully. ✧ Check that the controller and cables are properly attached and plug the cable into the adapter using a backplane. ✧ Do not use cables longer than one meter. ✧ ...you are using the 4-port combined end. Connect the provided cables into connector at the inside edge of the adapter. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 5. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide 9 PCI Express* Slot (3.3 V) AF003884 Figure 2.
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Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. See your server system documentation for instructions. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide A C B Ports 0-3 Ports 4-7 D AF003885 Figure 3. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6.
Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. See your server system documentation for instructions. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Hardware User's Guide A C B Ports 0-3 Ports 4-7 D AF003885 Figure 3. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6.