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... Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and technical specifications for use with the SAS and SATA disk drives. Organization This document includes the following chapters and appendixes: • Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software User's Guide on the controller support website at: http://www.intel.com/support...
... Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and technical specifications for use with the SAS and SATA disk drives. Organization This document includes the following chapters and appendixes: • Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software User's Guide on the controller support website at: http://www.intel.com/support...
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...Hardware User's Guide v Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install 29 Drive Roaming ...29 Drive Migration ...30 C. Table of Contents Preface ...iii Audience ...iii Organization ...iii Related Publication ...iii Chapter 1, Overview 1 Benefits of SAS ...1 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 2 Protocol Support ...2 Operating System Support 2 Usability ...3 SAS/SATA Features of the LSISAS2008 Controller 4 Chapter 2, Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware Installation 7 Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 11 Replacing a Controller ...11...
...Hardware User's Guide v Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install 29 Drive Roaming ...29 Drive Migration ...30 C. Table of Contents Preface ...iii Audience ...iii Organization ...iii Related Publication ...iii Chapter 1, Overview 1 Benefits of SAS ...1 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 2 Protocol Support ...2 Operating System Support 2 Usability ...3 SAS/SATA Features of the LSISAS2008 Controller 4 Chapter 2, Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware Installation 7 Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 11 Replacing a Controller ...11...
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Card Layout...13 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide vii Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 9 Figure 3. List of Figures Figure 1. Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Changing the bracket 8 Figure 2.
Card Layout...13 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide vii Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 9 Figure 3. List of Figures Figure 1. Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Changing the bracket 8 Figure 2.
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... of the advantages of SATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel, and is a RAID solution that use simplified cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin counts, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI. The point-to smaller devices, and do not inhibit airflow. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 1 1 Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 is compatible with existing ATA firmware. This is the future...
... of the advantages of SATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel, and is a RAID solution that use simplified cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin counts, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI. The point-to smaller devices, and do not inhibit airflow. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 1 1 Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 is compatible with existing ATA firmware. This is the future...
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Drives not configured as part of a RAID array can be configured as "pass through" drives in Non-RAID mode.The PCI Express* connector fits into an x8 or x16 PCI Express* slot capable of performance up • Hot plug • Native command queuing • Activity and fault indicators for each PHY • Port selector (for SATA...8226; SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide The controllers also support the Serial ATA II (SATA II) protocol defined by the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.0a and the Serial ATA II: Extension ...
Drives not configured as part of a RAID array can be configured as "pass through" drives in Non-RAID mode.The PCI Express* connector fits into an x8 or x16 PCI Express* slot capable of performance up • Hot plug • Native command queuing • Activity and fault indicators for each PHY • Port selector (for SATA...8226; SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide The controllers also support the Serial ATA II (SATA II) protocol defined by the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.0a and the Serial ATA II: Extension ...
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...; RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 3 See Appendix A for your server board. However, you can be supported by the RAID controller may cause operating system errors due to waiting for controller access. • Background operating mode can mix drives within the same virtual drive, Intel strongly discourages the practice. Load Balancing • Upgradeable Flash ROM interface • Allows for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040. Online RAID level migration (upgrade...
...; RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 3 See Appendix A for your server board. However, you can be supported by the RAID controller may cause operating system errors due to waiting for controller access. • Background operating mode can mix drives within the same virtual drive, Intel strongly discourages the practice. Load Balancing • Upgradeable Flash ROM interface • Allows for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040. Online RAID level migration (upgrade...
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... from controller and drive firmware, and SMART monitor. • Failures are five or more disks in non-volatile RAM and on the disk. - There must be disk activity (I /O only - Write-through : - SAS/SATA Features of failed drives with other SAS devices. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Redundancy and Error Handling • In-band SES2. • Enclosure management support. • Drive coercion...
... from controller and drive firmware, and SMART monitor. • Failures are five or more disks in non-volatile RAM and on the disk. - There must be disk activity (I /O only - Write-through : - SAS/SATA Features of failed drives with other SAS devices. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Redundancy and Error Handling • In-band SES2. • Enclosure management support. • Drive coercion...
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... in a fail-over configuration) through an expander if using SATA 2.0- Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 5 Note: All expander features will not be done on Spanned Arrays (RAID 10 and 50). • Migrations supported are RAID 1 to RAID 0, RAID 5 to RAID 0 • With OCE, migrations supported are RAID 0 to RAID 1, RAID 0 to RAID 5, and RAID 1 to RAID 5. compliant hard disk drives. • Allows multiple initiators to address a single target...
... in a fail-over configuration) through an expander if using SATA 2.0- Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 5 Note: All expander features will not be done on Spanned Arrays (RAID 10 and 50). • Migrations supported are RAID 1 to RAID 0, RAID 5 to RAID 0 • With OCE, migrations supported are RAID 0 to RAID 1, RAID 0 to RAID 5, and RAID 1 to RAID 5. compliant hard disk drives. • Allows multiple initiators to address a single target...
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... SATA supported by this RAID Controller. If necessary, change the bracket on the RAID controller to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware Installation Requirements • An Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 with the provided cable • A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot • The Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SAS or SATA 3.0 hard drives...
... SATA supported by this RAID Controller. If necessary, change the bracket on the RAID controller to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware Installation Requirements • An Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 with the provided cable • A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot • The Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SAS or SATA 3.0 hard drives...
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... (3.3 V) AF003350 Figure 2. To prevent throughput problems: ✧ Use the cables provided or use the shortest possible cable. ✧ Do not use cross-over cables. ✧ Only connect to the right connector (see letter "C" in Figure 3). Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 5. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 9 Connect the other end of an internal cable to a SATA drive, SAS or SATA backplane, or an expander device...
... (3.3 V) AF003350 Figure 2. To prevent throughput problems: ✧ Use the cables provided or use the shortest possible cable. ✧ Do not use cross-over cables. ✧ Only connect to the right connector (see letter "C" in Figure 3). Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 5. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 9 Connect the other end of an internal cable to a SATA drive, SAS or SATA backplane, or an expander device...
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Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. C B Ports 0-3 C AF003351 Figure 3.
Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. C B Ports 0-3 C AF003351 Figure 3.
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... that the SATA devices power up to resolve the mismatch: 1. This message times out after several seconds to remove and then install an add-in the hard drives. Replacing a Controller To replace the RAID controller, see the NVRAM and drive configurations. 3. See the Quick Start User's Guide and the Software User's Guide for instructions to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 number and firmware version...
... that the SATA devices power up to resolve the mismatch: 1. This message times out after several seconds to remove and then install an add-in the hard drives. Replacing a Controller To replace the RAID controller, see the NVRAM and drive configurations. 3. See the Quick Start User's Guide and the Software User's Guide for instructions to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 number and firmware version...
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.... Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) Reserved for RAID premium feature. Card Layout Table 1. x8 interface that indicate drive activity or faults. 3 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Characteristics Figure 4. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 13 Enables support for factory use Connects to SAS drives or SATA II drives, or a SAS expander. PMI-style I2C connector Supports SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) over I2C over Internal I2C backplane cable.
.... Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) Reserved for RAID premium feature. Card Layout Table 1. x8 interface that indicate drive activity or faults. 3 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Characteristics Figure 4. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 13 Enables support for factory use Connects to SAS drives or SATA II drives, or a SAS expander. PMI-style I2C connector Supports SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) over I2C over Internal I2C backplane cable.
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... Assumes one SEP per phy 80 elements 14 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Technical Specifications Specification I/O Processor Chip) Operating voltage Card size Array interface to host SAS/SATA bus speed SAS/SATA ports Physical and virtual drive support Firmware Compatible devices Cabling Redundant configuration Enclosure management Enclosure support Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 LSI*SAS2008 PCI*Express-SAS/SATA I/O Processor chip, 150MHz +3.3 V, +12 V Low profile, extended half...
... Assumes one SEP per phy 80 elements 14 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Technical Specifications Specification I/O Processor Chip) Operating voltage Card size Array interface to host SAS/SATA bus speed SAS/SATA ports Physical and virtual drive support Firmware Compatible devices Cabling Redundant configuration Enclosure management Enclosure support Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 LSI*SAS2008 PCI*Express-SAS/SATA I/O Processor chip, 150MHz +3.3 V, +12 V Low profile, extended half...
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... 4. Fault Tolerance Features Specification Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Drive Replacement Drive Rebuild Using Hot Spares Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 • Detects up to 70% of predictable disk drive failures • Monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics. • Auto detection of initialization or rebuild on reboot Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 15 without reboot •...
... 4. Fault Tolerance Features Specification Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Drive Replacement Drive Rebuild Using Hot Spares Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 • Detects up to 70% of predictable disk drive failures • Monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics. • Auto detection of initialization or rebuild on reboot Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 15 without reboot •...
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Specification Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Error Checking and Indication Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 • Detects up to 70% of predictable disk drive failures • Monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics. • Parity generation and checking, automatic consistency checking • Patrol reads • Activity and fault LEDs • Multiple retries • Logs in NVRAM, event log, CIM, S.M.A.R.T, Intel® RAID Web Console 2 16 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide
Specification Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Error Checking and Indication Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 • Detects up to 70% of predictable disk drive failures • Monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics. • Parity generation and checking, automatic consistency checking • Patrol reads • Activity and fault LEDs • Multiple retries • Logs in NVRAM, event log, CIM, S.M.A.R.T, Intel® RAID Web Console 2 16 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide
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...wall unit or on the power supply is set to match the alternating current (AC) power available at your location. • To help avoid possible damage to service the computer system yourself, except as computer ...cables into the openings of your computer. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 19 Avoid placing loose papers underneath your computer and peripherals from their power sources. Also disconnect any peripherals. • Disconnect your computer; Appendix A: Installation / Assembly Safety Instructions As you must use an extension cable, use a 3-wire cable...
...wall unit or on the power supply is set to match the alternating current (AC) power available at your location. • To help avoid possible damage to service the computer system yourself, except as computer ...cables into the openings of your computer. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide 19 Avoid placing loose papers underneath your computer and peripherals from their power sources. Also disconnect any peripherals. • Disconnect your computer; Appendix A: Installation / Assembly Safety Instructions As you must use an extension cable, use a 3-wire cable...
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...your computer. If possible, use antistatic floor pads and workbench pads. 20 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Do not touch the components or contacts on the locking tabs before you connect a cable, make sure both connectors are ready to discharge static electricity from your body... touch an unpainted metal surface to remove any static charge your body before unwrapping the antistatic packaging, be sure to install the component in a static-safe area. Protecting against electrostatic discharge • Static electricity can also take the following steps...
...your computer. If possible, use antistatic floor pads and workbench pads. 20 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Do not touch the components or contacts on the locking tabs before you connect a cable, make sure both connectors are ready to discharge static electricity from your body... touch an unpainted metal surface to remove any static charge your body before unwrapping the antistatic packaging, be sure to install the component in a static-safe area. Protecting against electrostatic discharge • Static electricity can also take the following steps...
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... the drives. For instructions to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. Note: If you move a drive that is currently being rebuilt, the rebuild operation will restart, not resume. Remove the power cord(s). 2. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 7. Turn off the power to install and remove drives, see your server system documentation. 3. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide...
... the drives. For instructions to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. Note: If you move a drive that is currently being rebuilt, the rebuild operation will restart, not resume. Remove the power cord(s). 2. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 7. Turn off the power to install and remove drives, see your server system documentation. 3. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide...
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individual virtual disks cannot be supported at the same time. Clear the configuration on the drives. 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Remove the hard drives from one controller to another. Determine the drive target requirements. 8. Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be migrated. Turn off the power to be migrated; Make sure all the cables meet specifications. 7. Plug in and power on...
individual virtual disks cannot be supported at the same time. Clear the configuration on the drives. 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide Remove the hard drives from one controller to another. Determine the drive target requirements. 8. Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be migrated. Turn off the power to be migrated; Make sure all the cables meet specifications. 7. Plug in and power on...