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Hardware User Guide - Page 3
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The Intel® RAID Software User's Guide is the primary hardware guide for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080, for an overview of the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and technical specifications...
Hardware User Guide - Page 5
... Support 2 Usability ...3 SAS/SATA Features of the LSI*SAS2008 Controller 4
Chapter 2, Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware Installation 7
Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 11 Replacing a Controller ...11 Resolving a Configuration Mismatch 11
Chapter 3, Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Characteristics 13
Technical Specifications...
Hardware User Guide - Page 7
Changing the Bracket 8 Figure 2. Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Card Layout...13
Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware User's Guide
vii Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 9 Figure 3. List of Figures
Figure 1.
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Fault Tolerance Features 16 Table 5. Electrical Characteristics 17
Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware User's Guide
ix Array Performance Features 15 Table 4. Technical Specifications 14 Table 3. List of Tables
Table 1. Jumper Description 13 Table 2.
Hardware User Guide - Page 11
...'s Guide
1 SATA and SAS are easier to manipulate, connect to -point serial data transfers.
The SAS interface provides improved performance, simplified cabling, smaller connectors, lower pin count, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI and improves signal and data integrity. 1 Overview
The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 is compatible with existing ATA firmware...
Hardware User Guide - Page 12
... 10 and 11.
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 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 to share topology management information
with expanders.
• Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through " drives in Non-RAID mode. The PCI Express...
Hardware User Guide - Page 13
... board at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/. Load Balancing
• Upgradeable Flash ROM interface • Allows for staggered spin up to 6.0 Gb/s serial, point-to waiting for controller access.
• Background operating mode can mix drives within the same enclosure. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware User's Guide
3 To verify compatibility, see the Tested...
Hardware User Guide - Page 14
... and Error Handling
• In-band SES2. • Enclosure management support. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to match existing disks). • Support the internal SAS Sideband signal SFF-8485 (SGPIO) interface. • Auto-detection of failed drives with other SAS devices.
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware User's Guide SAS/SATA Features of the LSI*SAS2008 Controller...
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware User's Guide
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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 address a single target (in an array. • Migration and OCE cannot be available at ...
Hardware User Guide - Page 17
.... 3. For instructions, see Figure 1).
If necessary, change the bracket on the RAID controller to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware User's Guide
7 Turn off the power to fit the height of SATA supported by this RAID Controller. Installing the RAID Controller
To install the RAID Controller, follow these...
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Figure 1. Changing the Bracket
4. Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot (see your server system documentation.
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 Hardware User's Guide To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2).
Hardware User Guide - Page 21
...the keys to enter the Intel® RAID BIOS Console software, the firmware takes several seconds. Replacing a Controller
To replace the RAID controller, see the NVRAM and drive configurations.
3. Select Configure > View/Add Configuration to see your server system documentation for instructions to configure the RAID controller and to install the operating system drivers. Exit and reboot...
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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 RS2WC080
LSI*SAS2008 PCI* Express-SAS/SATA I/O Processor chip, 150MHz
+3.3 V, +12 V
Low ...
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