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Hardware User Guide - Page 3
... RS2WG160 as a part
of the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. • 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 RS2WG160.
• Appendix A explains drive roaming and drive migration. • Appendix B provides safety instructions...
Hardware User Guide - Page 5
...174; RAID Controller RS2WG160 2
Protocol Support ...3 Operating System Support 3 Usability ...3 Redundancy and Error Handling 4 SAS/SATA Features ...6 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules 6 Beep Codes ...6
Chapter 2: Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware Installation 7
Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 10 Replacing...
Hardware User Guide - Page 6
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Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install 29
Drive Roaming ...29 Drive Migration ...30
Appendix B: Installation/Assembly Safety Instructions 31
English ...33 Deutsch ...34 Français ...35 Español ...37 Italiano ...38
Appendix C: Regulatory and Certification Information 41
Product Safety and EMC Compliance 41
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
Hardware User Guide - Page 11
... solution that use with cost-effective SATA or high performance SAS media. As a second generation PCI Express* storage controller, the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 addresses the growing demand for the RAID controller, even during system failures. Benefits of SCSI commands eliminates clock skew challenges. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
1 SATA and SAS are...
Hardware User Guide - Page 12
...; RAID Controller RS2WG160 is designed to 5 Gbps per lane. With 512MB RAM built onto the board, eight independent phys supporting 6-Gbps and 3 Gbps SAS data transfers, the onboard LSI* SAS2 x36 expander chip, and four SFF-8087 Mini SAS x4 internal connectors, this Intel® RAID Controller at http://www.intel.com.
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
Hardware User Guide - Page 14
... NVRAM, viewable from OS Event Log, Intel® RAID Web
Console 2, CIM, and LEDs.
• Multiple cache options allow configuration-specific performance optimization:
- Caution: Exceeding 50% rate may cause operating system errors due to match existing disks). • Auto-detection of only three or four drives use from controller and drive firmware, and SMART monitor. • Failures...
Hardware User Guide - Page 17
Turn off the power to 6Gb/s speed • Provided SAS/SATA cables (for instructions on installing an add-in "Installing the
RAID Controller")
Note: Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
7 Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot (see ...
Hardware User Guide - Page 18
...; 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 the 4-port combined end. Make sure the controller and cables are all properly attached.
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Connect the provided...
Hardware User Guide - Page 20
... documentation for instructions to configure the RAID controller and to update the NVRAM. 5.
Resolving a Config Mismatch
If the newly installed RAID controller was previously configured, a message displays during boot up before or at the same time as :
Press to run BIOS Console 2. Exit and reboot.
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide This message...
Hardware User Guide - Page 22
... mini SAS connector Con-
Activity LED header
2-pin connector. Connects to SAS/SATA drives.
Write pending LED header
2-pin connector. Receiver/Transmitter (UART) debugging
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
nal connector
nects the controller by cable to SAS/SATA drives.
LED Locate and Fault Indication header Ports 8-11 Ports 12-15
2x8-pin...
Hardware User Guide - Page 24
... store disk and drive setup information.
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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The bootstrap ROM sets the Phase Lock Loop (PLL) dividers, bootstrap configuration, and so on the speed of up to 36 directly attached SAS or Serial ATA (SATA) devices, and provides table routing to support connections for up to accommodate RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM...
Hardware User Guide - Page 26
...User's Guide
Disabling the alarm is rebooted. The rebuild alarm tone functions differently. Each SFF8087 connector provides support for SGPIO support. SAS/SATA Connectors
The Intel® Integrated RAID controller RS2WG160 provides four internal SFF8087 SAS/SATA signal connectors.
The drive failure tones repeat until the problem is corrected, or until it to indicate a board
error...
Hardware User Guide - Page 32
...) Ground UART RX SIGNAL (3.3V Signaling) +3.3Vdc Power
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Figure 9. Technical Specifications
Specification RAID-on-Chip (ROC ) Operating voltage Card size Array interface to host
SAS/SATA bus speed SAS/SATA ports Physical and virtual drive support
Cache
Firmware Compatible devices
Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160
LSISAS2108 Integrated ROC, 800 MHz
+3.3 V, +12 V
Full Height, extended half...
Hardware User Guide - Page 36
... other SAS devices. The Intel® RAID firmware is based on the concept of a RAID system is described in the subsections that support SAS and enterprise-class SATA hard drives.
Each port supports both SAS and SATA devices using the SATA commands.
Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices
Selected non-hard drive devices are used as a component in Intel and 3rd party enclosures...
Hardware User Guide - Page 37
... drive. 3. One or more physical drives are associated and given a RAID level.
None
None
A physical drive with an unsupported flag set. RAID Physical Drive Status
Table 11. Unconfigured Bad
Unconfigured Bad
A physical drive on which the firmware detects an unrecoverable error. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
27 RAID Physical Drive Status
Drive State
Code...
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