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... 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 to manage SAS and SATA disk drives. Audience This document assumes that shipped with RAID controllers/modules and related support devices. Preface This is included on the Resource CD. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide...
... 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 to manage SAS and SATA disk drives. Audience This document assumes that shipped with RAID controllers/modules and related support devices. Preface This is included on the Resource CD. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide...
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... Hierarchy ...26 SAS Bus and ID Mapping 28 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 vi Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
... Hierarchy ...26 SAS Bus and ID Mapping 28 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 vi Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
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Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 3. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 15 Figure 6. Hardware Block Diagram 13 Figure 5. LED Header ...21 Figure 9. UART Connector...22 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide vii SFF8087 to Four-port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 18 Figure 8. Card Layout...11 Figure 4. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 SAS/SATA Connectors 16 Figure 7. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 8 Figure 2. List of Figures Figure 1.
Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 3. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 15 Figure 6. Hardware Block Diagram 13 Figure 5. LED Header ...21 Figure 9. UART Connector...22 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide vii SFF8087 to Four-port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 18 Figure 8. Card Layout...11 Figure 4. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 SAS/SATA Connectors 16 Figure 7. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 8 Figure 2. List of Figures Figure 1.
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List of Tables Table 1. Jumper Description 11 Table 2. Technical Specifications 22 Table 8. RAID Virtual Drive Status 28 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide ix BBU Connector Pin-out 19 Table 4. RAID Physical Drive Status 27 Table 12. LED Headers Pin-out 20 Table 6. Array Performance Features 23 Table 9. I2C Connector Pin-Out 19 Table 5. Power Supply for the Controller 25 Table 11. Fault Tolerance Features 24 Table 10. UART Connector Pin-out 22 Table 7. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 17 Table 3.
List of Tables Table 1. Jumper Description 11 Table 2. Technical Specifications 22 Table 8. RAID Virtual Drive Status 28 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide ix BBU Connector Pin-out 19 Table 4. RAID Physical Drive Status 27 Table 12. LED Headers Pin-out 20 Table 6. Array Performance Features 23 Table 9. I2C Connector Pin-Out 19 Table 5. Power Supply for the Controller 25 Table 11. Fault Tolerance Features 24 Table 10. UART Connector Pin-out 22 Table 7. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 17 Table 3.
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... to -point SATA architecture eliminates difficulties created by the legacy ATA master-slave architecture, while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware. 1 Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 is compatible with cost-effective SATA or high performance SAS media. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 1 As a second generation PCI Express* storage controller, the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 addresses the growing demand for the RAID controller, even during...
... to -point SATA architecture eliminates difficulties created by the legacy ATA master-slave architecture, while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware. 1 Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 is compatible with cost-effective SATA or high performance SAS media. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 1 As a second generation PCI Express* storage controller, the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 addresses the growing demand for the RAID controller, even during...
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... http://www.intel.com. See Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for intelligent XOR RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. • Dedicated or global hot spare with expanders. • Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through expander interfaces.. Drive migration - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to existing drive or new drive. Drive roaming Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 3 Protocol Support Each...
... http://www.intel.com. See Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for intelligent XOR RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. • Dedicated or global hot spare with expanders. • Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through expander interfaces.. Drive migration - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to existing drive or new drive. Drive roaming Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 3 Protocol Support Each...
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... Ahead: Predicts next read . 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Redundancy and Error Handling • SES2 enclosure management support • SGPIO enclosure management support • Fault indicators per drive. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to be marked as failed. • Auto-resume of initialization or rebuild on reboot (the Auto Rebuild feature must be set for staggered spin-up, hot...
... Ahead: Predicts next read . 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Redundancy and Error Handling • SES2 enclosure management support • SGPIO enclosure management support • Fault indicators per drive. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to be marked as failed. • Auto-resume of initialization or rebuild on reboot (the Auto Rebuild feature must be set for staggered spin-up, hot...
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Optional battery backup for cache memory. Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 5 Configuration stored in the cache. ✧ Direct I /O setting. Determines whether read operations check the cache before reading from disk. (not cache) • Redundancy through: - I /O: Reads data directly from disks. ✧ Cache I/O: Checks cache first, only reads disk if data is not in non-volatile RAM and on the drives (COD). - Hot-swap support. - -
Optional battery backup for cache memory. Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 5 Configuration stored in the cache. ✧ Direct I /O setting. Determines whether read operations check the cache before reading from disk. (not cache) • Redundancy through: - I /O: Reads data directly from disks. ✧ Cache I/O: Checks cache first, only reads disk if data is not in non-volatile RAM and on the drives (COD). - Hot-swap support. - -
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... Figure 1). For instructions, see your server system documentation. Installing the RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller, follow these steps: 1. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 7 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 , with the provided standoffs • A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot • Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SAS or SATA hard drives up to the...
... Figure 1). For instructions, see your server system documentation. Installing the RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller, follow these steps: 1. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 7 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 , with the provided standoffs • A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot • Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SAS or SATA hard drives up to the...
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... all properly attached. 8 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Make sure the controller and cables are properly attached and plug the cable into the adapter using a backplane. ✧ Do not use cross-over cables. ✧ 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 using the 4-port...
... all properly attached. 8 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Make sure the controller and cables are properly attached and plug the cable into the adapter using a backplane. ✧ Do not use cross-over cables. ✧ 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 using the 4-port...
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See your server system documentation for instructions. Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 9 Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 5. AF003503 Figure 2.
See your server system documentation for instructions. Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 9 Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 5. AF003503 Figure 2.
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... Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The numbering of the RAID controller follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board. 3. Press and select YES to install the operating system drivers. Use these steps: 1. If the drives contain the correct configuration, use configuration from that you need to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 number and firmware version...
... Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The numbering of the RAID controller follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board. 3. Press and select YES to install the operating system drivers. Use these steps: 1. If the drives contain the correct configuration, use configuration from that you need to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 number and firmware version...
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... intelligent Battery connector (on the drives connected to SAS/SATA drives. x4 SAS Ports 8-11 inter- nal connector nects the controller by cable to the RAID controller. Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the back- The LEDs function in the unconfigured-bad state. Receiver/Transmitter (UART) debugging 12 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Backup Unit remotely to SAS/SATA drives. x4...
... intelligent Battery connector (on the drives connected to SAS/SATA drives. x4 SAS Ports 8-11 inter- nal connector nects the controller by cable to the RAID controller. Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the back- The LEDs function in the unconfigured-bad state. Receiver/Transmitter (UART) debugging 12 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Backup Unit remotely to SAS/SATA drives. x4...
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... to accommodate RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM. 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 store disk and drive setup information. 14 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide For more...
... to accommodate RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM. 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 store disk and drive setup information. 14 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide For more...
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... on a per virtual drive basis. The optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 provides a battery backup option for the executable code transferred from the flash. Diagnostic Components Audible Alarm The audible alarm beeps when a drive fails and also during RAID transactions. The ROC memory controller provides single-bit ECC error correction with multi-bit detection support. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 15 This DIMM...
... on a per virtual drive basis. The optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 provides a battery backup option for the executable code transferred from the flash. Diagnostic Components Audible Alarm The audible alarm beeps when a drive fails and also during RAID transactions. The ROC memory controller provides single-bit ECC error correction with multi-bit detection support. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 15 This DIMM...
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... physical drives, 64 virtual drives, and 128 RAID arrays per controller 512 MB DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, optional battery backup 8 MB in reflashable flash ROM • 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS or SATA II drives • Non disk devices including expanders • Can support drives of mixed capacity 22 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Serial UART Header Pin # 1 2 3 4 Table 6. UART Connector Technical Specifications Table...
... physical drives, 64 virtual drives, and 128 RAID arrays per controller 512 MB DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, optional battery backup 8 MB in reflashable flash ROM • 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS or SATA II drives • Non disk devices including expanders • Can support drives of mixed capacity 22 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Serial UART Header Pin # 1 2 3 4 Table 6. UART Connector Technical Specifications Table...
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...Read Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 23 Array Performance Features Specification Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Host data transfer rate Upto 5.0 Gigabit/sec per PCI Express* lane Drive data...Cabling Specification Redundant configuration Enclosure management Enclosure support Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 • Small, thin cables that do not restrict airflow • Shared connectors for multiple initiators Yes Performance Flexibility Background services Native command queuing • Drive migration • RAID level migration • Drive...
...Read Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 23 Array Performance Features Specification Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Host data transfer rate Upto 5.0 Gigabit/sec per PCI Express* lane Drive data...Cabling Specification Redundant configuration Enclosure management Enclosure support Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 • Small, thin cables that do not restrict airflow • Shared connectors for multiple initiators Yes Performance Flexibility Background services Native command queuing • Drive migration • RAID level migration • Drive...
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...installed in this document is qualified to 90% non-condensing • Airflow provided by server system or server chassis must be at 40°C Safety Characteristics The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 meets or exceeds the requirements of the three states at product launch. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide... humidity range: 5% to get Microsoft Windows* Winqual certification (WHQL) at the different voltages. • State 3: During a RAID 5 stress test • State 4: During a drive stress test while the BBU is also marked with battery backup unit.
...installed in this document is qualified to 90% non-condensing • Airflow provided by server system or server chassis must be at 40°C Safety Characteristics The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 meets or exceeds the requirements of the three states at product launch. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide... humidity range: 5% to get Microsoft Windows* Winqual certification (WHQL) at the different voltages. • State 3: During a RAID 5 stress test • State 4: During a drive stress test while the BBU is also marked with battery backup unit.
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... 26 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The Intel® RAID firmware is based on the concept of redundancy to direct-connect backplanes. Other expanders may be supported post launch, based on support for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 integrates sixteen internal high-performance SAS/SATA II ports that follow. Support for non-hard drive devices, see this controller. STP allows the SAS RAID controller...
... 26 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The Intel® RAID firmware is based on the concept of redundancy to direct-connect backplanes. Other expanders may be supported post launch, based on support for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 integrates sixteen internal high-performance SAS/SATA II ports that follow. Support for non-hard drive devices, see this controller. STP allows the SAS RAID controller...
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... power on the drives. 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Remove the power cord(s). 3. For instructions to another. Make sure all drives, enclosures, and system components. Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be migrated. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 10. Connect the data cables to the system, all cables are properly attached and the RAID controller is properly installed. 9. When you start...
... power on the drives. 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Remove the power cord(s). 3. For instructions to another. Make sure all drives, enclosures, and system components. Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be migrated. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 10. Connect the data cables to the system, all cables are properly attached and the RAID controller is properly installed. 9. When you start...