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Intel® Integrated RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Intel Order Number: E98813-002
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Intel Order Number: E98813-002
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... the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. ii Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. EXCEPT...
... the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. ii Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. EXCEPT...
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... specifications. Organization This document includes the following chapters and appendices: • Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing and configuring the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the ...overview of their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 in their RAID system. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160, which can be observed during installation and assembly. •...
... specifications. Organization This document includes the following chapters and appendices: • Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing and configuring the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the ...overview of their RAID system. • Anyone installing an Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 in their RAID system. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160, which can be observed during installation and assembly. •...
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... Installation 7 Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 10 Replacing a Controller ...10 Resolving a Config Mismatch 10 Chapter 3: Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Characteristics 11 Major Components ...14 LSI* SAS2108 ROC ...14 LSI SAS2 x36 Expander 14 Flash ROM ...14 Boot Strap ROM (SEEPROM 14 NVSRAM ...14 SDRAM (...
... Installation 7 Requirements ...7 Installing the RAID Controller 7 Configuring the RAID Controller 10 Replacing a Controller ...10 Resolving a Config Mismatch 10 Chapter 3: Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Characteristics 11 Major Components ...14 LSI* SAS2108 ROC ...14 LSI SAS2 x36 Expander 14 Flash ROM ...14 Boot Strap ROM (SEEPROM 14 NVSRAM ...14 SDRAM (...
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... 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
... 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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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 SAS/SATA Connectors 16 Figure 7. UART Connector...22 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide vii List of Figures Figure 1. SFF8087 to Four-port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 18 Figure 8. Card Layout...11 Figure 4. LED Header ...21 Figure 9. Hardware Block Diagram 13 Figure 5. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 3. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 15 Figure 6. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 8 Figure 2.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 SAS/SATA Connectors 16 Figure 7. UART Connector...22 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide vii List of Figures Figure 1. SFF8087 to Four-port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 18 Figure 8. Card Layout...11 Figure 4. LED Header ...21 Figure 9. Hardware Block Diagram 13 Figure 5. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 9 Figure 3. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 15 Figure 6. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 8 Figure 2.
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BBU Connector Pin-out 19 Table 4. LED Headers Pin-out 20 Table 6. Fault Tolerance Features 24 Table 10. Technical Specifications 22 Table 8. RAID Physical Drive Status 27 Table 12. List of Tables Table 1. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 17 Table 3. I2C Connector Pin-Out 19 Table 5. Array Performance Features 23 Table 9. RAID Virtual Drive Status 28 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide ix UART Connector Pin-out 22 Table 7. Power Supply for the Controller 25 Table 11. Jumper Description 11 Table 2.
BBU Connector Pin-out 19 Table 4. LED Headers Pin-out 20 Table 6. Fault Tolerance Features 24 Table 10. Technical Specifications 22 Table 8. RAID Physical Drive Status 27 Table 12. List of Tables Table 1. SFF8087 Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 17 Table 3. I2C Connector Pin-Out 19 Table 5. Array Performance Features 23 Table 9. RAID Virtual Drive Status 28 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide ix UART Connector Pin-out 22 Table 7. Power Supply for the Controller 25 Table 11. Jumper Description 11 Table 2.
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... use of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. 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. The SAS and SATA protocols use simplified cabling, smaller connectors...architecture, while maintaining compatibility with Serial ATA technology. The serial transmission of SCSI commands eliminates clock skew challenges. 1 Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 is the future mainstay of the enterprise and high-end workstation storage markets...
... use of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. 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. The SAS and SATA protocols use simplified cabling, smaller connectors...architecture, while maintaining compatibility with Serial ATA technology. The serial transmission of SCSI commands eliminates clock skew challenges. 1 Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 is the future mainstay of the enterprise and high-end workstation storage markets...
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... 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. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The RAID controller is an intelligent PCI Express* 2.0 compliant interface RAID adapter with an integrated LSI* SAS2108...
... 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. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The RAID controller is an intelligent PCI Express* 2.0 compliant interface RAID adapter with an integrated LSI* SAS2108...
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See Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for your server board at http://www.intel.com. Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may not be supported by your operating system, see also the Tested Hardware ...-to-point 6.0 Gbps data transfer rates. • Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives. • Support for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. Drive roaming Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 3 Usability • Small, thin cabling with other SATA II devices. • Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to...
See Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for your server board at http://www.intel.com. Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may not be supported by your operating system, see also the Tested Hardware ...-to-point 6.0 Gbps data transfer rates. • Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives. • Support for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. Drive roaming Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 3 Usability • Small, thin cabling with other SATA II devices. • Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to...
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... • Allows for Rebuilds, Consistency Checks, Initialization (auto restarting Consistency Check on the disk. - Read Ahead: Predicts next read . 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Write-back: Faster because it does not wait for the disk but ensures data is lost. - RAID 5 arrays of only... three or four drives use from OS Event Log, Intel® RAID Web Console 2, CIM, and LEDs. • Multiple cache...
... • Allows for Rebuilds, Consistency Checks, Initialization (auto restarting Consistency Check on the disk. - Read Ahead: Predicts next read . 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Write-back: Faster because it does not wait for the disk but ensures data is lost. - RAID 5 arrays of only... three or four drives use from OS Event Log, Intel® RAID Web Console 2, CIM, and LEDs. • Multiple cache...
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Configuration stored in the cache. ✧ Direct I/O: Reads data directly from disks. ✧ Cache I /O setting. Hot-swap support. - Optional battery backup for cache memory. Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - I /O: Checks cache first, only reads disk if data is not in non-volatile RAM and on the drives (COD). - Determines whether read operations check the cache before reading from disk. (not cache) • Redundancy through: - - Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 5
Configuration stored in the cache. ✧ Direct I/O: Reads data directly from disks. ✧ Cache I /O setting. Hot-swap support. - Optional battery backup for cache memory. Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. - I /O: Checks cache first, only reads disk if data is not in non-volatile RAM and on the drives (COD). - Determines whether read operations check the cache before reading from disk. (not cache) • Redundancy through: - - Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 5
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... RAID 5, RAID 1 to RAID 6, RAID 5 to RAID 6. To disable the alarm only until the next event or until next power cycle, choose SilenceAlarm. 6 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide compliant hard disk drives. • Allows multiple initiators to address a single target (in a fail-over configuration) through an expander if using...
... RAID 5, RAID 1 to RAID 6, RAID 5 to RAID 6. To disable the alarm only until the next event or until next power cycle, choose SilenceAlarm. 6 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide compliant hard disk drives. • Allows multiple initiators to address a single target (in a fail-over configuration) through an expander if using...
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.../SATA cables (for instructions on installing an add-in "Installing the RAID Controller") Note: Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). 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 ...to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. Installing the RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller, follow these steps: 1. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 7
.../SATA cables (for instructions on installing an add-in "Installing the RAID Controller") Note: Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). 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 ...to the system, all drives, enclosures, and system components. Installing the RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller, follow these steps: 1. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 7
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Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 4. Note: To prevent throughput problems: ✧ Use the cables provided or use the shortest possible cable. ✧ Do not use cables longer than one meter. ... combined end. Connect the provided cables into connector at the inside edge of the adapter. Make sure the controller and cables are all properly attached. 8 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide PCI Express* Slot AF003502 Figure 1.
Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 4. Note: To prevent throughput problems: ✧ Use the cables provided or use the shortest possible cable. ✧ Do not use cables longer than one meter. ... combined end. Connect the provided cables into connector at the inside edge of the adapter. Make sure the controller and cables are all properly attached. 8 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide PCI Express* Slot AF003502 Figure 1.
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Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 5. AF003503 Figure 2. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 9 See your server system documentation for instructions. Install the server system cover and connect the power cords.
Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 5. AF003503 Figure 2. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 9 See your server system documentation for instructions. Install the server system cover and connect the power cords.
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...make sure that the SAS/SATA devices power up to remove and then install an add-in adapter. Exit and reboot. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Turn on the system power and check to update the NVRAM. 5. Resolving a Config Mismatch If the newly... previously configured, a message displays during boot up before or at the same time as : Press to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 number and firmware version. Press + when prompted during POST, stating that there is a configuration mismatch because the configuration data in the...
...make sure that the SAS/SATA devices power up to remove and then install an add-in adapter. Exit and reboot. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Turn on the system power and check to update the NVRAM. 5. Resolving a Config Mismatch If the newly... previously configured, a message displays during boot up before or at the same time as : Press to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 number and firmware version. Press + when prompted during POST, stating that there is a configuration mismatch because the configuration data in the...