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... A explains drive roaming and drive migration. • Appendix B provides safety instructions to use an Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 as a part of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software User's Guide on the Resource CD that you have some familiarity with the RAID... controller. Audience This document assumes that shipped with RAID controllers/modules and related support devices. Preface ...
... A explains drive roaming and drive migration. • Appendix B provides safety instructions to use an Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 as a part of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software User's Guide on the Resource CD that you have some familiarity with the RAID... controller. Audience This document assumes that shipped with RAID controllers/modules and related support devices. Preface ...
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... ...iii Related Publication ...iii Chapter 1: Overview 1 Benefits of SAS and SATA ...1 Intel® 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...
... ...iii Related Publication ...iii Chapter 1: Overview 1 Benefits of SAS and SATA ...1 Intel® 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...
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...Electrical Characteristics 24 Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics 25 Safety Characteristics 25 Operating Certifications 25 Supported Device Technology 26 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices 26 SAS Expander Support 26 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices 26 Enclosure Management Support 26 RAID Functionality and Features 26 Hierarchy ...26 SAS Bus and ID Mapping 28...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
...Electrical Characteristics 24 Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics 25 Safety Characteristics 25 Operating Certifications 25 Supported Device Technology 26 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices 26 SAS Expander Support 26 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices 26 Enclosure Management Support 26 RAID Functionality and Features 26 Hierarchy ...26 SAS Bus and ID Mapping 28...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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... 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. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The PCI Express* connector fits...
... 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. 2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide The PCI Express* connector fits...
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..., and 60. • Dedicated or global hot spare with expanders. • Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for your server board. Drive roaming Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 3 Drive migration - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to share topology management information with... A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may not be supported by your server board at http://www.intel.com. Protocol Support Each port on OCE and RAID migration. -
..., and 60. • Dedicated or global hot spare with expanders. • Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for your server board. Drive roaming Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 3 Drive migration - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to share topology management information with... A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may not be supported by your server board at http://www.intel.com. Protocol Support Each port on OCE and RAID migration. -
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...failed drives with transparent rebuild. Redundancy and Error Handling • SES2 enclosure management support • SGPIO enclosure management support • Fault indicators per drive. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to ...recognize an error and recover if possible. • Failures are logged from controller and drive firmware, and SMART monitor. • Failures are five or more disks in NVRAM, viewable from 0-100%). Read Ahead: Predicts next read . 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160...
...failed drives with transparent rebuild. Redundancy and Error Handling • SES2 enclosure management support • SGPIO enclosure management support • Fault indicators per drive. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to ...recognize an error and recover if possible. • Failures are logged from controller and drive firmware, and SMART monitor. • Failures are five or more disks in NVRAM, viewable from 0-100%). Read Ahead: Predicts next read . 4 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160...
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Hot-swap support. - - Configuration stored in the cache. ✧ Direct I /O setting. 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). - Optional battery backup for cache memory. Determines whether read operations check the cache before reading from disk. (not cache) • Redundancy through: - Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 5 Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. -
Hot-swap support. - - Configuration stored in the cache. ✧ Direct I /O setting. 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). - Optional battery backup for cache memory. Determines whether read operations check the cache before reading from disk. (not cache) • Redundancy through: - Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 5 Adaptive Read Ahead: Reads ahead and caches data only if doing sequential reads. -
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... with other SAS devices. • Supports Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to address a single target (in rebuild; 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 To enable the ...alarm, choose Enable Alarm. SAS/SATA Features • Eight independent PHYs internally, each supporting 6.0 Gbps SAS and SATA data transfers. • Provides 16...
... with other SAS devices. • Supports Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to address a single target (in rebuild; 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 To enable the ...alarm, choose Enable Alarm. SAS/SATA Features • Eight independent PHYs internally, each supporting 6.0 Gbps SAS and SATA data transfers. • Provides 16...
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...connector Con- SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Con- Global drive fault LED 2-pin connector. Connects to the storage devices. Supports SES (SCSI enclosure services) over I2C through an internal I2C backplane cable Remote Battery Backup 20-pin connector.Connects the intelligent Battery ...8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS/SATA drives. Receiver/Transmitter (UART) debugging 12 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the back- Jumper J1B3 J1C1 J1L1 J2B1 J2B2 J2D1 ...
...connector Con- SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Con- Global drive fault LED 2-pin connector. Connects to the storage devices. Supports SES (SCSI enclosure services) over I2C through an internal I2C backplane cable Remote Battery Backup 20-pin connector.Connects the intelligent Battery ...8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Connects the controller by cable to SAS/SATA drives. Receiver/Transmitter (UART) debugging 12 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the back- Jumper J1B3 J1C1 J1L1 J2B1 J2B2 J2D1 ...
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... RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM. NVSRAM A 32-KB NVSRAM is used to store disk and drive setup information. 14 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... SAS2108 RAID-On-Chip (ROC) is an integrated SAS and I/O controller with ECC checking • Fusion MPT message unit • PCI Express* interface supports x8, x4, and x1 lane configurations LSI SAS2 x36 Expander The LSISAS2 x36 expander is a 36-port, 6.0Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander ...
... RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM. NVSRAM A 32-KB NVSRAM is used to store disk and drive setup information. 14 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... SAS2108 RAID-On-Chip (ROC) is an integrated SAS and I/O controller with ECC checking • Fusion MPT message unit • PCI Express* interface supports x8, x4, and x1 lane configurations LSI SAS2 x36 Expander The LSISAS2 x36 expander is a 36-port, 6.0Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander ...
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... online and is connected remotely to the memory controller interface bus of integrated DDR2 800 MHz ECC SDRAM memory. The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 supports Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 only. The optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 provides a battery backup option for the executable code transferred from the flash. See Figure...
... online and is connected remotely to the memory controller interface bus of integrated DDR2 800 MHz ECC SDRAM memory. The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 supports Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 only. The optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 provides a battery backup option for the executable code transferred from the flash. See Figure...
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... This is temporary. Internal connector Figure 6. Disabling the alarm is rebooted. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 SAS/SATA Connectors 16 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide If the cause of failure still exists or if an...is persistent across errors and reboots. When the alarm is complete. LED Placement and Function The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 contains the following LEDs: • One surface-mounted heartbeat LED (Green Color) to indicate SAS2108...rebuild alarm tone functions differently. Each SFF8087 connector provides support for SGPIO...
... This is temporary. Internal connector Figure 6. Disabling the alarm is rebooted. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 SAS/SATA Connectors 16 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide If the cause of failure still exists or if an...is persistent across errors and reboots. When the alarm is complete. LED Placement and Function The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 contains the following LEDs: • One surface-mounted heartbeat LED (Green Color) to indicate SAS2108...rebuild alarm tone functions differently. Each SFF8087 connector provides support for SGPIO...
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...(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-length (6.6" x 4.2") PCI Express* ...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 UART Connector Pin-out Name UART0_TX GND UART0_RX P3V3_DUAL Description UART TX SIGNAL (3....
...(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-length (6.6" x 4.2") PCI Express* ...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 UART Connector Pin-out Name UART0_TX GND UART0_RX P3V3_DUAL Description UART TX SIGNAL (3....
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Cabling Specification Redundant configuration Enclosure management Enclosure support Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 • Small, thin cables that do not restrict airflow • Shared connectors for multiple drives 32 KB NVRAM and config-... reboot • Rebuild • Consistency Check • Migration • OCE • Patrol 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 transfer rate Upto 6.0...
Cabling Specification Redundant configuration Enclosure management Enclosure support Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 • Small, thin cables that do not restrict airflow • Shared connectors for multiple drives 32 KB NVRAM and config-... reboot • Rebuild • Consistency Check • Migration • OCE • Patrol 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 transfer rate Upto 6.0...
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...all RAID 5 virtual drives at one time • State 2: While sitting idle at the DOS prompt 24 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3.3V rails and the 12V rail provide the necessary ...Specification Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Optional Battery Backup Drive Replacement Drive Rebuild Using Hot Spares Error Checking and Indication Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 • Detects up to the Intel® RAID controller RS2WG160 through • Read Ahead • Adaptive Read...
...all RAID 5 virtual drives at one time • State 2: While sitting idle at the DOS prompt 24 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide Onboard switching regulator circuitry operating from the 3.3V rails and the 12V rail provide the necessary ...Specification Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Optional Battery Backup Drive Replacement Drive Rebuild Using Hot Spares Error Checking and Indication Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 • Detects up to the Intel® RAID controller RS2WG160 through • Read Ahead • Adaptive Read...
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.... SAS Expander Support The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 supports LSI* expanders, Vitesse SAS expanders, and PMC expanders that are supported for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 integrates sixteen internal high-performance SAS/SATA II ports that follow. Supported Device Technology The various device technologies supported by the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 is based on...
.... SAS Expander Support The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 supports LSI* expanders, Vitesse SAS expanders, and PMC expanders that are supported for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 integrates sixteen internal high-performance SAS/SATA II ports that follow. Supported Device Technology The various device technologies supported by the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 is based on...
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... Description The drive operating system is offline. RAID Virtual Drive Status Table 12. SAS Bus and ID Mapping Devices on a SAS address. 28 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide All configured drives are persistently mapped based on the SAS bus are online. RAID Controller Drive Limitations Only drives that comply...
... Description The drive operating system is offline. RAID Virtual Drive Status Table 12. SAS Bus and ID Mapping Devices on a SAS address. 28 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide All configured drives are persistently mapped based on the SAS bus are online. RAID Controller Drive Limitations Only drives that comply...
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... drives and the NVRAM. 2. Note: Only complete configurations can be migrated. Make sure all drives, enclosures, and system components. Turn off the power to be supported at the same time. Disconnect the cables from the first system and install them into the second system. For instructions to the hard drives in.... For instructions, see your server system documentation. 4. Drive Migration Drive migration moves a configured set of hard drives from the configuration data on the drives. 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
... drives and the NVRAM. 2. Note: Only complete configurations can be migrated. Make sure all drives, enclosures, and system components. Turn off the power to be supported at the same time. Disconnect the cables from the first system and install them into the second system. For instructions to the hard drives in.... For instructions, see your server system documentation. 4. Drive Migration Drive migration moves a configured set of hard drives from the configuration data on the drives. 30 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide
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...(s). Connect all peripheral devices connected to I/O connectors or ports on the Resource CD and/or at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770.htm. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 33 See also Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information on the back of the system. 5. To remove AC...
...(s). Connect all peripheral devices connected to I/O connectors or ports on the Resource CD and/or at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770.htm. Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 33 See also Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information on the back of the system. 5. To remove AC...