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Portions Copyright 2005-2010 by Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. ii Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide Intel products are not intended for use in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may make changes to specifications and product descriptions ...
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... and specifications. For details on how to configure the storage adapters, and for an overview of the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and...and how to do a drive migration. The people who are designing an Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 for a system. • Anyone installing an Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 in a RAID system. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide iii Organization This document includes the following chapters and ...
... and specifications. For details on how to configure the storage adapters, and for an overview of the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080. • Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing the RAID controller. • Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and...and how to do a drive migration. The people who are designing an Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 for a system. • Anyone installing an Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 in a RAID system. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide iii Organization This document includes the following chapters and ...
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... LSISAS2108 Controller 5 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules 5 Beep Codes ...5 Chapter 2: Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 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 RT3WB080 Characteristics 13 Technical Specifications ...14 Array Performance Features 15 Fault Tolerance ...16 Electrical Characteristics 17 Safety...
... LSISAS2108 Controller 5 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules 5 Beep Codes ...5 Chapter 2: Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 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 RT3WB080 Characteristics 13 Technical Specifications ...14 Array Performance Features 15 Fault Tolerance ...16 Electrical Characteristics 17 Safety...
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Changing the Bracket 8 Figure 2. Card Layout...13 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide vii List of Figures Figure 1. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 8 Figure 3. Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4.
Changing the Bracket 8 Figure 2. Card Layout...13 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide vii List of Figures Figure 1. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 8 Figure 3. Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4.
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List of Tables Table 1. Jumper Description 13 Table 2. Array Performance Features 15 Table 4. Fault Tolerance Features 16 Table 5. Technical Specifications 14 Table 3. Electrical Characteristics 17 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide ix
List of Tables Table 1. Jumper Description 13 Table 2. Array Performance Features 15 Table 4. Fault Tolerance Features 16 Table 5. Technical Specifications 14 Table 3. Electrical Characteristics 17 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide ix
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... PCI Express* connector fits into an x8 or x16 PCI Express* slot capable of expanders, see the ANSI SAS Standard Specification, Version 2.0. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 The Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 is serial, point-to use cost-effective SATA or high-performance SAS media. As a second-generation PCI Express* RAID controller, the...
... PCI Express* connector fits into an x8 or x16 PCI Express* slot capable of expanders, see the ANSI SAS Standard Specification, Version 2.0. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 The Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 is serial, point-to use cost-effective SATA or high-performance SAS media. As a second-generation PCI Express* RAID controller, the...
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...; Server Board S3420GP • Intel® Server System SR1690WB • Intel® Server System SR1695WB • Intel® Server system SR2612UR • Intel® Server system SR1630GP/SR1630HGP • Intel® Server System SR1600UR • Intel® Server System SR2600UR • Intel® Server System SR2625UR • Intel® Server System SR1625UR The...Windows Vista*. • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0, and 5.0. • SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11. • VMWare* ESX 4.0 • Solaris* 10 2 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide
...; Server Board S3420GP • Intel® Server System SR1690WB • Intel® Server System SR1695WB • Intel® Server system SR2612UR • Intel® Server system SR1630GP/SR1630HGP • Intel® Server System SR1600UR • Intel® Server System SR2600UR • Intel® Server System SR2625UR • Intel® Server System SR1625UR The...Windows Vista*. • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0, and 5.0. • SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11. • VMWare* ESX 4.0 • Solaris* 10 2 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide
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...System List for Rebuilds, Consistency Checks, Initialization (auto restarting Consistency Check on OCE and RAID migration. - Drive roaming - Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 3 To make sure the RAID controller supports your operating system, refer to waiting for controller access. ...8226; Background operating mode can be supported by the RAID controller may not be set for the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080. Load Balancing • Upgradeable Flash ROM interface • Allows for staggered spin up to 6.0 Gb/s serial, point-...
...System List for Rebuilds, Consistency Checks, Initialization (auto restarting Consistency Check on OCE and RAID migration. - Drive roaming - Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 3 To make sure the RAID controller supports your operating system, refer to waiting for controller access. ...8226; Background operating mode can be supported by the RAID controller may not be set for the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080. Load Balancing • Upgradeable Flash ROM interface • Allows for staggered spin up to 6.0 Gb/s serial, point-...
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...-swap support. - RAID 5 arrays of only three or four drives use Peer Read mode. • Dirty cache LED plus error reporting for cache memory. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide Write-through : - Non-Read Ahead: Always reads from disks. ✧ Cache I /O setting: Determines whether read operations check the cache before... SFF-8485 (SGPIO) interface. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to recognize an error and recover if possible. • Failures are logged from OS Event Log, Intel® RAID Web Console 2;
...-swap support. - RAID 5 arrays of only three or four drives use Peer Read mode. • Dirty cache LED plus error reporting for cache memory. 4 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide Write-through : - Non-Read Ahead: Always reads from disks. ✧ Cache I /O setting: Determines whether read operations check the cache before... SFF-8485 (SGPIO) interface. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to recognize an error and recover if possible. • Failures are logged from OS Event Log, Intel® RAID Web Console 2;
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... 3.0- To enable the alarm, choose Enable Alarm To disable the alarm only until the next event or until next power cycle, choose Silence Alarm. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 5 To disable the alarm, choose Disable Alarm. SAS/SATA Features of the LSISAS2108 Controller • Provides eight independent phys, each...
... 3.0- To enable the alarm, choose Enable Alarm To disable the alarm only until the next event or until next power cycle, choose Silence Alarm. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 5 To disable the alarm, choose Disable Alarm. SAS/SATA Features of the LSISAS2108 Controller • Provides eight independent phys, each...
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... Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SATA III or SATA II 3.0 hard drives In addition, Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Remove the power cord(s). 2. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 7 Remove the server system cover. Installing the RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller...
... Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SATA III or SATA II 3.0 hard drives In addition, Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Remove the power cord(s). 2. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 7 Remove the server system cover. Installing the RAID Controller To install the RAID Controller...
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PCI Express* Slot (3.3 V) AF003196 Figure 2. To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2). Changing the Bracket 4. Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot (see your server system documentation. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 8 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide C Figure 1.
PCI Express* Slot (3.3 V) AF003196 Figure 2. To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see Figure 2). Changing the Bracket 4. Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot (see your server system documentation. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 8 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide C Figure 1.
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... than four drives without using an expander backplane, connect the second cable to the ports on a SATA or SAS backplane (see letter "B" in Figure 3). Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 9 For the first four drives (ports 0 - 3), connect one foot if you are all properly attached. 5. Connect the other end of...
... than four drives without using an expander backplane, connect the second cable to the ports on a SATA or SAS backplane (see letter "B" in Figure 3). Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 9 For the first four drives (ports 0 - 3), connect one foot if you are all properly attached. 5. Connect the other end of...
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Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. B A Ports 4-7 Ports 0-3 C AF003197 Figure 3. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6.
Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. B A Ports 4-7 Ports 0-3 C AF003197 Figure 3. For instructions, see your server system documentation. 10 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 6.
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... the Software User's Guide for instructions to run BIOS Console 2. Press and select YES to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 number and firmware version. After you need to see your server system documentation for instructions to configure the RAID controller and ... to remove and then install an add-in the hard drives. Select Configure > View/Add Configuration to restart the system. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 11 The numbering of the RAID controller follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board. ...
... the Software User's Guide for instructions to run BIOS Console 2. Press and select YES to initialize and then display the Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 number and firmware version. After you need to see your server system documentation for instructions to configure the RAID controller and ... to remove and then install an add-in the hard drives. Select Configure > View/Add Configuration to restart the system. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 11 The numbering of the RAID controller follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board. ...
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...JT10 Debug Connector 2-pin connector Reserved. JT2 Drive Activity LED Header 2-pin connector LED signal for any drive fault. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 13 JT4 Drive Fault LED Header 2-pin connector LED signal for drive activity. Header JT9 Set Factory... it indicates the data in the factory. JT6 Internal SAS/SATA Port Connector, Ports 0-3 SFF8087 Connection to disk. 3 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Characteristics JT12 JT13 JT10 JT7 JT6 JT9 Port 7-4 Port 3-0 JT11 JT8 JT2 JT4 JT1 JT3 Figure 4. Jumper Description AF003198 ...
...JT10 Debug Connector 2-pin connector Reserved. JT2 Drive Activity LED Header 2-pin connector LED signal for any drive fault. Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User's Guide 13 JT4 Drive Fault LED Header 2-pin connector LED signal for drive activity. Header JT9 Set Factory... it indicates the data in the factory. JT6 Internal SAS/SATA Port Connector, Ports 0-3 SFF8087 Connection to disk. 3 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Characteristics JT12 JT13 JT10 JT7 JT6 JT9 Port 7-4 Port 3-0 JT11 JT8 JT2 JT4 JT1 JT3 Figure 4. Jumper Description AF003198 ...