Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User’s Guide
v
Table of Contents
Preface
........................................................................................................................
iii
Audience
...............................................................................................................................
iii
Organization
.........................................................................................................................
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
..........................................................................................
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 (Cache)
..........................................................................................................
15
Diagnostic Components
..............................................................................................
15
SAS/SATA Connectors
................................................................................................
16
BBU Connector Pin-out
...............................................................................................
19
I2C Connector Pin-Out
................................................................................................
19
PCI Interface
................................................................................................................
20
LED Headers
...............................................................................................................
20
Serial UART Header
....................................................................................................
22
Technical Specifications
......................................................................................................
22
Array Performance Features
...............................................................................................
23