Intel S2600CP Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 14

RAID Features  Block services profile  Physical asset profile  Software inventory profile  Generic initiator ports profile  Direct attached target ports profile  Job control profile  Indication profile Intel® RSTe will support an industry standard management API based on CIM model and Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMIS) specification (Linux). This feature will be supported on platforms that have installed Linux, Windows 7* and Windows 2008* GA and R2. 2.3.2 Common Storage Management Interface (CSMI) Intel® RSTe will support the Common Storage Management Interface (CSMI) for reporting RAID configurations and SMP, SSP, STP pass through. 2.4 Intel® RSTe System Configurations supported This section addresses to physical components of the system configuration supported by Intel® RSTe. 2.4.1 SCU and AHCI Controller Support  Intel® RSTe will provide support for managing RAID volumes on drives attached to the AHCI ports.  Intel® RSTe will provide support for managing RAID volumes on drives attached to the SCU ports. 2.4.2 SAS Expander Support Intel® RSTe will support expanders attached to the SCU controller (provide external HW drive and expander compatibility list). Intel® RSTe will not support the use of port multipliers on either the AHCI or SCU controller. 2.4.3 Pass-through drives Intel® RSTe will support the ability to expose non-RAID configured disks (pass-through) to Host OS. 2.4.4 SCU Controller RAID Management Limitations Intel® RSTe will support the RAID management of up to 32 physical drives attached to the SCU controller. Drives added beyond this limitation (up to a total of 128 drives) will be supported as pass-through drives but will not be validated as part of supported RAID array configurations. The Intel® RSTe GUI will allow up to 8 RAID volumes to be created across the 32 drives. For example, a RAID array that encompasses all 32 drives will result RAID volume limitation of up to 2 volumes (Matrix RAID allows 2 RAID volumes per RAID array). No OS based software RAID (non-Intel® RSTe) limitations are imposed. 2.4.5 Hot Plug Intel® RSTe will support the ability Hot Plug (remove and replace) disk drives on the AHCI controller whether or not I/O is being processed, provided that the capabilities are enabled in the BIOS. Intel® RSTe will support the ability to Hot Plug (remove and replace) disk drives attached to the SCU controller whether or not I/O is being processed. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 5