Intel AXXRMS2LL040 Hardware User Guide - Page 13

Protocol Support Each port on the SAS controllers supports SAS devices, SATA II devices, or both using SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA II as follows: • Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) to enable communication with other SAS devices. • SATA II Protocol to enable communication with other SATA II devices. • Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to share topology management information with expanders. • Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through expander interfaces.. Operating System Support • Windows Server 2008* R2 and Windows Server 2003* • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 5.0 • SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 The operating systems supported may not be supported by your server board. See the Tested operating system list for your server board at http://www.intel.com/support/go/motherboards/server/index.htm. To make sure the RAID module supports your operating system, see also the Tested Hardware and Operating System List for the Intel® RAID Module RMS2LL040 and RMS2LL080. Usability • Small, thin cabling with up to 6.0 Gb/s serial, point-to-point data transfer rates. • Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives. • Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 1E. • Dedicated or global hot spare with auto rebuild if an array drive fails. • Fixed RAID strip size of 64 KB. • Advanced array configuration and management utilities that provide drive roaming. • Upgradeable Flash ROM interface. • Allows for staggered spin-up, hot-plug, and lower power consumption. Redundancy and Error Handling • SGPIO, In-band and out-band SES2 Enclosure management support. • Activity and fault indicators per drive, port selector (dual-port drives). • Auto-detection of failed drives with transparent rebuild. Intel® RAID Module RMS2LL040 and RMS2LL080 Hardware User's Guide 3