Intel RMS3CC040 Hardware User Guide - Page 20

9. Reconnect the power cords to the system. 10. Turn on the power to the system. The controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives. Hardware Specifications You can install the 12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers in a computer with a motherboard that has a PCIe slot. The following table describes the hardware configuration features for the 12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers. Table 3. 12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controller Hardware Specifications Specification RAID levels Devices supported per port Number of ports RS3WC080/RMS3HC080 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 Up to 64 SAS devices or SATA III devices (such as drives and expanders) Eight ports through two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connectors Data transfer rate Bus PCIe form factor Up to 12Gb/s per PHY PCIe 3.0 • RS3WC080: Standard PCIe • RMS3HC080: Mezzanine port Cache function Write-through, non-read-ahead, cache I/O, direct I/O RAID Maintenance Free Backup No support Unit (RMFBU) RS3DC040/RS3DC080/RS3MC044/ RS3SC008/RMS3CC080 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 Up to 255 SAS devices or SATA III devices (such as drives and expanders) • RS3DC040 - Four ports through one SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector • RS3DC080 - Eight ports through two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connectors • RS3MC044 - Four external ports through one SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD-4e connector and four internal ports through one SFF8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector • RS3SC080 - Eight external ports through two SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD-4e connectors Up to 12Gb/s per PHY PCIe 3.0 • RS3DC040/RS3DC080/RS3MC044/ RS3SC008: Standard PCIe • RMS3CC080: Mezzanine port Write-back, write-through, non-readahead, read-ahead, cache I/O, direct I/O • RS3DC040/RS3DC080/RS3MC044/ RS3SC080: RMFBU4 • RMS3CC080: RMFBU5 13 12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers User Guide