Intel RS2WC040 Hardware User Guide - Page 24

Technical Specifications Table 2. Technical Specifications Specification I/O Processor Chip) Operating voltage Card size Array interface to host SAS/SATA bus speed SAS/SATA ports Physical and virtual drive support Firmware Compatible devices Cabling Redundant configuration Enclosure management Enclosure support Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 LSI*SAS2008 PCI*Express-SAS/SATA I/O Processor chip, 150MHz +3.3 V, +12 V Low profile, extended half-length (6.6" x 2.731") PCI Express* Revision 2.0, x8 lane width 5.0 Gb/s Up to 6 Gb/s per port, point-to-point 1x4 internal ports, up to 64 devices with expanders Up to 64 physical drives including up to 16 physical drives in up to 16 RAID arrays per controller Drives not configured as part of a RAID array can be configured as "pass through" drives in Non-RAID mode. Up to 16 MB in reflashable flash ROM • 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS or SATA II drives including SSD drives • Non disk devices including expanders • Can support drives of mixed capacity • Small, thin cables that do not restrict airflow • Shared connectors for multiple drives 32 KB NVRAM and config-on-disk (COD) • In-band SES • SGPIO Assumes one SEP per enclosure Array Performance Features Table 3. Array Performance Features Specification Host data transfer rate Drive data transfer rate Maximum scatter / gather Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Up to 5.0 Gb/s per PCI Express* lane Up to 6.0 Gb/s per phy 80 elements 14 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User's Guide