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Protocol Support, Operating System Support, Usability

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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, Windows 7*, Windows Server 2003*, Windows Vista*, and Windows XP* • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 and 5.0 • SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10, and 11 • VMWare* ESX 4.0 • Solaris* 10 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. To make sure the RAID controller supports your operating system, see also the Tested Hardware and Operating System List for the Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160. Usability • Small, thin cabling with serial point-to-point 6.0 Gbps data transfer rates. • Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives. • Support for intelligent XOR RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. • Dedicated or global hot spare with auto rebuild if an array drive fails. • User defined stripe size per drive: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 KB. • Advanced array configuration and management utilities provide: - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to existing drive or new drive. See Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install for limitations on OCE and RAID migration. - Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may require OCE) - Drive migration - Drive roaming Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User's Guide 3

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Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User’s Guide
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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, Windows 7*, Windows Server 2003*, Windows Vista*,
and Windows XP*
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 and 5.0
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10, and 11
VMWare* ESX 4.0
Solaris* 10
The operating systems supported may not be supported by your server board. See the
Tested operating system list
for your server board at
.
To make sure the RAID controller supports your operating system, see also the
Tested
Hardware and Operating System List
for the Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WG160.
Usability
Small, thin cabling with serial point-to-point 6.0 Gbps data transfer rates.
Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives.
Support for intelligent XOR RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.
Dedicated or global hot spare with auto rebuild if an array drive fails.
User defined stripe size per drive: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 KB.
Advanced array configuration and management utilities provide:
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) adds space to existing drive or new drive.
See
Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install
for limitations on
OCE and RAID migration.
Online RAID level migration (upgrade of RAID mode may require OCE)
Drive migration
Drive roaming