Intel SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Intel Order Number: D39308-003 - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 2
its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Copyright © 2006-2007 by Intel Corporation. Portions Copyright 2005-2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. ii Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 3
user's guide for the Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E, which can be used for SAS and SATA disk drives. It contains installation instructions and specifications. For details on how to configure the storage adapters, and for an overview of the software drivers, see the Software User's Guide on the - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 4
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3, Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Characteristics 13 Technical Specifications ...14 Array Performance Features 15 Fault Tolerance ...16 Electrical Characteristics 16 Safety Characteristics 17 A. Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 18 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide v - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 6
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7 Figure 2. Internal SAS Cable for Connection to SAS Backplane or SATA Hard Drives 9 Figure 3. SAS and SATA Plugs and SAS Backplane Connector 10 Figure 4. Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E to a SATA Hard Drive 11 Figure 5. Card Layouts...13 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide vii - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 8
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Tables Table 1. Jumper Descriptions 13 Table 2. Specifications ...14 Table 3. Array Performance Features 15 Table 4. Fault Tolerance Features 16 Table 5. Electrical Characteristics 16 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide ix - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 10
controller. • 128 MB RAM. • Eight independent ports: - Four internal ports provided via the SFF8087 connector. - Four external ports provided via the SFF8470 connector. • Support for both enterprise-class SAS devices and desktop-class SATA drives. 1 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 11
interfaces. Usability • Smaller, thinner cabling with serial point-to-point 3.0 Gbps data transfer rates. • Allows mixed connections to SAS or SATA targets. • Support for non disk devices and mixed capacity drives. • Support for intelligent XOR RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50. • Dedicated or - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 12
• Enclosure management support, including LEDs. • Activity and fault indicators per drive, port selector (dual-port drives). • Drive coercion (auto resizing to match existing disks). • Auto read ahead and cache data only if doing sequential reads. 3 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 13
disk in a logical array. • Migration and OCE cannot be done on Spanned Arrays (RAID 10, 50). • Migrations supported are: RAID 1 to RAID 0, RAID 5 to RAID 0. • With OCE, migrations supported are RAID 0 to RAID 1, RAID 0 to RAID 5, RAID 1 to RAID 5. Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 14
connections to smaller devices, and do not inhibit airflow. The point-to-point SATA architecture eliminates inherent difficulties created by the legacy ATA master-slave architecture, while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware. 5 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 15
PCI Express* slot. • The Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation. • The cables provided with the RAID controller. • SAS or SATA hard disk drives. Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 6 - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 16
end. Make sure the controller and cables are properly attached. - If using an external cable, plug the cable into the connector in the end bracket. - If using an internal cable, plug the cable into connector at the inside edge of the adapter. 7 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 17
the BIOS Console. The firmware takes several seconds to initialize and will then display the RAID Controller SRCSAS144E number and firmware version. The numbering of the controllers follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board. Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 8 - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 18
and SATA hard disk drives to the SAS RAID controller. Note: Use only "straight" SAS cables, not "cross-over" SAS cables. Figure 2 shows the cable used to connect the internal connectors on a SAS RAID controller to SATA drives. The cable supplied with the Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E is for SATA - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 19
ONLY accept SATA drives. Figure 3 shows these connectors. Physical Link Serial Att ached SCSI Power SAS Primary Physical Link SAS Backplane Recept acle Connector Serial A TA Power SATA Figure 3. SAS and SATA Plugs and SAS Backplane Connector Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 10 - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 20
to a SATA Hard Drive Configuring the Storage Adapter After performing the Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E installation, you must configure the storage adapter and install the operating system driver. The Software User's Guide instructs you on the configuration options and how to set them - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 21
->View/Add Configuration. This allows viewing of the NVRAM and drive configurations. 3. Select the configuration on disk because the drives contain the correct configuration. 4. Press and select YES to update the NVRAM. 5. Exit and reboot. Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 12 - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 22
activity per port for eight ports. SAF-TE Enclosure management support. Warning: Do not connect to a non-expander SAS backplane or data loss may occur. SES2 Enclosure management support. Provides a signal indicating the cache has data to write. 13 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 23
for the Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E. Table 2. Specifications Specification Processor (PCI Controller) Operating Voltage Card Size Array Interface to Host SAS Bus Speed SAS Controller SAS / SATA Ports Cache Firmware Compatible Devices Cabling Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Intel® 80333 - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 24
and config on disk (COD) store RAID configuration. I2C out-of-band, SES2 in-band, SAF-TE (LEDs) Array Performance Features Table 3 shows the RAID Controller SRCSAS144E array performance features. Table 3. Array Performance Features Specification Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E PCI Express - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 25
Specification Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Detects up to 70% of all predictable disk drive failures and monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics. Optional Battery Backup Intel® RAID - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 26
linear feet per minute (SFPM) to avoid operating the 80333 processor above the maximum ambient temperature The storage and transit environment battery are CCSA C22.2, No. 60950-1, UL60950-1 First Edition listed accessory, UL filenumber E257743. 17 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 27
information. See EEPROM. A piece of hardware (such as a video monitor, disk drive, printer, or CD-ROM) used with a computer and under the computer's control. SCSI peripherals are controlled through a SAS Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E. Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 18 - Intel SRCSAS144E | Hardware Guide - Page 28
specification, version 1.0a. Each port on the SAS RAID controller supports SAS and SATA devices. Any device that conforms to the SAS standard and is attached to the SAS bus by a SAS cable. This includes SAS storage adapters (host adapters) and SAS peripherals. 19 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E
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Intel
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RAID Controller SRCSAS144E
Hardware Guide
Intel Order Number: D39308-003