Intel AXXRMS2LL040, Hardware User'S Manual

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Intel® RAID Module RMS2LL040 and RMS2LL080 Hardware User’s Guide 3
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:
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Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) to enable communication with other SAS devices.
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SATA II Protocol to enable communication with other SATA II devices.
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Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to share topology management information
with expanders.
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Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through expander interfaces..
Operating System Support
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Windows Server 2008* R2 and Windows Server 2003*
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Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 5.0
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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
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Small, thin cabling with up to 6.0 Gb/s serial, point-to-point data transfer rates.
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Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives.
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Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 1E.
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Dedicated or global hot spare with auto rebuild if an array drive fails.
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Fixed RAID strip size of 64 KB.
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Advanced array configuration and management utilities that provide drive roaming.
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Upgradeable Flash ROM interface.
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Allows for staggered spin-up, hot-plug, and lower power consumption.
Redundancy and Error Handling
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SGPIO, In-band and out-band SES2 Enclosure management support.
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Activity and fault indicators per drive, port selector (dual-port drives).
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Auto-detection of failed drives with transparent rebuild.