Intel® Server Board S2600CW Family TPS
Intel® Server Board S2600CW Functional Architecture
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The following diagram identifies the location of the key to enable ESRT2 RAID level 5.
Using the <F2> BIOS Setup Utility, accessed during system POST, system setup options are
available to enable/disable the Software RAID feature. By default, the embedded SATA
Software RAID feature is disabled.
3.4.9
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Support
The Intel® Server Board S2600CW2SR/S2600CWTSR supports a Gen3 12G SAS IO Controller
with LSISAS3008 (S2600CW2R/S2600CWTR does not support this). The 8-port SAS (12G) or
SATA (6G) will connect to a 1x2 Right Angle (RA) mini-SAS HD connector and be used for Hot
Swap Backplane (HSBP) connectivity.
The following list summarizes the features of the LSISAS3008 controller:
Providing an eight-lane 8Gbps PCIe 3.0 host interface
Providing an eight-port 12Gbps SAS and 6Gbps SATA interface
Providing a full-featured hardware-based RAID solution that supports RAID levels 0, 1,
1E, and 10
16Mbytes Flash ROM memory
256kbit MRAM memory for write journaling support
Up to two 36-pin RA mini-SAS HD connectors