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Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User’s Guide

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Intel

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RAID Controller SASUC8I

Hardware Installation

This chapter describes the procedures used to install the Intel

®

RAID Controller

SASUC8I with internal connectors.

Requirements

The following items are required to install a Intel

®

RAID Controller SASUC8I:

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An Intel

®

RAID Controller SASUC8I.

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A host system with an available x8 bi-directional PCI Express* slot.

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The

Resource CD

, which contains drivers and documentation.

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Cables that are compatible with the RAID controller.

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SAS or SATA II hard disk drives.

Note:

Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

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Summary of Contents for SASUC8I - RAID Controller

Page 1: ...Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User s Guide Intel Order Number E54443 002...

Page 2: ...PRODUCTS INCLUDING LIABILITY OR WARRANTIES RELATING TO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE MERCHANTABIL ITY OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROP ERTY RIGHT Intel products ar...

Page 3: ...d support devices The people who benefit from this book are Engineers who are designing an Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I for a system Anyone installing an Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I in a RAID syste...

Page 4: ...iv Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User s Guide...

Page 5: ...ial Attached SCSI SAS 4 Chapter 2 Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware Installation 5 Requirements 5 Installing the RAID Controller 6 Connecting the Cables 8 Configuring the Storage Adapter 9 Replac...

Page 6: ...vi Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User s Guide...

Page 7: ...de vii List of Figures Figure 1 Inserting the Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I into a PCI Express Slot 6 Figure 2 Attaching cables to the Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I 7 Figure 3 SAS and SATA Plugs and S...

Page 8: ...viii Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User s Guide...

Page 9: ...er SASUC8I Hardware User s Guide ix List of Tables Table 1 Jumper Descriptions 11 Table 2 Specifications 12 Table 3 Array Performance Features 13 Table 4 Fault Tolerance Features 13 Table 5 Electrical...

Page 10: ...x Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User s Guide...

Page 11: ...14 physical devices in IR mode and up to 122 devices including expander devices in IT non RAID mode For more information about the use of expanders see the ANSI SAS Standard Specification Version 1 0...

Page 12: ...sk devices and mixed capacity drives Support for RAID levels 0 1 1E and 10E Hot spare with auto rebuild if an array drive fails Fixed RAID stripe size of 64 KB Advanced array configuration and managem...

Page 13: ...rts SSP to enable communication with other SAS devices Supports SMP to communicate topology management information Supports either single PHY or wide ports consisting of 2 3 or 4 PHY within a single q...

Page 14: ...erial data transfers The serial transmission of SCSI commands eliminates clock skew challenges The SAS interface provides improved performance simplified cabling smaller connectors lower pin count and...

Page 15: ...rs Requirements The following items are required to install a Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I An Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I A host system with an available x8 bi directional PCI Express slot The Reso...

Page 16: ...ter 2 Remove the chassis cover and access the PCI Express add in card slots For instructions see your server chassis documentation 3 Align the controller s connector with a x8 PCI Express slot on the...

Page 17: ...hould be reduced by about one foot 33 meters if using a backplane You may connect one device per SATA SAS cable either as a device or as an expander Route SAS cables carefully Use only straight SAS ca...

Page 18: ...ntroller SASUC8I number and firmware version The numbering of the controllers follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board Connecting the Cables This section describes the cables used...

Page 19: ...as detailed installation instructions for operating system drivers Replacing a Controller To replace a failed controller follow these steps 1 Power off the computer and all drives enclosures and syst...

Page 20: ...10 Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User s Guide...

Page 21: ...n the controller and Table 1 describes them Figure 4 Card Layouts Table 1 Jumper Descriptions Jumper Description Type Comments J1 PCI Express x8 lane board edge connector J2 Internal SAS SATA port con...

Page 22: ...te the adapter heartbeat or it turns yellow when the adapter firmware detects a fault condition Table 2 Specifications Specification Intel RAID Controller SASUC8I Operating Voltage 3 3 V 12 V Card Siz...

Page 23: ...Drive Data Transfer Rate 3 Gigabit s per lane Maximum Queue Tags per Drive As many as the drive can accept Stripe Sizes 64 Kbyte Background Services Rebuild Cache Options Disk cache enabled disabled...

Page 24: ...troller SASUC8I meets or exceeds the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 V0 Each bare board is also marked with the supplier name or trademark type and UL flammability rating For the boards inst...

Page 25: ...e configuration information It provides stable storage for long periods without electricity and can be reprogrammed See NVRAM External SAS Device A SAS device installed outside the computer cabinet Th...

Page 26: ...S controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that is compatible with Serial ATA The SAS controllers support the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI standard version 1 0 In additi...

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