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Intel

RAID Controller SRCSAS18E

User’s Guide

Intel Order Number: D26788-003

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Page 1: ...Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E User s Guide Intel Order Number D26788 003...

Page 2: ...CLUDING LIABILITY OR WARRAN TIES RELATING TO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE MERCHANTABILITY OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT Intel products are not intend...

Page 3: ...e back of the system 5 Provide some electrostatic discharge ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap attached to chassis ground of the system any unpainted metal surface when handling compo...

Page 4: ...die Geh useabdeckung abnehmen um an das Systeminnere zu gelangen sollten Sie folgende Schritte beachten 1 Schalten Sie alle an Ihr System angeschlossenen Peripherieger te aus 2 Schalten Sie das System...

Page 5: ...6 Ne faites pas fonctionner le syst me tandis que le bo tier est ouvert Le microprocesseur et le dissipateur de chaleur peuvent tre chauds si le syst me a t sous tension Faites galement attention aux...

Page 6: ...adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong from a cable If you must use an extension cable use a 3 wire cable with properly grounded plugs To help protect your computer system from sudden transient...

Page 7: ...static damage discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer s electronic components such as the microprocessor You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface...

Page 8: ...ICES 003 USA Canada CISPR 22 International EN55022 Europe EN55024 Europe CE EMC Directive 89 336 EEC Europe VCCI Japan AS NZS 3548 Australia New Zealand BSMI CNS13438 Taiwan RRL MIC Notice No 1997 41...

Page 9: ...this device is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause un...

Page 10: ...x Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E User s Guidel BSMI Marking Class A or B and Class A EMC Warning Taiwan RRL MIC Mark Korea C Tick Mark Australia Regulatory Compliance Country Marking...

Page 11: ...nd on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and th...

Page 12: ...ked with the CE Mark to illustrate its compliance RRL Korea English translation of the notice above 1 Type of Equipment Model Name Model name on product 2 Certification No On RRL certificate Obtain ce...

Page 13: ...m this book are Engineers who are designing a RAID Controller SRCSAS18E storage adapter into a system Anyone installing a RAID Controller SRCSAS18E storage adapter in their RAID system Organization Th...

Page 14: ...xiv Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E User s Guidel...

Page 15: ...PCI Performance 5 Flexibility 6 Drive Roaming 6 Drive Migration 7 Hardware Specifications 8 Chapter 2 Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E Hardware Installation 9 Requirements 9 Quick Installation 10 Deta...

Page 16: ...xvi Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E User s Guidel...

Page 17: ...ard in a PCI Express Slot 11 Figure 3 Internal SAS Cable for Connection to SAS and SATA Hard Disk Drives 13 Figure 4 Serial ATA Connectors 13 Figure 5 SAS and SATA Plugs and SAS Backplane Receptacle C...

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Page 19: ...s Table 1 Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E Overview 8 Table 2 Jumper Descriptions 19 Table 3 Card Characteristics 20 Table 4 Specifications 21 Table 5 Array Performance Features 22 Table 6 Fault Tolera...

Page 20: ...e expanders to connect to additional drives See the ANSI SAS standard version 1 0 specification for more information about the use of expanders As the second generation PCI Express storage adapter the...

Page 21: ...addition the SAS RAID controller supports the following SATA features 3 Gbit s SATA Staggered spin up Hot Plug Native Command Queuing NCQ Note Available with TA D46199 003 or later only Activity and f...

Page 22: ...plified cabling smaller connectors lower pin count and lower power requirements when compared to parallel SCSI SAS controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that is co...

Page 23: ...systems supported by this controller may not be supported by your server board See the tested operating system list for your server board at http support intel com support motherboards server See als...

Page 24: ...ides a scalable interface that supports up to 128 devices through multiple expanders Supports wide ports consisting of 2 3 or 4 phys within a single quad port Supports narrow ports consisting of a sin...

Page 25: ...ts on the same controller When the drives are placed on different ports the controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives Note If you move a drive that is current...

Page 26: ...drives enclosures and system components then disconnect power cords from the systems 3 Open the host systems by following the instructions in the host system technical documentation 4 Remove the SAS...

Page 27: ...t Ports Two internal connectors that support up to four ports per connector Data Transfer Rate Up to 3 Gbits s per port Cache Function Write back Write through Adaptive Read Ahead Non Read Ahead Read...

Page 28: ...S Device Cables Replacing a Failed Controller that Contains Data in the Intel RAID Portable Cache Module 2 After Installing the Storage Adapter Requirements The following items are required to install...

Page 29: ...alled Close the server chassis 7 Reconnect power cable and turn on power Detailed Installation This section provides detailed instructions for installing a RAID Controller SRCSAS18E 1 Unpack the Stora...

Page 30: ...t as shown in Figure 2 Secure the bracket to the computer chassis Figure 2 Inserting the Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E Card in a PCI Express Slot 6 Connect SAS or SATA Devices to the Storage Adapter...

Page 31: ...e a SAS or SATA device the device might not be recognized During the boot a BIOS message appears The firmware takes several seconds to initialize The configuration utility prompt times out after sever...

Page 32: ...o connect a SAS RAID controller with internal connector to the host receptable connector on a backplane A SATA connector consists of a signal connector and a power connector Figure 4 Serial ATA Connec...

Page 33: ...nector and SATA connector is the bridge between the SAS primary physical link and power connector on the SAS controller Note SAS backplane connectors can accept SAS or SATA hard disk drives but SATA b...

Page 34: ...ectly to the SAS backplane or SATA hard disk drives as shown in Figure 6 1 Plug the 7 wire connector on the internal cable into the connector on a SAS RAID controller 2 Plug the connector on the other...

Page 35: ...a RAID Controller SRCSAS18E to an expander board as shown in Figure 7 1 Plug the 7 wire connector on the cable into the connector on a SAS RAID controller 2 Plug the connector on the other end of the...

Page 36: ...Intel RAID Portable Cache Module 2 into the replacement controller 5 Connect the battery cable to the connector on the Intel RAID Portable Cache Module 2 6 Insert the replacement controller into the s...

Page 37: ...er SRCSAS18E 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 on you...

Page 38: ...O architecture for various systems desktops workstations mobile server communications and embedded devices Figure 8 displays the connectors and headers on the controller and Table 2 describes them Fi...

Page 39: ...ge file J10 Dirty cache LED 2 pin connector Connect to enclosure LED to indicate data in cache has not been written to disk J15 Debug header 4 pin connector Factory debug use only J18 I2 C SES2 4 pin...

Page 40: ...ocessor PCI Controller Intel 80333 I O processor at 500 MHz Operating Voltage 3 3 V 12 V Card Size Standard height full length PCI Express adapter card size 4 376 x 9 5 Array Interface to Host PCI Exp...

Page 41: ...Drive As many as the drive can accept Stripe Sizes 8 16 32 64 or 128 Kbyte Maximum Number of Concurrent Commands 255 Support for Multiple Initiators Yes Table 6 Fault Tolerance Features Specification...

Page 42: ...he maximum operating temperature decreases to 45 C when the Intel RAID Portable Cache Module 2 battery backup unit is installed Relative humidity range 5 to 90 non condensing Note The maximum operatin...

Page 43: ...ation 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 These device...

Page 44: ...ntrollers leverage a common electrical and physical connectioin interface that is compatible with Serial ATA The SAS controllers support the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI standard version 1 0 In addition...

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