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ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller

for IBM System x

User’s Guide

Part Number: 00FH243

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Summary of Contents for ServeRAID M1215 SAS

Page 1: ... ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Part Number 00FH243 ...

Page 2: ...First Edition May 2014 Copyright IBM Corporation 2014 US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp ...

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Page 4: ... 4 ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Safety ...

Page 5: ... 5 ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Safety ...

Page 6: ...M System x User s Guide Safety Statement 28 CAUTION The battery is a lithium ion battery To avoid possible explosion do not burn the battery Exchange it only with the approved part Recycle or discard the battery as instructed by local regulations ...

Page 7: ...11 Automatic Rebuilds on New Drives 18 1 5 12 System JBOD Drives 18 1 6 Hardware Specifications 19 1 7 Technical Support 19 Chapter 2 ServeRAID M1215 Controller Hardware Installation 20 2 1 Requirements 20 2 2 Hardware installation 20 2 3 Connecting a ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller to a Drive Backplane 22 2 4 After Installing the Controller 23 Chapter 3 ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller Cha...

Page 8: ... SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Table of Contents A 6 IBM Taiwan Product Service 29 Appendix B Notices 30 B 1 Trademarks 31 B 2 Important Notes 31 B 3 Documentation Format 32 B 4 Electronic Emission Notices 32 ...

Page 9: ...bles you to recover lost data in the event of a disk failure You can select the data backup method that best suits your needs The controller supports the SAS protocol as described in the Serial Attached SCSI Standard version 3 0 and the SATA III protocol defined by the Serial ATA Revision 3 0 Specification Each port on the controller supports SAS devices and or SATA devices using the following SAS...

Page 10: ...h data throughput RAID 0 is well suited for large files in an environment that does not require fault tolerance 1 RAID 1 uses mirroring so that data written to one drive is simultaneously written to another drive RAID 1 is good for small databases or other applica tions that require small capacity but complete data redundancy 5 RAID 5 uses disk striping and parity data across all drives distribute...

Page 11: ...on but with high end disks This type of configuration is more suitable for low range to midrange servers The following figure shows a direct connect configuration The Inter IC I2C interface communicates with peripherals The external memory bus provides a 16 bit memory bus parity checking and chip select signals for pipelined synchronous burst static random access memory PSBRAM nonvolatile static r...

Page 12: ...ical disks that you want to use in a RAID array The number of drives in an array determines the RAID levels that can be supported by this controller Only one RAID level can be assigned to each virtual disk Table 2 shows the minimum number and the maximum number of drives required for each RAID level Table 2 Physical Devices Required for each RAID Level Raid Level Minimum of Physical Devices Maximu...

Page 13: ...d by the legacy ATA master slave architecture while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware 1 4 1 PCI Express Architecture PCI Express is a local bus system designed to increase data transfers without slowing down the central processing unit CPU You can install your ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA controller in PCI Express computer systems with a standard bracket type With this controller in...

Page 14: ...mplifies cabling between devices Supports wide ports consisting of 2 3 or 4 PHYs within a single quad port Supports narrow ports consisting of a single PHY Transfers data using SCSI information units 1 5 2 SAS Array Limitations This section describes the array limitations of the controller These include limitations such as the number of physical disks supported the maximum number of disks per cont...

Page 15: ... slave construction used in parallel ATA Allows addressing of multiple SATA III targets through an expander Displays activity and fault indicators for each PHY Supports Port Selector for dual port drives Each port on the controller supports SAS devices SATA devices or both using SSP SMP STP and SATA Enables the controller to communicate with other SATA devices Supports staggered spin up Supports h...

Page 16: ...mental component of the T10 data protection model is the addition of 8 bytes of extra protection information transferred with each block of user data in the storage system as shown in the following figure Although not specifically named in the T10 standards this collection of 8 bytes is commonly referred to as the DIF The DIF contains three distinct values a 2 byte logical block guard a 2 byte log...

Page 17: ...the system to which you migrate the drives to prevent a configuration data mismatch between the drives and the NVRAM 2 Turn off the power to the server and all physical disks enclosures and system components Disconnect the power cords from the systems 3 Open the host system following the instructions in the host system technical documentation 4 Remove the SAS cable connectors from the internal dri...

Page 18: ...ur when the drive slot status changes For example an automatic rebuild occurs when you insert a new drive or when you remove a drive and a hot spare replaces the removed drive 1 5 12 System JBOD Drives The iMR mode supports drives in pass through mode which are identified as system drives These drives are also known as JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks drives When a drive without valid metadata is insert...

Page 19: ...to 8 SAS devices or 8 SATA devices such as drives and expanders Ports Eight Internal Data Transfer Rate Up to 12Gb s per phy Bus PCI Express 3 0 Cache Function No See the note at the bottom of this table Multiple Virtual Disks per Controller Yes Up to 64 virtual disks per controller Multiple Arrays per Controller Yes Up to 64 virtual disks per controller Online Capacity Expansion Yes Dedicated and...

Page 20: ...rn off the power to the server unplug the power cords from the power supplies disconnect the server from the network and remove the server cover See the documentation provided with the server for instructions Before you install the controller make sure that the server is disconnected from the power and from any networks 3 Review the Controller Connectors See Chapter 3 ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Cont...

Page 21: ... turn on the power to the server Make sure that the power is turned on to the SAS devices and the SATA III devices before or at the same time as the host server If the power is turned on to the server before it is turned on to the devices the server might not recognize the devices For the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI no BIOS message displays Press F1 to enter System Setup Refer to yo...

Page 22: ...tion describes how to connect the ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA controller by cable to the drive backplane The backplane can contain SAS drives and SATA drives Both the SAS protocols and the SATA protocols use a thin 7 wire connector instead of the 68 wire SCSI cable or 26 wire ATA cable You can use an iPass cable with an internal x4 mini SAS HD 4i SFF 8643 connector at each end to connect the controll...

Page 23: ...bles that you removed 10 Turn on the peripheral devices and the server 2 4 After Installing the Controller After you install the controller you must configure it and install the operating system device driver The ServeRAID M Software User s Guide instructs you on the configuration options and how to set them on your controller The ServeRAID M Device Driver Installation User s Guide provides detail...

Page 24: ...which are described on Table 1 Figure 1 Card Layout for the ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller Table 1 Controller Connectors Connector Description Comments CR1 Heartbeat LED A connected LED blink to indicate activity occurring in any of the connected drives EC1 PCIe x8 board edge connector The RAID controller has an interface with the host system though a standard edge card This interface provide...

Page 25: ...OM SAS Data Transfers Minimum 16MB 32 Kb Up to 12 Gb s per port Table 3 Controller Specifications Specification ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Processor PCI Express Host Controller to PCI Secondary I O Controller LSISAS3008 PCI Express SAS SATA I O Processor chip Operating Voltage 3 3 V 12 V Card Size PCI Express controller card size 68 90 mm 167 64 mm Array Interface to Host PCI Express Rev 3 0 Type of...

Page 26: ...disk stress test and deeply discharged Supercap pack The supply voltages are 12V 8 percent from PCI edge connector only and 3 3V 9 percent from PCI edge connector only Table 6 lists the power supply for the controller for each of the three states at the different voltages Table 4 Array Performance Features Specification ServeRAID M1215 AS SATA Controller PCI Express Host Data Transfer Rate 8 GT s ...

Page 27: ...LFPM to avoid operating the Intel IOP333 processor above the maximum ambient temperature Temperature range 0 C to 55 C The parameters for the non operating such as storage and transit environment for the controller are Relative humidity range is 5 percent to 90 percent noncondensing Temperature range 45 C to 105 C 3 2 6 Safety Characteristics The ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA controller meets or exceed...

Page 28: ...1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Appendix A Getting Help and Technical Assistance Before You Call Appendix A Getting Help and Technical Assistance A 1 Before You Call A 2 Using the Documentation ...

Page 29: ...s Guide Appendix A Getting Help and Technical Assistance Getting Help and Information from the World Wide Web A 3 Getting Help and Information from the World Wide Web A 4 Software Service and Support A 5 Hardware Service and Support A 6 IBM Taiwan Product Service ...

Page 30: ... 30 ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Appendix B Notices Appendix B Notices ...

Page 31: ...tertainment Inc in the United States other countries or both and is used under license therefrom Intel Intel Xeon Itanium and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and or its affiliates Linux is a registered trade...

Page 32: ... 32 ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Appendix B Notices Documentation Format B 3 Documentation Format B 4 Electronic Emission Notices ...

Page 33: ...IBM System x User s Guide Appendix B Notices Electronic Emission Notices IBM Deutschland GmbH IBM Technical Regulations Department M372 IBM Allee 1 71139 Ehningen Germany Telephone 49 7032 15 2941 Email lugi de ibm com European Community contact ...

Page 34: ... 34 ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x User s Guide Appendix B Notices Electronic Emission Notices GmbH Abteilung M372 39 41 lugi ...

Page 35: ...ler for IBM System x User s Guide Appendix B Notices Electronic Emission Notices This is electromagnetic wave compatibility equipment for business Type A Sellers and users need to pay attention to it This is for any areas other than home ...

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