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 RAID Controller SRCSASBB8I

 

Hardware User’s Guide

Intel Order Number: E33166-001

Summary of Contents for SRCSASBB8I - RAID Controller

Page 1: ...Intel RAID Controller SRCSASBB8I Hardware User s Guide Intel Order Number E33166 001 ...

Page 2: ...TS INCLUDING LIABILITY OR WARRANTIES RELATING TO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE MERCHANTABILITY OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT Intel products are not intended for use in medical life saving life sustaining applications Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice Intel is a trademark or registered trade...

Page 3: ...le who benefit from this book are Engineers who are designing an Intel RAID Controller SRCSASBB8I storage adapter for a system Anyone installing an Intel RAID Controller SRCSASBB8I storage adapter in a RAID system Organization This document includes the following chapters and appendixes Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the Intel RAID Controller SRCSASBB8I Chapter 2 describes the procedures...

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Page 5: ...llation 7 Requirements 7 Install the RAID Controller 7 Configure the RAID Controller 10 Replacing a Controller Resolving a Config Mismatch 10 Chapter 3 Intel RAID Controller SRCSASBB8I Characteristics 11 Technical Specifications 12 Array Performance Features 13 Fault Tolerance 13 Electrical Characteristics 14 Safety Characteristics 14 A Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install 15 Drive Roaming 15...

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Page 7: ...n for the RAID controller even during system failures Benefits of SAS SAS is a serial point to point enterprise level device interface that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set SAS is a convergence of the advantages of SATA SCSI and FC and is the future mainstay of the enterprise and high end workstation storage markets SAS offers a higher bandwidth per pin than parallel SCSI and improves signal...

Page 8: ...other SATA II devices Serial Management Protocol SMP Topology management information sharing with expanders Serial Tunneling Protocol STP support for SATAII through expander interfaces Operating System Support Windows Server 2003 Windows 2000 Enterprise Server SP4 and Windows XP Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 4 0 ad 5 0 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 3 and SLES 10 The operating systems supported...

Page 9: ...SES2 Enclosure management support Fault indicators per drive Drive coercion auto resizing to match existing disks Auto detection of failed drives with transparent rebuild There must be disk activity I O to the drive for a missing drive to be marked as failed Auto resume on reboot of initialization or rebuild must be enabled before virtual disk creation Smart initialization automatically checks con...

Page 10: ...ata is not in the cache Direct I O Reads data directly from disk not cache Redundancy through Configuration stored in nonvolatile RAM and on the drives COD Hot swap support Optional battery backup for cache memory Controller provides fast or trickle charges SAS SATA Features of the 1078 Controller Provides eight independent phys each supporting 3 0 Gbps SATA data transfers Scalable interface that ...

Page 11: ...D 5 to RAID 0 RAID 6 to RAID 0 With OCE migrations supported are RAID 0 to RAID 1 RAID 0 to RAID 5 RAID 1 to RAID 5 Beep Codes Short beep 1 second on 1 second off Array is degraded but no data lost Long beep 3 seconds on 1 second off Array has failed Data has been lost Short beep 1 second on 3 seconds off Using hot spare in rebuild Alarm will continue during rebuild with a different sound at compl...

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Page 13: ...ation SAS or SATA 3 0 hard drives Note Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply UPS Install the RAID Controller 1 Turn off the power to the system and all drives enclosures and system components Remove the power cord s 2 Follow the instructions that came with your server system to remove the server cover 3 If necessary change the bracket on the RAID controller to...

Page 14: ...ort combined end of an internal cable to the right connector If you are using more than four drives without using an expander backplane connect the second cable to the left connector See the following figure To prevent throughput problems use the cables provided or use the shortest possible cable Do not use cables longer than one meter Decrease the maximum length by one foot if using a backplane D...

Page 15: ...BB8I Hardware User s Guide 9 Figure 3 Connecting Cables between the RAID Controller and Drives Backplane 6 Install the server system cover and connect the power cords See your server system documentation for instructions AF002631 ...

Page 16: ...he server board 3 See the Quick Start User s Guide and the Software User s Guide for instructions to configure the RAID controller and to install the operating system drivers Replacing a Controller Resolving a Config Mismatch To replace the RAID controller see your server system documentation for instructions to remove and then install an add in adapter If the newly installed RAID controller was p...

Page 17: ...n lit indicates the data in the cache has not been written to disk J3 Drive Activity LED Header 2 pin connector LED signal for drive activity J4 Debug Connector 2 pin connector Reserved J5 Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART 4 pin connector For factory and debug use J6 Mode 0 Select 2 pin connector No jumper is required for normal operation Setting the controller to Mode 0 holds the I...

Page 18: ...ed half length 6 6 inch MD2 Array interface to host PCI Express Rev 1 0A x8 lane width 2 5 Gbps SATA bus speed 3 Gbps per port point to point Serial port 3 pin RS232 compatible connector for debug use only SAS controller LSI 1078 SAS SATA ports 2x4 internal ports 16 devices per port with expanders Physical and virtual drive support 32 physical drives 64 virtual drives and 16 RAID arrays per contro...

Page 19: ...tion OCE and Patrol Read Cache options Write back or Write through Read Ahead Adaptive Read Ahead NonRead Ahead Cache I O or Direct I O Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART support Detects up to 70 of predictable disk drive failures and monitors the internal performance of all motors heads and drive electronics Optional Battery Backup Intel RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU6 cache bac...

Page 20: ...board is marked with the supplier name or trademark type and UL flammability rating For the boards installed in a PCI bus slot all voltages are lower than the SELV 42 4 V limit PCI 12 V PCI 3 3 Aux PCI 3 3 V Temperatures Other 1 0 1 81A 30mA 330mA 0C to 40C with battery 0 to 50C without battery Non operating no battery 30C to 80C Airflow 200 LFPM relative humidity non condensing 5 90 With battery ...

Page 21: ... use drive roaming 1 Turn off the power to the system and all drives enclosures and system components Remove the power cord s 2 Follow the instructions that came with your server system to remove the server cover 3 Move the drives to different positions on the backplane to change the targets See your server documentation for instructions to install and remove drives 4 Determine the target requirem...

Page 22: ...stem and all drives enclosures and system components Remove the power cord s 3 Follow the instructions that came with your server system to remove the server cover 4 Disconnect the cables from the drives to be migrated 5 Remove the hard drives from the first system and install them into the second system See your server documentation for instructions to install and remove drives 6 Connect the data...

Page 23: ... protect your computer system from sudden transient increases and decreases in electrical power use a surge suppressor line conditioner or uninterruptible power supply Be sure nothing rests on your computer system s cables and that the cables are not located where they can be stepped on or tripped over Do not spill food or liquids on your computer If the computer gets wet consult the documentation...

Page 24: ...ent 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 such as the metal around the card slot openings at the back of the computer As you continue to work inside the computer periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to remove any static charge yo...

Page 25: ...connect all cables connected to I O connectors or ports on the 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 components 6 Do not operate the system with the chassis covers removed After you have completed the six SAFETY steps above you can remove the sy...

Page 26: ...lter für Gleichstrom nicht ausgeschaltet Ziehen Sie jedes Wechselstrom Netzkabel aus der Steckdose bzw dem Netzgerät um den Stromanschluß des Systems zu unterbrechen SICHERHEISMASSNAHMEN Immer wenn Sie die Gehäuseabdeckung abnehmen um an das Systeminnere zu gelangen sollten Sie folgende Schritte beachten 1 Schalten Sie alle an Ihr System angeschlossenen Peripheriegeräte aus 2 Schalten Sie das Syst...

Page 27: ...or dem Einschalten installiert werden Ein Betrieb des Systems ohne angebrachte Abdeckung kann Ihrem System oder Teile darin beschädigen Um die Abdeckung wieder anzubringen 1 Vergewissern Sie sich daß Sie keine Werkzeuge oder Teile im Innern des Systems zurückgelassen haben 2 Überprüfen Sie alle Kabel Zusatzkarten und andere Komponenten auf ordnungsgemäßen Sitz und Installation 3 Bringen Sie die Ab...

Page 28: ...liez la à la masse du système toute surface métallique non peinte du boîtier 6 Ne faites pas fonctionner le système tandis que le boîtier est ouvert Une fois TOUTES les étapes précédentes accomplies vous pouvez retirer les panneaux du système Procédez comme suit 1 Si un cadenas a été installé sur à l arrière du système déverrouillez le et retirez le 2 Retirez toutes les vis des panneaux et mettez ...

Page 29: ...interruptor activado desactivado en el panel frontal no desconecta la corriente alterna del sistema Para desconectarla deberá desenchufar todos los cables de corriente alterna de la pared o desconectar la fuente de alimentación INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD Cuando extraiga la tapa del chasis para acceder al interior del sistema siga las siguientes instrucciones 1 Apague todos los dispositivos perifér...

Page 30: ...mpruebe que los cables las placas adicionales y otros componentes se hayan instalado correctamente 3 Incorpore las tapas al chasis mediante los tornillos extraídos anteriormente tensándolos firmemente 4 Inserte el bloqueo de seguridad en el sistema y bloquéelo para impedir que pueda accederse al mismo sin autorización 5 Conecte todos los cables externos y los cables de alimentación CA al sistema S...

Page 31: ... del sistema qualora ve ne fosse uno installato 2 Togliere e mettere in un posto sicuro tutte le viti delle coperture 3 Togliere le coperture Per il giusto flusso dell aria e raffreddamento del sistema rimettere sempre le coperture del telaio prima di riaccendere il sistema Operare il sistema senza le coperture al loro proprio posto potrebbe danneggiare i componenti del sistema Per rimettere le co...

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Page 33: ...liance Class B FCC 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 EMC 1997 42 EMI Korea Product Regulatory Compliance Markings The RAID Controller Card is marked with the following compliance markings Some marking information may be provided on th...

Page 34: ... the FCC Rules Operation of 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 undesired operation FCC Marking Class B USA EMC Marking Class A Canada CANADA ICES 003 CLASS A CANADA NMB 003 CLASSE A EMC Marking Class B Canada CANADA ICES 003 CLASS B CANA...

Page 35: ...vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause har...

Page 36: ...tal apparatus set out in the interference causing equipment standard entitled Digital Apparatus ICES 003 of the Canadian Department of Communications Cet appareil numŽrique respecte les limites bruits radioŽlectriques applicables aux appareils numŽriques de Classe Aprescrites dans la norme sur le matŽriel brouilleur Appareils NumŽriques NMB 003 ŽdictŽe par le Ministre Canadien des Communictations ...

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