Intel® Server System R2000WF Product Family Technical Product Specification
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7.
Storage Controller Options Overview
The Intel® Server System R2000WF product family has support for a variety of storage controller and storage
device options including:
Onboard SATA support
Embedded software RAID support
M.2 SSD support
NVMe* SFF SSD support
Intel® Integrated RAID Modules support
7.1
Onboard SATA Support
The server board utilizes two chipset embedded AHCI SATA controllers, identified as
SATA
and
sSATA
,
providing for up to ten 6 Gb/sec Serial ATA (SATA) ports.
The AHCI
sSATA
controller provides support for up to 4 SATA ports on the server board:
•
Two ports accessed via two white single port 7-pin connectors labeled “sSATA-4” and “sSATA-5” on the
server board
•
Two ports (sSATA 1 and sSATA 2) via two M.2 SSD connectors
The AHCI
SATA
controller provides support for up to 8 SATA ports on the server board: (S2600WFT &
S2600WF0 boards only)
•
Four ports from the Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8643) connector labeled “SATA Ports 0-3” on the server board
•
Four ports from the Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8643) connector labeled “SATA Ports 4-7” on the server board.
Note
: The onboard SATA controllers are not compatible with and cannot be used with SAS expander cards.
Figure 61. Onboard storage support features
SATA ports 0-3
SATA ports 4-7
sSATA port 4
sSATA port 5