Intel® RAID Modules RMSP3AD160F, RMSP3CD080F and RMSP3HD080E Hardware User Guide
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Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module Detailed Characteristics
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Intel® RAID Module RMSP3AD160F Description
The Intel® RAID Module RMSP3AD160F is a full-featured Tri-Mode RAID module with 16 internal ports based
on the Avago® SAS3516 RAID-On-Chip (ROC). It supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5,6,10, 50, 60 and includes 4 GB of
72-bit cache memory DDR4 at 2133 MHz. It has an x8 PCI Express* 3.0. PCIe interface and supports up to 64
physical SAS.SATA devices** and up to 64 virtual drives. It also supports up to 4 NVMe drives. This module
has a connector to install the drive encryption premium key. The next figures show the connectors for this
module as well as the LED function and placement.
** Physical devices include expanders, and if dual-ported backplanes are being used, each drive counts twice.
Top side
Bottom side
Figure 1. Intel® RMSP3AD160F RAID module layout