Intel® RAID Modules RMSP3AD160F, RMSP3CD080F and RMSP3HD080E Hardware User Guide
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Intel® RAID Module RMSP3CD080F
The Intel® RAID Module RMSP3CD080F is a full-featured Tri-Mode RAID module with eight (8) internal ports
based on the Avago® SAS3508 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 240 physical SAS/SATA devices**, two (2) NVMe drives, and up to 64 virtual drives. This module has a
connector to install the Drive Encryption Premium Key. The next figures show the connectors for this module.
** Physical devices include expanders, and if dual-ported backplanes are being used, each drive counts twice.
Top side
Bottom side
Figure 4. Intel® RMSP3CD160F RAID module layout