Intel® RAID Adapters RSP3TD160, RSP3MD088, RSP3DD080 and RSP3WD080 Hardware User Guide
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Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters Feature Set.
The following table describes the feature set of the Intel Tri-Mode adapters
Table 1. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapter comparative feature set
Feature
RSP3TD160F
RSP3MD088F
RSP3DD080F
RSP3WD080E
I/O Processor
Broadcom* SAS3516
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
Broadcom* SAS3516
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
Broadcom* SAS3508
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
Broadcom* SAS3408
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
RAID Levels
0,1,5,6,10, 50, 60
0,1,5,6,10, 50, 60
0,1,5,6,10, 50, 60
0,1,5,10
JBOD Mode or Pass-
thru mode
(SAS/SATA)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cache Memory
4 GB DDR4 at 2133
MHz
4 GB DDR4 at 2133
MHz
4 GB DDR4 at 2133
MHz
N/A
Form Factor
MD2 (PCIe card)
MD2 (PCIe card)
MD2 (PCIe card)
MD2 (PCIe card)
Drive Interface
Connectors
4 internal
2 internal, 2 external
2 internal
2 internal
PCIe* Interface
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
Data Transfer Rates
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
Operating
Temperature
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Operating System
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Drive Types
SAS, SATA, NVMe
SAS, SATA, NVMe
SAS, SATA, NVMe
SAS, SATA, NVMe
Maximum NVMe
drives supported
4
2
2
2
Maximum SAS/SATA
devices supported***
64
64
64
63
Maximum Virtual
Drives
64 (SAS/SATA/NVMe)
64 (SAS/SATA/NVMe)
64 (SAS/SATA/NVMe)
32 (SAS/SATA/NVMe)
Advanced array
configuration and
management
utilities
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Support for global
hot spares and
dedicated hot
spares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only global hot spares
Support for user-
defined strip sizes:
8, 16, 32, 64, 128,
256, 512, or 1024
KB
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Advanced array
configuration and
management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
