Intel RS3DC080 manual

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    Thank you for buying an Intel® RAID Con troller . Y our Intel® RAID Con troller pr o vides reliability , high performance, and fault-t olerant driv e subsystem managemen t, and it off ers an ideal RAID solution for the in ternal stor age of w orkgroup, departmen tal, and enterprise s ystems.The f ollowing in forma tion will help you assemble y ou[...]

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    T able o f Con ten ts Gener al Installa tion Pr ocess ........................................................................................................ 2 R ef erence Documen ts .................................................................................................................... 3 Unpack the RAID Con troller ...................[...]

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    ii W arning Read all caution and safety statements in this document before performing any of the instructions. Also see the Intel ® Server Board and Ser ver Chassis Safety Information document at: http://www .intel.com/support/ motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770 .htm for complete safety information. W arning Installation and service of this product [...]

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    1 Pr oduct Ov erview The Intel ® RAID Controller RS3DC040/RS3DC080 is a PCI-Express ® (PCIe ® ) 3.0, low-profile controller with RAID control capability , based on the LSISAS3108 RAID On-a-Chip (ROC) device. • 12.0 Gb/s SAS III performance The Intel ® RAID Controller RS3DC040 uses 1 GB of DDR3 1866-MHz memory and controls four internal Seria[...]

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    2 Gener al Ins talla tion Pr ocess 1 Unpack the RAID Con troller Unpack the RAID controller in a static-free environment. Remove the controller from the antistatic bag, and inspect it for damage. A low-profile bracket is included with the RAID controller . If the RAID controller appears to be damaged or the low-profile bracket is missing, contact[...]

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    3 Gener al Ins talla tion Pr ocess 6 Po wer up the S ystem Reinstall the computer cover , and reconnect the power cords. T urn on the power to the host computer . Make sure that the power is turned on to the SAS devices and the SA T A III devices before or at the same time that the power to the host computer is turned on. If the power is turned on [...]

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