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    In tel ® RAID Con tr oller S ASMF8I Har dwar e User’s Guide Intel Order Number: E33625- 003[...]

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    ii Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide DISCLAIMER INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVID ED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL(R) PROD- UCTS. NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY R IGHTS IS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. EXCEPT AS PRO- VIDED IN INTEL'S TERMS AND CONDITION S OF SALE FOR SUC[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide iii Pr e face This is the primary reference and user ’ s guide for the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I, which can be used for SAS and SA T A II disk dr ives. It contains inst allation instructions and specifications. For details on how to config ure the storage ad apters, and for an overvi[...]

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    iv Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide v T able o f Con ten ts Preface .............. ................................. .............................. ............... ........................... .i i i Audience .......................................... .......................................................................... .. [...]

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    vi Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide vii Lis t of Figur es Figure 1. Inserting the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I into a PCI Express* Slot ........................................................................... ................................... ........ 6 Figure 2. Attaching cables to the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide ix Lis t of T ables Table 1. Jumper Descriptions ........................................................ .......................................... 11 Table 2. Specifications ....................................................... ................................................ ..... 12 Tab[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 1 1 Ov erview This chapter provides a gene ral overview of the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I. It consists of the following sections: • Summary of SAS RAID Controller Featu res • Benefits of Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) The Intel ® RAID Controller SA SMF8I is a high -performance PCI Expr[...]

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    2 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide The SAS controller supports the ANSI Serial-attached SCS I (SAS) S tandar d, V ersion 1.0 . In addition, the controller supports the Seri al A T A (SA T A) protocol defined by the Serial A T A Specification, V ersion 1.0a . The SAS controller is a versa tile controller that supports both the[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 3 • Auto-resume of initialization or rebuild on re boot (the auto rebuild feature must be enabled before virtual disk creatio n). • Smart initialization automatically checks consis tency of virtual disks if there are five or more disks in a RAID 5 array , wh ich optimizes performance by e[...]

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    4 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide • Allows addressing of multiple SA T A tar gets through an expander if using SA T A 2.0- compliant hard disk drives. • Allows multiple initiators to address a sing le tar get (in a fail-over configuration) through an expander . Oper ating Sys tem Support The Intel ® RAID Controller SASM[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 5 2 In tel ® RAID Con tr oller S ASMF8I Har dwar e Installation This chapter describes the proced ures used to install the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I with internal connectors. R equir ements The following items are required to install a Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I: • An Intel ®[...]

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    6 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide Installing the RAID C ontr oller T o install the RAID Controller , follow the se steps: 1. Power off the computer , all drives, encl osures, and system components. Remove the power cord from the computer . 2. Remove the chassis cover and access th e PCI Express add-in card slots . For instru[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 7 5. Connect the SAS/SA T A cables from the ba ckplane (or hard dr ives) to the RAID Controller . Make sure the cables are properly connected to the controller . Figure 2. Attaching cables to the I ntel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I Note: System thr oughput pr oblems can occur if th e SAS cables[...]

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    8 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide 10. W atch the boot process until you see a BIOS message to info rm you of the key combination to press to enter the Intel ® Embedded Server RAID T echnology II Configuration Utility . A message si milar to the following appears: Press <CTRL> + <E> to run the Intel ® Embedded S[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 9 Connecting the Cables This section describes the cables used on the SAS controller and provides instructions for connecting SAS and S A T A hard disk drives to the SAS RAID controller . Note: Use only “straight” SAS cables, not “cr oss-over” SAS cables. The cable supplied with the I[...]

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    10 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide R eplacing a Con troller T o repla ce a failed controller , follow these steps: 1. Power off the computer , all drives, encl osures, and system components. Remove the power cord. 2. Remove the chassis cover and access the PCI Express* add-in card slots. For instructions, see your server doc[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 11 3 In tel ® RAID Con tr oller S ASMF8I Char acteristic s This chapter describes the characteristics of the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I. Figure 4 displays the connectors and headers on the controller and Ta b l e 1 describes them. Figure 4. Card Layout s Table 1. Jumper Descriptions Ju[...]

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    12 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide T echnical Specifications The design and implementation of the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to radio frequency energy , and the effects of electrostatic discharge. See the appendices for regulatory marks and certifications. Ta b l e 2 [...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 13 Arr ay Perf ormance F eatures Ta b l e 3 lists the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I array performance features. F ault T oleranc e Ta b l e 4 lists the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I fault tolerance features. Table 3. Array Perfo rmance Features Specification Intel ® RAID Controller SAS[...]

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    14 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide Electrical Char acteristic s This section provides the powe r requirements for the Intel ® RAID Controller SASMF8I. Ta b l e 5 lists the maximum power requirements. Thermal and A tmospheric Characteris tics The thermal and atmospheric characteristics are: • Relative humidity range: 5% to[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASM F8I Hardware User’s Guide 15 The design and implementation minimizes el ectromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to radio frequency energy , and the effects of electrostatic discharge. The adapter carries the CE mark, C-tick mark, FCC self-certification logo, Canadian compliance statement, Korean MIC, T aiwan BSMI, and[...]

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    16 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware Guide A Glossary o f T erms and Abbr e via tions BIOS Basic Input/Output System. Software that provides basic read/write capability . Usually kept as firmware (ROM based). The system BIOS on a server board is used to boot and control the system. The BIOS on your host adapter acts as an extension of the sy[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware Guide 17 SAS Serial-attached SCSI. A serial, point-to-poi nt, enterprise-level device interface that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set . The SAS interface provides improved performance, simplified cabli ng, smaller connect ions, lower pin count, and lower power requirements when co mpared to parallel SC[...]