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Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Intel Order Number: D3 9308-003[...]
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ii Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 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 SUCH PRODUCTS, INTEL[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide iii Preface This is the primary reference and user ’ s guide for the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E, which can be used for SAS and SA T A disk drives. It contains installation instructions and specifications. For details on how to config ure the storage ad apters, and for an overview of the s[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide v Contents Preface .............. ................................. .............................. ............... ........................... .i i i Audience .......................................... .......................................... .................................. ......... iii Organi[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide vii Figures Figure 1. Inserting the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E in to a PCI Express* Slot ............ 7 Figure 2. Internal SAS Cabl e for Connection to SAS Backplan e or SATA Hard Drives............ 9 Figure 3. SAS and SATA Plugs and SAS Backplane Connector .................................[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide ix Tables Table 1. Jumper Descriptions ........................................................ .......................................... 13 Table 2. Specifications ....................................................... ........................................... ..... ..... 14 Table 3. Array Perf[...]
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1 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 1O v e r v i e w This chapter provides a gene ral overview of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E. It consists of the following sections: • Summary of SAS RAID Controller Features • Benefits of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) The Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E S torage Adapter is a high-pe[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 2 • Support for up to 32 SAS or SA T A drives and 40 logical drives. • PCI Express* connector that fits into a x8 PCI Express slot capable of 2.5 Gbps per lane over PCI Expre ss x1, or x4. • 3.0 Gbps point-to- point transfer rate. • Both a standard and a low -profile bracket. The SAS control[...]
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3 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide • User specified rebuild rate (% of system resources to use from 0-100%). W arning: Exceeding 50% rate may caus e operating system e rr ors caused by waiting for contr oller access. • Background operating mode can be set for rebuilds, consistency checks, initialization (auto restarting consist[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 4 — I/0 setting: Determines whether to read /write from cache to improve performance: ^ Cache I/O: W rites to the cache and next read checks the cache first. ^ Direct I/O: Never uses cache, all data goes from host to disk to host. • Redundancy thro ugh: — Configuration stored in nonvolatile RA[...]
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5 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Operating System Support The RAID Controller SRCSAS144E supports major operating sy stems, inclu ding: • W indows 2000*, W indows Server 2003*, and W indows XP* • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 and 4.0 • SuSe* Linux Enterprise Se rver 9 and 9 SP1 Note: The operating systems supported by this [...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 6 2I n t e l ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Installation This chapter describes the proced ures used to install the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E with int ernal and external connectors. Requirements The following items are required to in stall a RAID Controller SRCS AS144E: •A n I n [...]
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7 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Installation 1. Power off the computer and all drives, en closures, and system components. Remove the power cord from the computer . 2. Remove the chassis cover and access the PCI Express add-in card slots. See your server chassis documentation for instructions. 3. Align the controller ’ s conne[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 8 Note: System thr oughput pr oblems can occur if using SAS cables that do not come with the RAID contr oller and that ar e not the corr ect type. T o minimize the potential for pr oblems: - Use cables no longer than ten meters for SAS and one meter for SA T A. It is better to use the shortest possi[...]
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9 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Connecting the Cables This section describes the cables used on th e SAS controller and prov ides instructions for connecting SAS and SA T A hard disk drives to the SAS RAID contro ller . Note: Use only “straight” SA S cables, not “cr oss-over” SAS cables. Figure 2 shows the cable used to [...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 10 A SA T A connector cons ists of a signal conn ector and a p ower connect or . The SAS connector adds a bridge (primary physical link) between the signal connector and the power connector . This means SAS backplane connectors ca n accept either drive type, but SA T A backplane connectors can ONL Y[...]
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11 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Perform the following steps to connect a RA ID Controller SRCSAS144E directly to a SAS backplane or to SA T A ha rd drives. When cabling directly to hard drives or to backplanes that do not includ e expander suppor t, use one cable per drive. When cabling to backplanes that inc lude expander su p[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 12 Replacing a Controller Perform the following steps to replace a failed controller . 1. Power off the computer and all drives, en closures, and system components. Remove the power cord. 2. Remove the chassis cover and access the PCI Express add-in card slots. Se e your server documentation for ins[...]
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13 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 3I n t e l ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Characteristics This chapter describes the characteristics of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E. Figure 5 displays the connectors and headers on the controller and T able 1 describes them. Figure 5. Card Layout s Table 1. Jumper Descriptions Jumper D[...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 14 Technical Specifications The design and implementation of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to radio frequency ener gy , and the effects of electrostatic discharge. See the appendices fo r regulatory marks and certifications. T able 2 list[...]
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15 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Array Performance Features T able 3 shows the RAID Controller S RCSAS144E array performance features. Redundant Configuration 32 Kb NVRAM and config on disk (COD) store RAID configuration. Enclosure Management I 2 C out-of-band, SES2 in-band, SAF-TE (LEDs) Table 2. Specifica tions Specificatio n [...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 16 Fault Tolerance T able 4 shows the RAID Controller S RCSAS144E fault tolerance features. Electrical Characteristics This section provides the power requirements for the RAID Cont roller SRCSAS144Es. T able 5 lists the maximum power requirements. Table 4. Fault Tolerance Feature s Specification In[...]
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17 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics The thermal and atmospheric characteristics are: • Relative humidity range: 5% to 90% non-condensing • Maximum dew point temperature: 32° C • Airflow must be at least 300 linear feet per minute (SFPM) to avoid operating the 80333 processor above the [...]
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 18 A Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations BIOS Basic Input/Output System. Software that provides basic read/write capability . Usually kept as firm wa re (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 s[...]
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19 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 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 cablin g, smaller connections, lower pin count, and lower power requirem ents when co mpared to pa rallel[...]