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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide i Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide Intel Order Number: E33256- 001[...]

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    ii Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I 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, INTE[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide iii Preface This is the primary reference and user ’ s guide for the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I, 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[...]

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    iv Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide v Figures Figure 1. Inserting the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I into a PCI Express* Slot ........................................................................... ................................... ........ 8 Figure 2. Connecting the Disk Drive.................................... ........[...]

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    vi Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide vii Contents Preface .............. ................................. .............................. ............... ........................... .i i i Audience .......................................... ..................................................... ....................... ......... iii Org[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide ix Tables Table 1. Jumper Descriptions ........................................................ .......................................... 12 Table 2. Specifications ....................................................... ................................................ ..... 14 Table 3. Array Perf[...]

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    1 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 1O v e r v i e w This chapter provides a ge neral overview of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I. It consists of the following sections: • Summary of SAS RAID Controller Features • Benefits of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) The Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Stor age Adapter is a high[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 2 The SAS controller supports the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) standard, version 1.0. In addition, the controller supports the Serial A T A (SA T A) protocol defined by the Serial A T A specification, version 1.0a.T he SAS controller is a versatile controller that supporting both the SAS and SA [...]

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    3 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide • User specified rebuild rate (% of system resources to use from 0-100%). W ar ning: 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 consi[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I 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 rea d 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 [...]

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    5 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide Operating System Support The RAID Controller SRCSAS PH16I suppor ts major operating systems, including: • Microsoft W indows Server 2008*, Mic r oso ft W indows Serve r 2003*, and Microsoft W ind ows XP* • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 an d 5 .0 (32 and 64 bit) • SuSe* Linux Enterprise Se r[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 6 not inhibit airflow . The point-to-point SA T A architecture eliminates inherent difficulties created by the legacy A T A mast er -slave architecture, while maintaining compatibility with existing A T A firmware.[...]

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    7 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 2I n t e l ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Installation This chapter describes the proced ures used to install the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I with internal and extern al connectors. Requirements The following items are required to install a RAID Cont roller SRCSASPH16I: •A n I[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 8 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 conn[...]

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    9 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide — Plug the cable into co nnector at the inside edge of the adapter . Figure 2. Connecting the Disk Drive Note: System thr oughput pr oblems can occur if us ing SAS cables that do not come with the RAID contr oller and that ar e not the corr ect ty pe. T o minimize the potential for pr oblems: -[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 10 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 RAID BIOS Console. It will look similar to the following message: Press <CTRL><G> to run BIOS Console 2. This message will time out after several seconds and pass the [...]

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    11 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide Configuring the Storage Adapter After performing the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16 I installation, you must configure the storage adapter and inst all the operating system driver . The Softwar e User ’ s Guide instructs you on the configuration o ptions and how to set them on your RAID C[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 12 3I n t e l ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Characteristics This chapter describes the characteristics of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I. Figure 4 displays the c onnectors and headers on the controller and T a ble 1 describes them. Figure 4. Card Layout s Table 1. Jumper Descriptions Jum[...]

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    13 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide Technical Specifications The design and implementation of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to radio frequency energy , and the effects of electrostatic discharge. See the appendices for regulatory marks and cert ifications. J6 Dirty Cac[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 14 T able 2 lists the specifications for the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I . Array Performance Features T able 3 shows the RAID Controller SRCS ASPH16I array performance features. Table 2. Specifications Specification Intel ® RAID Controlle r SRCSASPH16I Processor (PCI Controller) Intel ® [...]

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    15 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide Fault Tolerance T able 4 shows the RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I fault tolerance features. Maximum Size of I/O Requests 6.4 Mbytes in 64 Kbyte stripes Maximum Queue Tags per Drive As many as the drive can acc ept Stripe Sizes 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128 Kbyte Maximum Number of Concurrent Commands 255 Su[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide 16 Electrical Characteristics This section provides the power requirements for the RAID Cont roller SRCSASPH16I. T able 5 lists the maximum power requirements. Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics Table 6. Environmental Specificati ons Table 7. Storage and Transit Specifications Table 5. Maxium [...]

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    17 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide Safety Characteristics The RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I meet s or exceeds the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 V0. Each bare board is also marked with the supplier name or trademark, type, and UL flam mability rating. For the boards installed in a PCI Express* bus slot, all voltages are [...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I 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 [...]

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    19 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I 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 imp roved performance, simplified cablin g, smaller connections, lower pin count, and lower power requirem ents when comp ared to pa rall[...]