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Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Intel Order Number: D3 9308-003.
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.
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.
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide v Contents Preface .............. ................................. .............................. ............... ........................... .i i i Audience ..........................................
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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......
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide ix Tables Table 1. Jumper Descriptions ........................................................ .......................................... 13 Table 2. Specifications ...................................
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 • .
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 .
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.
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