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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide i Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide Intel Order Number: E33256- 001.
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.
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.
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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 ........................................................................... ............................
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide vii Contents Preface .............. ................................. .............................. ............... ........................... .i i i Audience .......................................
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I Hardware Guide ix Tables Table 1. Jumper Descriptions ........................................................ .......................................... 12 Table 2. Specifications ..................................
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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