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    In tel ® RAID Con tr oller SR CS A T A WB Har dw ar e User’ s Guide Intel Order Number: D92006-001[...]

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    ii Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUM ENT IS PR OVIDED IN CO NNECTION WITH INTEL(R) PRODUCTS. NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIE D, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS I S GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN INTEL'S TERMS AND CONDITI ONS OF SALE FOR SU CH PRODUC[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide iii Pr e fac e This is the primary hard ware guide for the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSA T A WB, which can be used for SA T A disk drives. It contai ns installation instructions and specifica tions. For details on how to config ure the storage ad apters, and for an overview of the software[...]

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

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide v Con ten ts Preface .............. ................................. .............................. ............... .............. ............. .i i i Audience .......................................... ............................................................... ............. ........[...]

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    1 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 1 Ov erview The Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSA T A WB is a high-performance intelligent PCI- Express* SA T A RAID controller that of fe rs reliability , high performance, and fault- tolerant disk subsystem management. This is an RAID solution meets the internal storage needs of workgroup,[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 2 Operating System Support • W indows Server 2003*, W indows 2000* Enterprise Server , SP4 and W indows XP*. • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 and 4.0. • SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, SP1-3 and SLES 10. The operating systems sup ported may not be supported by your server board. See t[...]

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    3 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide Redundancy and Error Handling • In-band and out-of-band SES2. • Enclosure managemen t support. • Activity and fault in dicators per driv e. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to match existing disks). • Auto-detection of failed drives with transpar ent rebuild. There must be disk a[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 4 • Redundancy through: — Configuration stored in nonvolatile RAM and on the drives (COD). — Hot-swap support. — Optional battery backup fo r cache memory . Controller provides fast or trickle charges. SA T A F eatures o f the 1078 Contr oller • Provides eight independent phys, ea[...]

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    5 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules • Migration must occur to the same or larger capacity configuration. • Migration cannot occur if there is more than one v irtual disk in a logical array . • Migration and OCE cann ot be done on Spanned Arrays (RAID 10, 50, 60)[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSATAWB Hardware User’s Guide 6 2 In tel ® RAID Con tr oller SRCS A T A WB Har dwar e Installation R equir emen ts • The Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSA T A WB, with the provided cables. • A host system with an available x4 or x8 PCI-Express* slot. • The Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation. • SA[...]

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    7 Intel® RAID Controller SRC SATAWB Hardware User’s Guide Figure 2. Ins talling the Intel ® RAID Contr oll er SRCS A T A WB 5. For the first four drives, ports 0 - 3, conn ect one 4-port combined end of an internal cables to the upper connector . If you are using more than four drives without using an expander backplane, connect the second cabl[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSATAWB Hardware User’s Guide 8 Figure 3. Connecting Cables betw een th e RAID Contr oller and Drives/Backplane 6. Install the server system cover and connec t the power cords. See your server system documentation for instructions. AF002211[...]

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    9 Intel® RAID Controller SRC SATAWB Hardware User’s Guide Con figur e the RAID Con tr oller 1. T urn on the system power and listen to be sure that the SA T A devices power up before or at the same time as the system. 2. During the boot, a BIOS message displays to state the keys to press to enter the Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2, such as Press &[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSATAWB Hardware User’s Guide 10 3 In tel ® RAID Con tr oller SRCS A T A WB Char acteristic s Figure 4. Card Layout s Jumper Description Ty p e Comments J1 Dirty cache LED header 2-pin header Provides signal to indicate cache needs to write data. J2 On-board BIOS enable 2-pin jumper Default is for no jumper J3 Serial UA[...]

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    11 Intel® RAID Controller SRC SATAWB Hardware User’s Guide T echnical Specifications Specifica tion Intel ® RAID C ontroller SR CSA T A WB Processor LSI* 1078 Integrated RAID on Chip 500 MHz Operating foltage +3.3 V, +12 V Card size Low profile, extended half-l engt h (7.71-inch x 2.536-inch ) Array interface to host PCI Express* Rev 1.0A, x4 l[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSATAWB Hardware User’s Guide 12 Arr ay Perf ormanc e F eatur es F ault T oleranc e Host data transfer rate 2.5 Gigabit/s per PCI Express* lane Drive data transfer rate 3 Gigabit/s per lane Maximum scatter / gather 26 elements Maximum size of I/O requests 6.4 Mbytes in 64 Kbyte stripes Max queue tags per drive As many as[...]

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    13 Intel® RAID Controller SRC SATAWB Hardware User’s Guide Electrical Char acteristic s Safe ty Characteris t ics The Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSA T A WB meets or exceeds the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 V0. Ea ch bare board is marked with the supplier name or trademark, type, and UL flammab ility rating. For the boards installed [...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSATAWB Hardware User’s Guide 14[...]

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    15 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide Appendix A: Driv e R oaming and Driv e Migr ation Install Driv e R oaming Drive roaming occurs when th e hard drives are changed to different ports on the same controller . When the drives are placed on di fferent ports, the controller detects the RAID configuration from the con figur at[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 16 Driv e Migr ation Drive migration moves a configured set of ha rd drives from one controller to another . The drives must remain on the same port and be rein stalled in the same order as in the original configuration. The controller to which you migrate the drives cannot have an existing[...]

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    17 Appendix B: Installation / Assembly Saf ety Ins tructions As you use your computer system, observe these safety guidelines: • Do not operate your compute r system with any cover(s) (such as computer covers, bezels, filler brackets, and front-panel inserts) removed: • T o help avo id damaging your computer , be sure the voltage selection swit[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 18 Additional safety guidelines: • When you disconnect a cable, pull on its co nnector or on its stra in-relief loop, not on the cable itself. Some cables have a connector with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before disconnect the ca[...]

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    19 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide English Read all caution and safety stateme nts in this document before performing any of the instructions. See also Intel Serve r Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information on the Resource CD and/or at http:support.int el.comsupportmother boardsserversbcs- 010770.htm. The power[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 20 Deutsch Lesen Sie zunŠchst sŠmtliche Warn- und Sicherheitshinweise in diesem Dokument, bevor Sie eine der Anweisunge n ausfŸhren. Beachten Sie hierzu auch die Sicherheitshinweise zu Intel-Serv erplatinen und -ServergehŠusen auf der Ressourcen-CD oder unter http:support.intel.comsu[...]

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    21 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide SICHERHEISMASSNAHMEN: Immer wenn Sie die Gehäuseabdeckung abnehmen um an das Systemi nnere zu gelangen, sollten Sie folgende Schr itte beachten: 1. Schalten Sie alle an Ihr Syste m angeschlossenen Peripheriegeräte aus. 2. Schalten Sie das System mit dem Hauptschalter aus. 3. Ziehen Sie[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 22 Fr ançais Lisez attention toutes les consignes de sŽcurité et les mise s en garde indiquŽes dans ce Notez que le commutateur CC de mise sous tension /hors tension du panneau avant n 'éteint pas l'a limentatio n CA du système. Pour mettre le système hors tension, vous dev[...]

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    23 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide document avant de suivre toute instruction. Consultez Intel Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information su r le CD Resource CD ou bien rendez-vous sur le site http:support.intel.comsupportmot herboardsserversbcs-010770.htm. Español Lea todas las declaraciones de seguridad[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 24 Italiano Después de completar las seis instrucciones de SEGURIDAD mencionadas, ya p uede extraer las tap as del sistema. Para ello: 1. Desbloquee y extraiga el bloqueo d e seguridad de la parte posterior del sistema, si se ha instalado uno. 2. Extraiga y guarde todos los tornillos de la[...]

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    25 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide PASSI DI SICUREZZA: Qualora si ri muovano le coperture del telaio per accedere all'interno del sistema, seguire i seguenti passi: 1. Spegnere tutti i dispositivi periferici collegati al sistema. 2. Spegnere il sistema, usando il pulsante spento / acce so dell'interruttore del s[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 26 Appendix C: R egulatory and Certification In f ormation This RAID Controller Card complies with the following safety and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations. Pr oduct Saf ety Compliance • UL 1950 - CSA 950 (US/Canada) • EN 60 950 (European Unio n) • IEC60 950 (Internati[...]

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    27 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide • BSMI DOC Mark (T aiwan) • ACS C-T ick Mark (Australia) Regula tory Compli ance Cou nt r y Markin g UL Listing Marks USA/Canada ETL (NRTL) Mark USA/Canada CE Mark Europe FCC Marking (Class A) USA This device complies with Part 15 of th e FCC Rules. Operation of this device is subjec[...]

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    Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide 28 Electr omagne tic Compatibility No tices FCC V erification Statement (USA) : This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interfere nce rec[...]

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    29 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAT AWB Hardware User’s Guide • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif fe rent from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experien ced radio/TV technician for help. Intel is not responsible fo r any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized modification o[...]