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    In tel ® In tegr a ted RAID Module SR OMBS A SMR (AXXR OMBS ASMR) T echnical Pr oduct Specifica tion Intel order number E59029-003 Revision 1.2 March 2009 Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing[...]

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    Revision History Intel® In tegrated RAID Module SROMBSAS MR (AXXROMBSASMR) Techn ical Product Specification Intel order number E59029-003 ii Revision History Date Revision Number Modifications December 2008 1.0 Initial Release February 2009 1.1 Updated the RAID Controller illustrations to reflect the heatsink design change. March 2009 1.2 Replaced[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... ....... 1 1.1 Product Overview ............................................................[...]

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    Table of Contents Intel® In tegrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR ( AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Produ ct Specification 3.2 User Interface ........................................................................................................ 17 3.2.1 Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility .................................................. 17 3.[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Hardware Block Diagram ............................................................................................... 4 Figure 2. Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR Physical Layout ...........................[...]

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    List of Tables Intel® In tegrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR ( AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Produ ct Specification List of Tables Table 1. SAS/SATA Connector Pin-out ........................................................................................ 7 Table 2. BBU Connector Pin-out ......................................................................[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Introduction 1. In troduction This document provides a detailed description of the Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (also known as Intel ® Integrated RAID Controller SROMBSASMR) and the software that supports it. 1.1 Product Overview The Intel ® I[...]

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    Introduction Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification  VMWare ESX* Server 3.5  Red Hat* Linux 4 32-bit  Red Hat* Linux 4 64-bit Edition  Red Hat* Linux 5 32-bit  Red Hat* Linux 5 64-bit Edition  SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 32-bit  SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit Edi[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Introduction  Variable data stripe size configured per virtual drive  128 MB of ECC DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM integrated on the controller  Read and write cache policy  SES2 intelligent enclosure support  Background media test (patrol read)  Backgr[...]

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    Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification 2. Har dwar e 2.1 Block Diagram Figure 1. Hardw are Block Diagram Revision 1.2 Intel order number E59029-003 4[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Hardware 2.2 Module Layout AF003118 SAS/SA T A Connectors Board-to-Board 50-pin Connector SES Connector Battery Connector Heatsink LSI 1078 SAS ROC Controller LSI Figure 2. Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR Physical Lay out 2.3 Major Components 2.3.1[...]

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    Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification 2.3.2 Flash ROM The Intel ® Advanced+ Book Block Flash Memory device is a 4 MB FLASH ROM configured for 16-bit I/O, manufactured on Intel’s latest 0.13 μ m and 0.18 μ m technologies. This is a feature- rich solution for low-power applications. T[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Hardware 2.3.6 Diagnostics 2.3.6.1 Audible Alarm Audible alarm is not supported. 2.3.6.2 LED Placement and Function One surface-mounted system error (CRT1) LED (Orange Color) indicates a 1078 ASIC error resulting from processor-related errors. The LED is off [...]

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    Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification Intel order number E59029-003 8 Pin # Signal Description 3 TX0- Transmitter differential pair 4 GND Ground 5 RXD+ Receiver differential pair 6 RXD- Receiver differential pair 7 GND Ground Figure 6. SAS/SATA Cable 2.3.8 Host Board Interface The Intel [...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Hardware Figure 7. PCI Interface Revision 1.2 Intel order number E59029-003 9[...]

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    Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification Table 2. BBU Connector Pin-out Server Connector Pin Number RAID Module Pin number Description Server Connector Pin Number RAID Module Pin number Description 1 1 P3V3_AUX 26 2 P3V3_AUX 2 3 RST_PWRGD_PS_R 27 4 GND 3 5 TP_FW_SW_RAID_MODE 28 6 PE0_RX_DP0[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Hardware Figure 8. BBU Interface Table 3. BBU Connector Pin-out Pin # Signal Description 1 P12V_STBY +12Vdc Standby 2 GND Ground 3 P12V_STBY +12Vdc Standby 4 GND Ground 5 P1V8 +1.8Vdc 6 GND Ground 7 P3V3 +3.3Vdc 8 GND Ground 9 P1V8_BB Sideband 1 10 GND Ground[...]

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    Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification 2.3.10 Jumpers and Connectors AF003065 J1- J4 J6 J7 J5 J8 LSI Jumper/ Connector Description Type Comments J1-J4 Internal SAS/SATA Port Connector, Ports 0-3 N/A Connection to SAS/SATA devices  J1 = SAS/SATA Port 0  J2 = SAS/SATA Port 1  J3 = [...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Hardware 2.5 Electrical Characteristics All power is supplied to the Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR through the board- to-board connector via PCI Express* 3.3 V rails. The supply voltages are 3.3 V ± 9 percent from PCI edge connector only. The ma[...]

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    Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification 2.7 Supported Device Technology 2.7.1 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR integrates four internal high-performance SAS/SATA ports that support SAS and enterprise-class SATA hard drives. Each port suppor[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Software 3. So ftware The SAS Software Stack is planned for use with current SAS RAID controllers and future RAID controllers that are compatible with SAS and SATA technology. This software stack includes software pieces used in RAID controller firmware, RAID[...]

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    Software Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification 3.1 Common Layers 3.1.1 Firmware The firmware is composed of multiple software layers, allowing for maximum flexibility, reuse, and maintainability. These layers are described below. 3.1.1.1 MFC Settings MFC default settings are factory programmed an[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Software 3.1.3 Operating System Driver The operating system driver communicates betw een the host resident application and the RAID controller using specific communication protocols. 3.2 User Interface 3.2.1 Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility [...]

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    Software Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification 3.2.2 Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 The Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 utility runs within the operating system. It is Java* GUI-based and enables the user to configure the RAID controller, disk drives, Intel ® RAID Smart Battery, and other storage-relat[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification Software 3.3 Command-line Utility The command-line utility (CLU) is an operating system-based text utility that allows the configuration of the RAID controller properties, configuration of disk arrays and virtual drives, configuration of cache settings, firmw[...]

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    RAID Functionality and Features Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification 4. RAID Functionality and Fea tures 4.1 Hierarchy The fundamental purpose of a RAID system is to present a usable data storage medium (virtual drive) with some level of redundancy to a host operating system. The Intel ® RAID f[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification RAID Functionality and Features 4.1.2 RAID Virtual Drive Status Table 11. RAID Virtual Drive Status Drive State Code Description Optimal Optimal The drive operating system is good. All configured drives are online. Degraded Degraded The drive operating c ondi[...]

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    RAID Functionality and Features Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification 4.3.2 Cache Policies The RAID cache can temporarily store data so it can be more quickly accessed, or to await drive readiness. The cache is available both on the RAID controller and hard drives. The RAID controller read and wr[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification RAID Functionality and Features 4.3.3 Stripe Size The stripe size determines the size of each data stripe on each hard drive. The options are 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, and 1024 KB. The stripe size is set when the virtual drive is created. It cannot be cha[...]

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    RAID Functionality and Features Intel® Integrated RAID Module S ROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSA SMR) Technical Product Specification 4.3.9 RAID Controller Migration The RAID controller migration feature allows a defective RAID controller to be removed and replaced by a compatible RAID controller without losing the configuration or data. To avoid a configurat[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specification S afety and Regulatory Certifications 5. Sa fe ty and Regula tory Certifica tions 5.1 Product Safety & EMC Compliance This Intel RAID Controller has been evaluated for regulatory compliance as an Intel end system, and is included as part of the end system[...]

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    Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specificat ion Intel order number E59029-003 26 Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes This appendix lists the Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 events that may appear in the event log. The Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 utility monito[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Co des Number Type Description 22 Information Flash of new firmw are image(s) complete 23 Critical Flash programming error 24 Critical Flash tim eout during programming 25 Critical Flash chip type unknow n 26 Critical Flash[...]

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    Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specificat ion Intel order number E59029-003 28 Number Type Description 66 Information Consistency Check started on %s 67 Information Initialization aborted on %s 68 Critical Initialization failed on %s 69 Progress Initialization [...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Co des Number Type Description 110 Information Corrected medium error during recovery on %s at %lx 111 Fatal Unrecoverable medium error during recovery on %s at %lx 112 Warning Removed: %s 113 Information Unexpected sense: [...]

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    Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specificat ion Intel order number E59029-003 30 Number Type Description 154 Warning Battery relearn timed out 155 Information Battery relearn pending: Battery is under charge 156 Information Battery relearn postponed 157 Informati[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Co des Number Type Description 198 Information Consistency Check Aborted Due to Ownership Loss on %s 199 Information Background Initialization (BGI) Aborted Due to Ownership Loss on %s 200 Critical Battery /charger pr oblem[...]

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    Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSAS MR) Technical Product Specificat ion Intel order number E59029-003 32 Number Type Description 242 Information Battery charge complete 243 Information Enclosure %s fan %d speed changed 244 Information Dedicated spare %s imported as global due to missing[...]

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    Intel® Integrated RAID Module SR OMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR ) Technical Product Specificatio n Appendix B: Glossary Appendix B: Glossary Word / Acronym Definition API Application Programming Interface BIOS Basic Input/Output System DMA Direct Memory Access ECC Error Correction Code FUU Flash Update Utility FW Firmwar e Gb Gigabit GB Gigabyte HBA Host [...]

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    Appendix C: Ref erence Documents Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBS ASMR) Technical Product Specification Appendix C: Reference Documents  Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR Hardware User’s Guide (Document number: E58607-00x)  Intel ® RAID Software User’s Guide (Document number: D29305-00x)  Intel ® RAID Cont[...]