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User Guide - Page 2
... to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. Intel may be claimed as the property of others. Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in medical, life saving, life sustaining applications.
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...174; IT/IR RAID Software User's Guide on the Resource CD. It contains installation instructions and specifications. The people who benefit from this book are:
• Engineers who are designing an Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I for SAS and SATA II disk drives. Preface
This is included with storage disk controllers, RAID technology, and related support devices. Audience
This document...
User Guide - Page 5
... Features 3 Operating System Support 4
Benefits of Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS 4
Chapter 2: Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware Installation 5
Requirements ...5 Installing the RAID Controller 6 Connecting the Cables ...9 Configuring the Storage Adapter 9 Replacing a Controller ...10
Chapter 3: Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Characteristics 11
Technical Specifications ...12 Array...
User Guide - Page 11
See the ANSI SAS Standard Specification, Version 1.0 for more information about the use by workgroups and departmental-sized organizations or individuals.
The Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I is an ideal RAID solution for internal storage. Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
1 It provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem ...
User Guide - Page 12
...). • Drive coercion (auto resizing to match existing disks). • Auto-detection of system resources to be set for SATA II through expander interfaces. In addition, the controller supports the Serial ATA (SATA) protocol defined by waiting for controller access.
• Background operating mode can be marked as failed.
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User Guide - Page 13
...Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
3 Faster, because it if possible. • Failures are logged from the drive after determining the exact location of each supporting 3.0 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps SAS and
SATA data transfers.
• Scalable interface that supports...; Firmware provides best effort to the drive's cache.
✧ On (default): Write back mode enabled. RAID 5...
User Guide - Page 14
... are easier to manipulate, allow connections to parallel SCSI.
Benefits of point-to -point, enterprise-level device interface that is compatible with existing ATA firmware.
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Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
The serial transmission of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. The SAS and SATA protocols use a thin, 7-wire connector instead...
User Guide - Page 15
... x4 bi-directional PCI Express* slot. • The Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation. • The cables provided with internal connectors.
Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
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Requirements
The following items are required to install the Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I with the RAID controller. • SAS or SATA II hard disk drives. Note...
User Guide - Page 17
... instructions, see your server chassis documentation.
8. Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
7 5. To minimize the potential for SATA. The cable length should be sure that come with the RAID controller are powered up , listen to access the PCI Express add-in card slot. As the server powers up before or at the same time as an expander.
- Replace...
User Guide - Page 19
... power connector. Figure 3 shows these connectors. Figure 3. The Intel® IT/IR RAID Intel® IT/IR RAID Software User's Guide instructs you must configure the storage adapter and install the operating system driver.
Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
9 The cable supplied with the Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I is for connecting SAS and SATA hard disk...
User Guide - Page 21
.../SATA devices.
port connector,
ports 4-7
Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
11 Figure 4 displays the connectors and headers on the controller and Table 1 describes them. 3 Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I
Characteristics
This chapter describes the characteristics of the Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I. Asynchronous
connector
Receiver/
Transmitter (UART)
J6...
User Guide - Page 22
... SATA II and SAS in -band, SAF-TE (LEDs)
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Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide
Table 2 lists the specifications for multiple drive types. Table 2. I2C out-of the Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to -point One LSI SAS 1068 controller 2x4 internal ports. See the appendices for regulatory marks and certifications...
User Guide - Page 23
...Features
Table 3 lists the Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I array performance features. Fault Tolerance Features
Specification
Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I
Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support Drive Replacement
Detects up to 70% ...; Hot-plug, hot-swap • User set rebuild rate
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User Guide - Page 24
...the SELV 42.4 V limit.
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Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User's Guide Each bare board is also marked with the supplier name or trademark, type, and UL flammability rating.
For the boards installed in a PCI Express* bus slot,... Table 5 lists the maximum power requirements.
Specification Drive Rebuild Using Hot Spares Error Checking and Indication Power Conservation
Table 4.
User Guide - Page 26
... as firmware (ROM based). An EEPROM (Electronically Erasable Read-Only Memory chip) used with each other. the combined hardware components (computer, monitor, keyboard, and peripheral devices) that make up a computer system, and the software settings that allows a microprocessor (through a SAS Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I.
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