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Hardware User Guide - Page 3
... this manual.
It contains installation instructions and specifications. Organization
This document includes the following chapters and appendixes: • Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the software drivers, see the Intel® IT/IR RAID Software User's Guide on the Resource CD that you have some familiarity with the RAID controller. Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware...
Hardware User Guide - Page 5
... SAS and SATA Features 3 Operating System Support 3
Benefits of Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS 4
Chapter 2: Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware Installation 5
Requirements ...5 Installing the RAID Controller 6 Connecting the Cables ...8 Configuring the Storage Adapter 9 Replacing a Controller ...9
Chapter 3: Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Characteristics 11
Technical Specifications...
Hardware User Guide - Page 7
SAS and SATA Plugs and SAS Backplane Connector 8 Figure 4. List of Figures
Figure 1. Attaching cables to the Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I 7 Figure 3. Card Layouts...11
Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide
vii Inserting the Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I into a PCI Express* Slot...6 Figure 2.
Hardware User Guide - Page 11
...-Attached SCSI (SAS)
The Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I is a low-profile SAS RAID adapter with:
• An LSI* 1068E SAS (including SATA) controller. • Eight independent internal ports provided via two SFF8087 connectors. • Support for both enterprise-class SAS devices and enterprise-class SATA II drives. • Support for up to 122 devices, including expander devices, in...
Hardware User Guide - Page 12
...support fault LED.
The SAS controller is possible or expected in direct HDD connect mode).
• Activity and fault indicators per drive, port selector (dual-port drives). • Auto-detection of speed and redundancy:
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Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide No fault LED option is a versatile controller that provide drive roaming. • An upgradeable Flash...
Hardware User Guide - Page 13
... PHY, each supporting 3.0 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps SAS and
SATA data transfers.
• Scalable interface that supports up to 14 physical devices and 2 logical devices in IR
mode, or up to 122 physical devices in non-volatile RAM and on the disk.
• Redundancy through mode enabled. compliant hard disk drives. Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide
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Slower...
Hardware User Guide - Page 14
... and high-end workstation storage markets. SAS is a convergence of the advantages of SATA, SCSI, and FC, and is compatible with existing ATA firmware.
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Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide SAS controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set to ensure reliable data transfers, while providing...
Hardware User Guide - Page 15
... with an available x8 bi-directional PCI Express* slot. • The Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation. • Cables that are compatible with internal connectors. Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide
5 Requirements
The following items are required to install the Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I with the RAID controller. • SAS or SATA II hard...
Hardware User Guide - Page 17
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6. For instructions, see Figure 2). Reconnect any peripheral items you needed to disconnect.
9.
Attaching cables to the Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I
Note: System throughput problems can occur if non-standard SAS cables are properly connected to access the PCI Express* add-in card slot. Replace components you needed to remove to the controller. Connect the SAS/SATA cables...
Hardware User Guide - Page 18
...LSI SAS Configuration Utility
This message times out after several seconds to the SAS RAID controller. The numbering of the key combination that you of the controllers follows the PCI slot scanning order used on the SAS controller and provides instructions for connecting SAS and SATA hard disk drives to initialize and then displays the Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I number and firmware...
Hardware User Guide - Page 21
... Express* x8
lane board edge
connector
J2
Internal SAS/SATA SFF8087
port connector,
ports 4-7
J5
Internal SAS/SATA SFF8087
port connector,
ports 0-3
J6
Right angle, 0.1-
4-pin
inch pitch, pin
header
header
Comments
Connection to SAS/SATA devices Connection to SAS/SATA devices For driving external activity LEDs
Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide
11 Figure...
Hardware User Guide - Page 22
..., or it turns yellow when the adapter firmware detects a fault condition.
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Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide One light pipe turns green to -point One LSI* SAS 1068E controller 2x4 internal ports 2 MB in reflashable flash ROM Mixed capacity, mixed SATA II and SAS in different enclosures;
non-disk devices, including expanders
• Small, thin cables that do not...
Hardware User Guide - Page 23
... Kbyte
Background Services Rebuild
Cache Options
Disk cache enabled/disabled
Fault Tolerance
Table 4 lists the Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I fault tolerance features.
Array Performance Features
Table 3 lists the Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I array performance features. Fault Tolerance Features
Specification Drive Replacement Drive Rebuild Using Hot Spares Error Checking and...
Hardware User Guide - Page 25
...Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. See NVRAM.
A SAS device installed outside the computer cabinet.
A circuit board or integrated circuit that is used with each other.
The part of hardware (such as firmware (ROM based). An EEPROM (Electronically Erasable Read-Only Memory chip) used to the SCSI bus. Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide
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Hardware User Guide - Page 26
... set. In addition, the controller supports the Serial ATA (SATA) protocol defined by a SAS cable. This includes SAS storage adapters (host adapters) and SAS peripherals.
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Intel® RAID Controller SASUC8I Hardware User's Guide The SAS controllers support the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI standard, version 1.0. Each port on the SAS RAID controller supports SAS and SATA devices. SAS SAS...
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