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Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Four-port Low Profile Serial ATA RAID Controller Technical Product Specification, Version 1.0 November 2002 Order Number: 251526-001
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Four-port Low Profile Serial ATA RAID Controller Technical Product Specification, Version 1.0 November 2002 Order Number: 251526-001
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... or your distributor to specifications and product descriptions at http://www.intel.com. The Intel SRCS14L RAID controller may contain design defects or errors known as errata which have an ordering number and are available on request. Copyright © Intel Corporation, 2002 i960, FlashFile, and Intel are not intended for a particular purpose, merchantability, or infringement of any...
... or your distributor to specifications and product descriptions at http://www.intel.com. The Intel SRCS14L RAID controller may contain design defects or errors known as errata which have an ordering number and are available on request. Copyright © Intel Corporation, 2002 i960, FlashFile, and Intel are not intended for a particular purpose, merchantability, or infringement of any...
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...® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Contents 1 Introduction ...5 1.1 Acronyms ...5 1.2 Documentation Conventions 6 1.3 Product Overview 6 1.4 Operating System Support 6 1.5 List of Features...6 2 Hardware ...8 2.1 Physical Layout ...8 2.2 Major Components 8 2.2.1 Intel® 80303® Intelligent I/O Processor 8 2.2.2 Intel® Smart 3 FlashFile™ Flash Memory 9 2.2.3 SDRAM (Cache 9 2.2.4 SATA Controllers 9 2.2.5 Audible Alarm 9 2.2.6 SATA Connectors 10 2.2.7 PCI Interface 10 2.2.8 SRCS14L Jumpers 10 2.2.9 Diagnostic Features 11 2.3 Architecture Features (HW...
...® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Contents 1 Introduction ...5 1.1 Acronyms ...5 1.2 Documentation Conventions 6 1.3 Product Overview 6 1.4 Operating System Support 6 1.5 List of Features...6 2 Hardware ...8 2.1 Physical Layout ...8 2.2 Major Components 8 2.2.1 Intel® 80303® Intelligent I/O Processor 8 2.2.2 Intel® Smart 3 FlashFile™ Flash Memory 9 2.2.3 SDRAM (Cache 9 2.2.4 SATA Controllers 9 2.2.5 Audible Alarm 9 2.2.6 SATA Connectors 10 2.2.7 PCI Interface 10 2.2.8 SRCS14L Jumpers 10 2.2.9 Diagnostic Features 11 2.3 Architecture Features (HW...
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Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 4.3.5 4.3.6 4.3.7 4.3.8 4.3.9 Auto-declare Hot Fix (Spare) Drive 25 RAID Array Drive Roaming 25 On-line RAID Array Configurations 25 Background Initialization and Instant Availability 27 PCI Hot Plug 27 5 Certifications and Supported Technologies 28 5.1 OS Certifications 28 5.2 Electronic Regulatory Agencies Certifications (...
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 4.3.5 4.3.6 4.3.7 4.3.8 4.3.9 Auto-declare Hot Fix (Spare) Drive 25 RAID Array Drive Roaming 25 On-line RAID Array Configurations 25 Background Initialization and Instant Availability 27 PCI Hot Plug 27 5 Certifications and Supported Technologies 28 5.1 OS Certifications 28 5.2 Electronic Regulatory Agencies Certifications (...
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... and error correcting circuits) Flash Recovery Utility Flash Update Utility Firmware Gigabit Gigabyte Host Bus Adapter Intel Integrated RAID Kilobit Kilobyte Low Voltage Differential SCSI Megabit Megabyte Printed Circuit Board Peripheral Component Interconnect Redundant Array of...ROM-DOS Desktop Management Interface - Small Computer Systems Interface Simple Network Management Protocol Technical Product Specification 5 Introduction Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 1 1.1 Acronyms The following acronyms may be used throughout this document. Single Connector Attachment - 80-pin...
... and error correcting circuits) Flash Recovery Utility Flash Update Utility Firmware Gigabit Gigabyte Host Bus Adapter Intel Integrated RAID Kilobit Kilobyte Low Voltage Differential SCSI Megabit Megabyte Printed Circuit Board Peripheral Component Interconnect Redundant Array of...ROM-DOS Desktop Management Interface - Small Computer Systems Interface Simple Network Management Protocol Technical Product Specification 5 Introduction Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 1 1.1 Acronyms The following acronyms may be used throughout this document. Single Connector Attachment - 80-pin...
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Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Table 1. BIOS utility accessed at system POST. 1.2 Documentation Conventions The terms "RAID controller" and "the controller" are supported with limited compatibility validation: • Windows 2000 Server • Red Hat Linux 7.2 • TurboLinux* 7.0 Server List of the RAID PCI add-in card. 1.3 Product Overview The SRCS14L is a PCI-based, low-profile, four-port SATA RAID controller.... It utilizes the Intel® 80303 Intelligent I/O processor, two Silicon Image* Sil3112A SATA controllers, and Intel Integrated RAID software. 1.4 1.5 ...
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Table 1. BIOS utility accessed at system POST. 1.2 Documentation Conventions The terms "RAID controller" and "the controller" are supported with limited compatibility validation: • Windows 2000 Server • Red Hat Linux 7.2 • TurboLinux* 7.0 Server List of the RAID PCI add-in card. 1.3 Product Overview The SRCS14L is a PCI-based, low-profile, four-port SATA RAID controller.... It utilizes the Intel® 80303 Intelligent I/O processor, two Silicon Image* Sil3112A SATA controllers, and Intel Integrated RAID software. 1.4 1.5 ...
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Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L • Instant availability and background initialization • Automatic rebuild with private (dedicated) or pooled (global) hot fix (spare) drives • Variable data strip size configurable per array • 64MB of ECC SDRAM support • Read/write controller caching • Hot plug disk drive auto detection configurable for non-intelligent enclosures • PCI Hot plug support Technical Product Specification 7
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L • Instant availability and background initialization • Automatic rebuild with private (dedicated) or pooled (global) hot fix (spare) drives • Variable data strip size configurable per array • 64MB of ECC SDRAM support • Read/write controller caching • Hot plug disk drive auto detection configurable for non-intelligent enclosures • PCI Hot plug support Technical Product Specification 7
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Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Hardware 2.1 Physical Layout Figure 1. SRCS14L RAID Controller Physical Layout Low-profile bracket Standard bracket 167 mm 64-bit / 66MHz, universally keyed, 3.3 and 5 volt, PCI interface Channel B Alarm Activity indicator header SATA connector B:0 ...
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Hardware 2.1 Physical Layout Figure 1. SRCS14L RAID Controller Physical Layout Low-profile bracket Standard bracket 167 mm 64-bit / 66MHz, universally keyed, 3.3 and 5 volt, PCI interface Channel B Alarm Activity indicator header SATA connector B:0 ...
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... to store the RAID firmware. SATA Controllers The SRCS14L has two Silicon Image Sil3112A SATA controllers, which each control two serial ports (four ports total). Technical Product Specification 9 Memory Controller Unit The Memory Controller provides direct control of 3.3v PC-100 ECC unbuffered CAS 2 latency SDRAM. Intel® Smart 3...mapped data cache, 1Kbyte zero wait state data RAM, and single clock execution of embedded memory. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 2.2.1.1 2.2.1.2 2.2.1.3 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 Processor Core The 80303 uses the 80960JT-100 core.
... to store the RAID firmware. SATA Controllers The SRCS14L has two Silicon Image Sil3112A SATA controllers, which each control two serial ports (four ports total). Technical Product Specification 9 Memory Controller Unit The Memory Controller provides direct control of 3.3v PC-100 ECC unbuffered CAS 2 latency SDRAM. Intel® Smart 3...mapped data cache, 1Kbyte zero wait state data RAM, and single clock execution of embedded memory. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 2.2.1.1 2.2.1.2 2.2.1.3 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 Processor Core The 80303 uses the 80960JT-100 core.
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... (pins 1-2) 2 Auto-negotiate 33 or 66 MHz (pins 2-3) 3 10 Technical Product Specification however, it is PCI 2.2 compliant. Figure 2. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 2.2.6 SATA Connectors The SRCS14L provides four SATA signal connectors. 2.2.7 PCI Interface The SRCS14L has a 64-bit/66MHz PCI interface. The PCI connector is universally keyed for optimal performance when inserted in the...
... (pins 1-2) 2 Auto-negotiate 33 or 66 MHz (pins 2-3) 3 10 Technical Product Specification however, it is PCI 2.2 compliant. Figure 2. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 2.2.6 SATA Connectors The SRCS14L provides four SATA signal connectors. 2.2.7 PCI Interface The SRCS14L has a 64-bit/66MHz PCI interface. The PCI connector is universally keyed for optimal performance when inserted in the...
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...-negotiate 33/66 Mhz) unless instructed to do otherwise by customer support or a specification update. 2.2.9 Diagnostic Features The SRCS14L has LED indicators and audible beep sequences at startup to the controller's cache memory. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Table 2. PCI bus auto-negotiates 33 MHz or 66 MHz. LED Descriptions LED A:0 A:1 B:0 B:1 T S P P66 Description Indicates activity...
...-negotiate 33/66 Mhz) unless instructed to do otherwise by customer support or a specification update. 2.2.9 Diagnostic Features The SRCS14L has LED indicators and audible beep sequences at startup to the controller's cache memory. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Table 2. PCI bus auto-negotiates 33 MHz or 66 MHz. LED Descriptions LED A:0 A:1 B:0 B:1 T S P P66 Description Indicates activity...
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... firmware may be available from the boot message. More details may have a problem. If necessary, use the FRU utility to check the status of the SRCS14L hardware guide. 12 Technical Product Specification A possible cause is disk failure. beep, beep - Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Table 4. Beep Sequences Beep Sequence Meaning beep - pause - ....
... firmware may be available from the boot message. More details may have a problem. If necessary, use the FRU utility to check the status of the SRCS14L hardware guide. 12 Technical Product Specification A possible cause is disk failure. beep, beep - Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Table 4. Beep Sequences Beep Sequence Meaning beep - pause - ....
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... -40° C to +70° C Height: 56mm Length: 167mm 2.6 Supported Hard Drive Technology The RAID controller supports up to the 4 SATA ports. Technical Product Specification 13 Electrical Specifications Attribute Voltage Requirements Power Consumption Measurements +3.3...RAID firmware PCI 2.2 compliant, universally keyed for 3.3 and 5 volt PCI slots 528 MB/sec (Burst) DMA to PCI and local buses +5 or +3.3 volt Two Silicon Image Sil3112A SATA controllers, which each control two serial ports (four ports total) with the SATA specification 1.0. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L...
... -40° C to +70° C Height: 56mm Length: 167mm 2.6 Supported Hard Drive Technology The RAID controller supports up to the 4 SATA ports. Technical Product Specification 13 Electrical Specifications Attribute Voltage Requirements Power Consumption Measurements +3.3...RAID firmware PCI 2.2 compliant, universally keyed for 3.3 and 5 volt PCI slots 528 MB/sec (Burst) DMA to PCI and local buses +5 or +3.3 volt Two Silicon Image Sil3112A SATA controllers, which each control two serial ports (four ports total) with the SATA specification 1.0. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L...
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... portion and an OS independent portion. The firmware is used to incorporate new technology and provide for new products. 14 Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Software 3 To Operating System 3.1 Software Architecture Overview Figure 4. This layered RAID software executes on a custom, multi-tasking, realtime software executive and relies on the host system...
... portion and an OS independent portion. The firmware is used to incorporate new technology and provide for new products. 14 Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Software 3 To Operating System 3.1 Software Architecture Overview Figure 4. This layered RAID software executes on a custom, multi-tasking, realtime software executive and relies on the host system...
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... to SNMP requests. It also can be relevant to remote computer stations. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Note: The architecture block diagram in MAPI format). It is the interface between both during system boot time when entering the controller's BIOS by the RAID Configuration Service and converts them into standard mail messages (for the Storage...
... to SNMP requests. It also can be relevant to remote computer stations. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Note: The architecture block diagram in MAPI format). It is the interface between both during system boot time when entering the controller's BIOS by the RAID Configuration Service and converts them into standard mail messages (for the Storage...
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... systems and as defined in the common firmware that communicates between the host resident application and the IIR HBA using the IIR communications protocol. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 3.1.3 3.1.3.1 3.1.3.2 3.1.3.3 3.1.3.4 3.1.4 Common Layers PCI BIOS The PCI BIOS is the Expansion ROM software as a daemon on an OS dependent layer that communicates with the HBA...
... systems and as defined in the common firmware that communicates between the host resident application and the IIR HBA using the IIR communications protocol. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 3.1.3 3.1.3.1 3.1.3.2 3.1.3.3 3.1.3.4 3.1.4 Common Layers PCI BIOS The PCI BIOS is the Expansion ROM software as a daemon on an OS dependent layer that communicates with the HBA...
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... of redundancy) data storage medium (or drive) to a host operating system. However, it allows one or more available physical drives. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L RAID Functionality and Features 4 4.1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 Hierarchy A fundamental purpose of a RAID system is to present a usable (with some Magneto Optical drives. The basic rule is what allows you to interchange disk arrays...
... of redundancy) data storage medium (or drive) to a host operating system. However, it allows one or more available physical drives. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L RAID Functionality and Features 4 4.1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 Hierarchy A fundamental purpose of a RAID system is to present a usable (with some Magneto Optical drives. The basic rule is what allows you to interchange disk arrays...
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Do not use this level. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L • RAID 4 drives • RAID 5 drives • RAID 10 drives You can then be configured as a new host drive on the new host drive (created from the capacity expansion) will be combined with...action combines the original host drives associated with the initial host drive of the array drive into a single host drive at a chosen RAID level. 4.1.4 Level 4: Host Drives Host drives (RAID volumes) are created at level 2. It can manually create an array drive by using the Merge feature. Each host drive is ...
Do not use this level. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L • RAID 4 drives • RAID 5 drives • RAID 10 drives You can then be configured as a new host drive on the new host drive (created from the capacity expansion) will be combined with...action combines the original host drives associated with the initial host drive of the array drive into a single host drive at a chosen RAID level. 4.1.4 Level 4: Host Drives Host drives (RAID volumes) are created at level 2. It can manually create an array drive by using the Merge feature. Each host drive is ...
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...capacity are (is) being migrated. The initial process of configuring redundancy information upon creation of RAID Host and Array Drives. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 4.1.5 RAID Host/Array Drive Statuses Table 8 lists the available states of drive. The array drive ...Expand RW Fail RW Error RO Patch RW RW = Read Write RO = Read Only Drive Type RAID 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 4 / 5 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 4 / 5 Redundant Description No No Yes No Yes when adding new drives. In this status ...
...capacity are (is) being migrated. The initial process of configuring redundancy information upon creation of RAID Host and Array Drives. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 4.1.5 RAID Host/Array Drive Statuses Table 8 lists the available states of drive. The array drive ...Expand RW Fail RW Error RO Patch RW RW = Read Write RO = Read Only Drive Type RAID 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 4 / 5 RAID 1 / 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 4 / 5 / 10 RAID 4 / 5 Redundant Description No No Yes No Yes when adding new drives. In this status ...
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... following are limitations assuming the following: • Four SATA ports • Cabling that the SRCS14L controller has a maximum limitation of two host drives. The drive attribute indicates the level of host OS access to a maximum of four host drives. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 4.1.6 Logical Drive Statuses Table 9. The drive is operational and functioning normal.
... following are limitations assuming the following: • Four SATA ports • Cabling that the SRCS14L controller has a maximum limitation of two host drives. The drive attribute indicates the level of host OS access to a maximum of four host drives. Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 4.1.6 Logical Drive Statuses Table 9. The drive is operational and functioning normal.