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Hardware User Guide - Page 8
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... "Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E Technical Reference," describes the
technical specifications for an overview of Terms and Abbreviations," lists and explains the terms and
abbreviations used in this manual. Preface
This guide is the hardware reference and user's guide for the Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E.
It contains complete installation instructions and specifications .
Hardware User Guide - Page 15
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...limited to make sure the RAID controller supports your server board at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/.
Please refer to the bus. Throughput on each SCSI channel can install the Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E in a server. Do not connect a high voltage differential (HVD) device. The Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E supports major operating systems, such...
Hardware User Guide - Page 16
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... Kbyte NVRAM for easy upgrade
Features
16 the firmware is enabled) • More than 200 Qtags per array • Hardware clustering support on the board • User-specified rebuild rate • Wide Ultra320 LVD SCSI performance up to 320 Mbytes/s • Support for up to 512 Mbyte of the Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E include:
• Support for hard disk...
Hardware User Guide - Page 17
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1.3 Hardware
You can install the Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E in a computer with a system board that has a x8 or x16 PCI Express slot. The following subsections describe the hardware configuration and configuration-on-disk.
1.3.1
RAID Controller Configurations
Table 1-1 describes the features of 16-bit External
2
Connectors
Cluster Support
Yes
Hardware Exclusive OR (XOR) Yes ...
Hardware User Guide - Page 18
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... mode is replaced, the new RAID Controller SRCU42E detects the actual RAID configuration from the configuration information on the drives. Note: The RAID Controller SRCU42E does not support drive roaming across channels on each drive, even if the drives have changed their target ID. Drive roaming lets an Intel Raid RAID Controller SRCU42E detect the actual RAID configuration, maintaining...
Hardware User Guide - Page 19
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... 20 • Section 2.4, "After You Have Installed the RAID Controller," page 25
2.1 Requirements
The following items are required to all SCSI specifications. • Ultra, Ultra2, Ultra160, or Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives (although backward
compatible, SCSI uses the speed of the slowest device on the bus) • The Intel® Portable Cache Module (optional) or one 128-, 256...
Hardware User Guide - Page 20
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... CD, which contains Intel RAID drivers for installing the Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E.
1) Unpack
Unpack and remove the RAID Controller SRCU42E. If it appears damaged, or if any items listed below . a. e. c. Open both DIMM socket levers on after completing the safety check.
2.3 Detailed Installation
This section provides detailed instructions for supported operating systems, an...
Hardware User Guide - Page 22
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... on the SCSI devices. The Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E automatically occupies TID 7, which is the highest priority.
Each device in a x8 PCI Express* Slot
Press Here
Bracket Screw
Press Here
Edge of the channel where they are connected. Table 2-1 Target ID's
Priority TID
Highest
Lowest
7 6 5 . . . 2 1 0 15 14 . . . 9 8
Detailed Installation
22
Set target identifiers...
Hardware User Guide - Page 23
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... for Ultra320 and Ultra160 SCSI drives.)
Set the termination so that does not sit at the end of the cable. Set termination at the other end of the SCSI bus. 7) Connect SCSI devices to the RAID Controller SRCU42E. Use SCSI cables to connect SCSI devices to the Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E. Connect cables to supply TERMPWR. The maximum cable length for problems:
- it...
Hardware User Guide - Page 25
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After You Have Installed the RAID Controller
25 The Intel RAID Software User's Guide instructs you must configure the RAID Controller SRCU42E and install the operating system driver. 2.4 After You Have Installed the RAID Controller
After installation, you about the configuration options and how to set them on your RAID Controller SRCU42E.
Hardware User Guide - Page 27
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...installed enables onboard
SCSI termination. (See J17 and
J18).
J7
Serial Port (RS232)
3-pin header
Connector is optional.
J2
Onboard BIOS Enable
2-pin header
No jumper = Enabled (Default
setting)
Jumpered = Disabled
J3
SCSI... External SCSI Channel 0 68-pin header External very-high density SCSI bus
connector
connector. Table 3-1Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E Headers and...
Hardware User Guide - Page 28
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... of CISPR Class B.
3.3.1
RAID Controller Specifications
Table 3-3 lists the specifications for Ultra320 and Wide SCSI.
For boot code and firmware
SCSI Features
SCSI Termination
Plug n Play Active: Single Scatter/Gather Ended or LVD
Activity LED
3.3 Technical Specifications
The design and implementation of the RAID Controller SRCU42E minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility...
Hardware User Guide - Page 29
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... Modules (DIMMs)
Size of Flash ROM 1 Mbyte flash ROM for Firmware
Nonvolatile Random 32 Kbyte for storing RAID configuration Access Memory (RAM)
3.3.2
Array Performance Features
Table 3-4 shows the RAID Controller SRCU42E array performance features:
Table 3-4 Array Performance Features
Specification
Intel RAID Controller SRCU42E
x8 PCI Express Host 2 Gbytes/second full duplex (4 Gbyte/second...
Hardware User Guide - Page 30
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... (dry bulb) • Relative humidity range: 5% to 90% noncondensing
Technical Specifications
30 3.3.3
Fault Tolerance
Table 3-5 shows the RAID Controller SRCU42E fault tolerance features:
Table 3-5 Fault Tolerance Features
Specification
Intel Raid Controller SRCU42E
Support for SMART 1 Yes
Optional Battery Backup for 128 Mbyte
Drive Failure Detection
Automatic
Drive Rebuild Using...
Hardware User Guide - Page 32
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... computer system. NonVolatile Random Access Memory.
32 Software that supports both Fibre Channel and SCSI devices now. Refers to communicate with RAM).
The computer system in which is installed.
The part of a computer's memory which a host queries a device to determine its ability to Single-Ended SCSI which the RAID controller is directly accessible by the CPU (usually...
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