User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Kit Contents and System Requirements
- About Your RAID Controller
- Standard RAID Controller Features
- Adding Enhanced Features
- Adding a Battery Backup Module
- Upgrading the Controller Firmware
- About the Adaptec 3085
- About the Adaptec 3405
- About the Adaptec 3805
- About the Adaptec 31205
- About the Adaptec 31605
- About the Adaptec 4000
- About the Adaptec 4800SAS
- About the Adaptec 4805SAS
- About the Adaptec 2420SA
- About the Adaptec 2820SA
- About the Adaptec 2130SLP
- About the Adaptec 2230SLP
- Getting Started
- Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
- Creating a Bootable Array
- Installing the Driver and an Operating System
- Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
- Managing Your Storage Space
- Solving Problems
- Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI
- Understanding RAID
- Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
- Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS
- Using the Adaptec Flash Utility
- Adaptec Serial Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference
- Adaptec 2420SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 2820SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 3085 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 3405 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 3805 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 31205 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 31605 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 4800SAS LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 4805SAS LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Safety Information
- Technical Specifications
- Index
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 22
About the Adaptec 31605
The Adaptec 31605 is a SAS RAID controller with these features:
Form Factor Half-size
Bus compatibility PCIe
PCIe bus width x8
PCIe bus speed 2.5 Gb/s
PHYs 16
Standard cache 256 MB DDR2
Connectors, internal Four SAS x4 (SFF-8087)
RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD
Simple Volume Yes
Disk Drives SATA, SATA II, SAS
Maximum number of disk drives 16 (or up to 100 with expanders)
Hot spares Yes
Enclosure Support I2C and SGPIO
Automatic Failover Yes
Onboard speaker Yes
Audible alarm Yes
Battery Backup Module Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold
separately—see page 17)
Mounting bracket
PCIe x8 connector
4 internal
SAS connectors
Battery connector
Activity LED Phys and connectors
F
E
Mode 0 Flash connector
Alarm connector
Aggregate LED connectors
D
C
B
Activity LED Phys and connectors
A
Activity LED Phys and connectors
F = CN3, CN2
E = CN1, CN0
Aggregate LED connectors
D = CN3
C = CN2
B = CN1
A = CN0
I2C connector for CN0
I2C connector for CN1
I2C connector for CN2
I2C connector for CN3
CN0
CN1
CN2
CN3