Intel Server System R2000BB Family

Intel

Server System R2000BB Product Family TPS

Revision

2.0

Intel

RAID Expander Features:

• SAS protocol, described in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Standard, version 2.0

• Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) to enable communication with other SAS devices

• Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through expander interfaces

• Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to share topology management information with expanders

• Supports SES for enclosure management

• Output mini-SAS connectors support sideband SGPIO as per SFF-8485 specification

• Supports both Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA device targets

• 6.0 Gbit/s, 3.0 Gbit/s, and 1.5 Gbit/s data transfer rate

• SFF-8087 mini-SAS connectors

• Provides a low-latency connection to create and maintain transparent access to each connected

SAS/SATA physical drive

• Staggered spin-up

• Hot Plug

• Native Command Queuing

• Allows multiple initiators to address a single target (in a fail-over configuration)

7.4.1 24-Port PCIe Intel

RAID Expander Card RES2SV240

For large storage configurations that include a drive bay supporting twelve 3.5” hard disk drives, a 24-Port

PCIe Intel

RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 may be installed into any available PCIe add-in slot.

Figure 36. 24 Port PCIe Intel

RAID Expander Card RES2SV240

For additional information on the Intel

RAID Expander Card RES2SV240, please reference the Intel

RAID

Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware Users Guide, Intel Document Order # E93121-003.

7.4.2 24-Port and 36-Port Internal Intel RAID Expander Cards

For large storage configurations that include a drive bay supporting more than eight 2.5” hard disk drives, the

system may be configured with an internally mounted 24-port or 36-port SAS expander card mounted directly

behind the drive bay assembly as shown in the following illustration. SAS expander selection is dependent on

the desired SAS controller configuration.