Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Boards S4600LH2/T2 TPS

Revision 2.0

3.4.2 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe)

Features of the embedded software RAID option Intel

Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe) include the

following:

• Software RAID with system providing memory and CPU utilization

• Supported RAID Levels – 0,1,5,10

o 4 Port SATA RAID 5 available standard (no option key required)

o 8 Port SATA RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key

o No SAS RAID 5 support

• Maximum drive support = 32 (in arrays with 8 port SAS), 16 (in arrays with 4 port SAS), 128 (JBOD)

• Open Source Compliance = Yes (uses MDRAID)

• OS Support = Windows 7*, Windows 2008*, Windows 2003*, RHEL* 6.2 and later, SLES* 11 w/SP2

and later, VMWare 5.x.

• Utilities = Windows* GUI and CLI, Linux CLI, DOS CLI, and EFI CLI

• Uses Matrix Storage Manager for Windows

• MDRAID supported in Linux (Does not require a driver)

3.4.3 Manageability

The chipset integrates several functions designed to manage the system and lower the total cost of ownership

(TCO) of the system. These system management functions are designed to report errors, diagnose the system,

and recover from system lockups without the aid of an external microcontroller.

• TCO Timer. The chipset’s integrated programmable TCO timer is used to detect system locks. The first

expiration of the timer generates an SMI# that the system can use to recover from a software lock. The

second expiration of the timer causes a system reset to recover from a hardware lock.

• Processor Present Indicator. The chipset looks for the processor to fetch the first instruction after

reset. If the processor does not fetch the first instruction, the chipset will reboot the system.

• ECC Error Reporting. When detecting an ECC error, the host controller has the ability to send one of

several messages to the chipset. The host controller can instruct the chipset to generate either an SMI#,

NMI, SERR#, or TCO interrupt.

• Function Disable. The chipset provides the ability to disable the following integrated functions: LAN,

USB, LPC, SATA, PCI Express or SMBus. Once disabled, these functions no longer decode I/O,

memory, or PCI configuration space. Also, no interrupts or power management events are generated

from the disabled functions.

• Intruder Detect. The chipset provides an input signal (INTRUDER#) that can be attached to a switch

that is activated by the system case being opened. The chipset can be programmed to generate an

SMI# or TCO interrupt due to an active INTRUDER# signal.