Hardware User's Guide

2 Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080N and RMS25CB080N Hardware User’s Guide
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080N and
RMS25CB080N
The Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080N and RMS25CB080N are intelligent
RAID adapter with an integrated LSI SAS2208 dual-core RAID-On-Chip chipset,
providing both a SAS controller and RAID engine. With 1GB RAM built onto the board
and eight independent ports supporting 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS data transfers using two
SFF-8087 mini multi-lane connectors, the controllers support up to 128 enterprise-class
SAS or SATA devices.
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080N is custom low-profile RAID adapters
and the PCI Express* connector fits into an x8 or x16 PCI Express* slot capable of
performance up to 8 GT/s per lane.
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS25CB080N is custom board-to-board PCI Express*
3.0 compliant interface RAID adapters and the PCI Express* connector fits into a 80 pin
connector capable of performance up to 8 GT/s per lane.
Note: The modules will support PCI Express* Revision 3.0 at post launch.
The RAID modules are designed to fit various Intel
®
Server Boards and systems. For the
most up-to-date support list, see the Compatibility section under the link for these Intel
®
Integrated RAID Modules at http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/server
.
Protocol Support
Each port on the SAS controllers supports SAS devices, SATA devices, or both using SSP,
SMP, STP, and SATA II as follows:
• Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) to enable communication with other SAS devices.
• SATA II Protocol to enable communication with other SATA devices.
• SATA III Protocol to enable communication with other SATA III devices.
• Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to share topology management information
with expanders.
• Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through expander interfaces.
Operating System Support
• Windows Server 2008 R2*, Windows 7*, Windows Server 2003*, Windows Vista*
• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 5.0, and 6.0
• SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11
• VMWare* ESX 4.0
• Solaris* 10