Hardware User Guide

7 12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers User Guide
The 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controllers use Fusion-MPT architecture for all major operating
systems, thinner drivers, and better performance.
Summary of 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controller
Characteristics
This section summarizes the features and benefits offered by the 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID
Controllers. It contains information on SAS features, SATA features, PCI performance,
integration, usability, and flexibility.
The 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controllers have the following features.
Table 1. 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controller Features
Feature
RS3WC080/
RMS3HC080
RS3DC040
RS3DC080/
RMS3CC080
RS3MC044 RS3SC008
LSI SAS ROC or IOC LSI3008 LSI3108 LSI3108 LSI3108 LSI3108
PCIe x8 lane width (with support for
x16 connectors)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PCIe performance up to 8GT/s per
lane
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
1-GB DDR3 1866-MT/s onboard
SDRAM
No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Number of internal 4-port SAS
connectors
2 1 2 1 0
Number of external 4-port SAS
connectors
0 0 0 1 2
Supported RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10,
50
0, 1, 5, 6, 10,
50, 60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10,
50, 60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10,
50, 60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10,
50, 60
Advanced array configuration and
management utilities
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for global hot spares and
dedicated hot spares
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for user-defined strip sizes:
8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024
KB
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes