Hardware User Guide

2 Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080 Hardware User’s Guide
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 SATAIII and SATA II devices, or both using
SSP, SMP, STP, SATAII and SATA III as follows:
• SATA III Protocol to enable communication with other SATA III devices.
• SATA II Protocol to enable communication with other SATA II 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
The operating systems supported may not be supported by your server board. See the
Tested operating system list for your server board at
http://www.intel.com
.
To make sure the RAID module supports your operating system, see also the Tested
Hardware and Operating System List for the Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module
RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080.
Usability
• The Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080 are shipped
with both a standard and a low-profile bracket.
• Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives.
• Support for intelligent XOR RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.
• Dedicated or global hot spare with auto rebuild if an array drive fails.
• User defined stripe size per drive: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 KB.
• Advanced array configuration and management utilities provide: