Hardware User Guide

Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080 Hardware User’s Guide 1
1 Overview
The Intel
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Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080 are high-
performance intelligent PCI Express* 3.0 compliant SATA III RAID controllers that offer
reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. This is an
ideal RAID solution that meets the internal storage needs of workgroup, department, or
enterprise systems to use with cost-effective SATA media.
As second generation PCI Express* storage controller, the Intel
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Integrated RAID
Module RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080 address the growing demand for increased data
throughput and scalability requirements across entry level, midrange, and enterprise
server platforms.
Intel
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Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080 control 8 internal
SAS/SATA ports through two SFF-8087 Mini SAS x4 internal connectors. For more
information about the use of expanders, see the ANSI SAS Standard, version 2.0
specification.
SATA is a serial, point-to-point, device interface that uses simplified cabling, smaller
connectors, lower pin counts, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI.
The optional Intel
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RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9 or Intel
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RAID Maintenance
Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU2 provides cached data protection for the RAID
controller, even during system failures.
Intel
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Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 and
RMT3CB080
Intel
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Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 and RMT3CB080 are intelligent RAID
adapter with an integrated LSI SAS2208 dual-core RAID-On-Chip chipset, providing
both a SAS controller and RAID engine. With 512 MB RAM built onto the board and
eight independent ports supporting 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SATA data transfers using one or two
SFF-8087 mini multi-lane connectors, the controllers support up to 128 enterprise-class
SATA devices.
Intel
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Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080 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
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Integrated RAID Module RMT3CB080 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.