Intel® Integrated RAID Controller RS25NB008 Hardware User’s Guide Intel Order Number: G22856-004
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Preface This is the primary hardware guide for the Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008, which can be used to manage SAS and SATA disk drives. It contains installation instructions and specifications. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for an overview of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software User’s Guide on the Resource CD. Audience This document assumes that you have some familiarity with RAID controllers/modules and related support devices.
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Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................ iii Audience ............................................................................................................................... iii Organization ......................................................................................................................... iii Related Publication .............................................................
Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics .................................................................. 24 Safety Characteristics ................................................................................................. 24 Operating Certifications ............................................................................................... 24 Supported Device Technology ............................................................................................
List of Figures Figure 1. Changing the Bracket................................................................................................. 8 Figure 2. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008...................................................... 8 Figure 3. Card Layout.............................................................................................................. 11 Figure 4. Cache Memory Board ........................................................................................
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List of Tables Table 1. Jumper Description ...................................................................................................12 Table 2. SFF-8088 Connector J1A3 Pin List ...........................................................................17 Table 3. SFF-8088 Connector J1B1 Pin List ...........................................................................17 Table 4. BBU Connector Pin-out .............................................................................................
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1 Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 is a high-performance intelligent PCI Express* 3.0 compliant SAS/SATA RAID controller that offers reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. This is a RAID solution that meets the external storage needs of workgroup, department, or enterprise systems to use with cost-effective SATA or high performance SAS media.
Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 The Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 is an intelligent, low-profile 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 a memory board which is connected to the RAID baseboard by default, and eight independent ports supporting 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS data transfers using two SFF-8088 mini multi-lane connectors, this controller supports up to 240 enterprise-class SAS or SATA devices.
Usability • The card ships with both a standard and a low-profile bracket. • The card ships with a 1GB memory board which is already installed onto the RAID controller baseboard as the RAID cache. • • • • • • Small, thin cabling with serial point-to-point 6.0 Gbps data transfer rates. 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.
• Smart initialization automatically checks consistency of virtual disks if there are five or more disks in a RAID 5 array, which optimizes performance by enabling readmodify-write mode. RAID 5 arrays of only three or four drives use Peer Read mode. • • • • • • Smart Technology predicts failures of drives and electronic components. Patrol Read checks drives and maps bad sectors. Commands are retried at least four times. Firmware provides best effort to recognize an error and recover if possible.
SAS/SATA Features • Provides eight independent phys, each supporting 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS data transfers per PHY. • • • • Scalable interface that supports up to 240 physical devices through expanders. Supports SSP to enable communication with other SAS devices. Supports SMP to communicate topology management information. Supports single PHY or wide ports consisting of 2, 3, or 4 PHYs within a single quad port. • Allows addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander if using SATA 2.
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2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 (SAS/SATA cables need to be prepared separately) • • • • A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation SAS or SATA hard drives up to 6Gb/s speed Compatible SAS/SATA cables (for cable requirements, see step 4 in “Installing the RAID Controller”) Note: Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
Low-profile Bracket AF004149 Figure 1. Changing the Bracket 4. Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot (see Figure 2). To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see your server system documentation. s* es r xp IE PC Sl 3 3. ( ot V) AF004150 Figure 2. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 5. Configure and install the SAS/SATA Devices in the target external storage case.
7. Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. See your server system documentation for instructions. Configuring the RAID Controller To configure the RAID Controller, follow these steps: 1. Turn on the system power and check to make sure that the SAS/SATA devices power up before or at the same time as the system. 2.
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3 Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 Characteristics J1A2 J1A1 J2A1 J2A3J2A2 J4A1 J4A2 J5A2 J6A1 J1A3 J1B1 J2B1 J5B1 AF004152 Figure 3. Card Layout The Cache Memory Board component is a printed circuit board with RAID controller cache memory chips on it that mounts directly to the base controller through the Memory Board Connector J2 and is secured by one screw. It provides a 20-pin connector for remote battery backup module installation support. Figure 4.
Table 1. Jumper Description s Jumper/ Connector 12 Type Description J1A2 Global Drive Fault LED header 2-pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition. J1A1 Write-pending LED header 2-pin connector Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the cache has yet to be written to the storage devices. Used when the write-back feature is enabled. J4A2 Factory Test header 2-pin connector Reserved for factory use.
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Major Components LSI* SAS2208 ROC The LSI* SAS2208 dual-core RAID-On-Chip (ROC) is an integrated SAS and I/O controller operating at 800 MHz. For more information, see http://www.lsi.com/. The LSI* SAS2208 dual-core ROC provides the following functions: • • • • • • • • • • SAS 6.
RAID transactions. Cache mode selection takes immediate effect while the server is online and is available on a per virtual drive basis. The ROC memory controller provides single-bit ECC error correction with multi-bit detection support. The Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 supports Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9. The optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9 provides a battery backup option for data cached in the memory. It is connected remotely to the RAID controller through a supplied cable.
The rebuild alarm tone functions differently. It remains ON during the rebuild. After the rebuild completes, an alarm with a different tone sounds to signal that the rebuild is complete. This is a one-time, non-repeating tone. LED Placement and Function The Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 contains the following LEDs: • One surface-mounted heartbeat LED (Green Color) to indicate SAS2208 activity. • Another surface-mounted system error LED (Amber Color) to indicate a board error.
Table 2. SFF-8088 Connector J1A3 Pin List Table 3.
Figure 8. Intel® SAS/SATA Connector Note: The RAID controller in this document doesn’t ship with SAS/SATA cables. BBU Connector Pin-out Table 4. BBU Connector Pin-out Pin # 18 Name Description 1 P12V 12V Power 2 GND Ground 3 BATT_PRSNT Battery Present 4 GND Ground 5 P1V8 1.8V Power 6 GND Ground 7 P3V3 3.3V Power 8 GND Ground 9 VBB_DDR_MEM DDR/DDRII Power 10 GND Ground 11 P3V3_STBY 3.
Pin # Name Description 16 PFAIL_L Power Fail 17 GND Ground 18 BBE Battery Backup Enabled 19 BBSTROBE Battery Backup Strobe 20 BBSTATUS Battery Backup Status PCI Interface The Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 must be installed into a standard x8 or larger PCI Express* slot that complies with the PCI Express Specification, Revision 3.0. The controller is PCI Express* 1.0/2.0 compatible and is backward-compatible with x8 or larger slots that are wired with x1, x2, and x4 PCI Express* lanes.
Figure 9. LED Header Serial UART Header Table 6. UART Connector Pin-out Pin # Name Description 1 UART0_TX UART TX SIGNAL (3.3V Signaling) 2 GND Ground 3 UART0_RX UART RX SIGNAL (3.3V Signaling) 4 P3V3_DUAL +3.3Vdc Power 1 Figure 10.
Technical Specifications Table 7. Technical Specifications Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 Specification RAID-on-Chip (ROC ) LSISAS2208 Integrated ROC, 800 MHz Operating voltage +3.3 V, +12 V Card size 2.713 inch x 6.600 inch (Low-profile) Array interface to host PCI Express* Revision 3.
Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 Specification 22 Maximum size of I/O requests 6.
Fault Tolerance Table 9. Fault Tolerance Features Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 Specification Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support • • Detects up to 70% of predictable disk drive failures Monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics.
Table 10. Actual Power Consumption Table PCI Edge connector State1 State 2 State 3 3.3V supply 330mA 330mA 330mA +12V supply 1.00A 1.81A 1.53A 3.3V AUX. supply (BBU Applications only) 30mA 30mA 30mA Note: +12V is used in the charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional BBU Remote card. If the BBU remote card is cable connected the following power consumption figures apply: 1. During trickle charging of the battery pack: N/A (no trickle charge for Li-ION 2.
Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel® RAID Controller RS25NB008 integrates eight external high-performance SAS/SATA III ports that support SAS and enterprise-class SATA hard drives. Each port supports both SAS and SATA devices using the SAS Serial SCSI Protocol(SSP), Serial Management Protocol (SMP), and Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP). The SSP protocol enables communication with other SAS devices. STP allows the SAS RAID controller to communicate with SATA devices using the SATA commands.
RAID Physical Drive Status Table 11. RAID Physical Drive Status Drive State Code Description Unconfigured Good Unconfigured Good The drive is functioning normally, but is not part of a configured virtual drive and is not a hot spare. Online ONLN The drive is online, is part of a configured virtual drive, and is functioning normally. Hot Spare HOTSP A physical drive that is configured as a hot spare.
RAID Controller Drive Limitations Only drives that comply with the SAS and SATA specification extensions are supported. SAS Bus and ID Mapping Devices on the SAS bus are persistently mapped based on a SAS address.
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Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install Drive Roaming Drive roaming occurs when the hard drives are changed to different ports on the same controller. When the drives are placed on different ports, the controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives. Note: If you move a drive that is currently being rebuilt, the rebuild operation will restart, not resume. To use drive roaming, follow these steps: 1.
Drive Migration Drive migration moves a configured set of hard drives from one controller to another. The drives must remain on the same port and be reinstalled in the same order as in the original configuration. The controller to which you migrate the drives cannot have an existing configuration. Note: Only complete configurations can be migrated; individual virtual disks cannot be migrated. Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be supported at the same time. To migrate drives, follow these steps: 1.
Appendix B: Installation/Assembly Safety Instructions As you use your computer system, observe these safety guidelines: • Do not operate your computer system with any cover(s) (such as computer covers, bezels, filler brackets, and front-panel inserts) removed. • To help avoid damaging your computer, be sure the voltage selection switch on the power supply is set to match the alternating current (AC) power available at your location.
Additional safety guidelines: • When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its strain-relief loop, not on the cable itself. Some cables have a connector with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before disconnect the cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before you connect a cable, make sure both connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.
English Read all caution and safety statements in this document before performing any of the instructions. See also Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information on the Resource CD and/or at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770.htm. The power button on the system does not turn off system AC power. To remove AC power from the system, you must unplug each AC power cord from the wall outlet or power supply.
A microprocessor and heat sink may be hot if the system has been running. Also, there may be sharp pins and edges on some board and chassis parts. Contact should be made with care. Consider wearing protective gloves. Deutsch Lesen Sie zunächst sämtliche Warn- und Sicherheitshinweise in diesem Dokument, bevor Sie eine der Anweisungen ausführen. Beachten Sie hierzu auch die Sicherheitshinweise zu Intel-Serverplatinen und -Servergehäusen auf der Ressourcen-CD oder unter http://www.intel.
SICHERHEITSMASSNAHMEN: Immer wenn Sie die Gehäuseabdeckung abnehmen um an das Systeminnere zu gelangen, sollten Sie folgende Schritte beachten: 1. Schalten Sie alle an Ihr System angeschlossenen Peripheriegeräte aus. 2. Schalten Sie das System mit dem Hauptschalter aus. 3. Ziehen Sie den Stromanschlußstecker Ihres Systems aus der Steckdose. 4. Auf der Rückseite des Systems beschriften und ziehen Sie alle Anschlußkabel von den I/O Anschlüssen oder Ports ab. 5.
Notez que le commutateur CC de mise sous tension /hors tension du panneau avant n'éteint pas l'alimentation CA du système. Pour mettre le système hors tension, vous devez débrancher chaque câble d'alimentation de sa prise. C'est le câble d'alimentation qui est considéré comme le moyen de se déconnecter du CA. La prise à laquelle le système est branché doit se situer à proximité de l'équipement et être facilement accessible.
Le microprocesseur et le dissipateur de chaleur peuvent être chauds si le système a été sous tension. Faites également attention aux broches aiguës des cartes et aux bords tranchants du capot. Nous vous recommandons l'usage de gants de protection. Español Lea todas las declaraciones de seguridad y precaucion de este documento antes de realizar cualquiera de las instrucciones. Vea Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information en el CD Resource y/o en http://www.intel.
Para obtener un enfriamiento y un flujo de aire adecuados, reinstale siempre las tapas del chasis antes de poner en marcha el sistema. Si pone en funcionamiento el sistema sin las tapas bien colocadas puede dañar los componentes del sistema. Para instalar las tapas: 1. Asegúrese primero de no haber dejado herramientas o componentes sueltos dentro del sistema. 2. Compruebe que los cables, las placas adicionales y otros componentes se hayan instalado correctamente. 3.
PASSI DI SICUREZZA: Qualora si rimuovano le coperture del telaio per accedere all'interno del sistema, seguire i seguenti passi: 1. Spegnere tutti i dispositivi periferici collegati al sistema. 2. Spegnere il sistema, usando il pulsante spento/acceso dell'interruttore del sistema. 3. Togliere tutte le spine dei cavi del sistema dalle prese elettriche. 4. Identificare e sconnettere tutti i cavi attaccati ai collegamenti I/O od alle prese installate sul retro del sistema. 5.
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Appendix C: Regulatory and Certification Information Product Safety and EMC Compliance This Intel® RAID Controller has been evaluated for regulatory compliance as an Intel end system, and is included as part of the end system certification. For information on end system certification, refer to the product regulatory certification for the end system level product.
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