Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Intel order number E64392-001 Revision 1.
Revision History Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Revision History Date June 2009 Revision Number 1.0 Initial Release Modifications Disclaimers Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel® products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. 2. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Product Overview .................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Operating System Support ...................................................................................... 7 1.
Table of Contents 3.1.3 3.2 4. Operating System Driver ....................................................................................... 22 User Interface ........................................................................................................ 22 3.2.1 Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility.................................................. 22 3.2.2 Intel® RAID Web Console 2 ................................................................................... 23 3.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Hardware Block Diagram............................................................................................... 9 Figure 2. Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Physical Layout...................................................... 10 Figure 3 Remote Installation with Remote Extender Board ........................................................ 11 Figure 4. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 .......
List of Tables Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification List of Tables Table 1. SFF8087 Connector to Four Single-Port Connectors with one SGPIO Connector Pinout ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Table 2. BBU Connector Pin-out................................................................................................. 15 Table 3. Jumpers and Connectors........................
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 1. Introduction Introduction This document provides a detailed description of the Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 and the software that supports it. 1.1 Product Overview The Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 is a high-performance, intelligent PCI Express*-toSCSI/Serial ATA II adapter, with RAID control capability. The SAS RAID controller provides reliability, high performance, and a fault-tolerant drive subsystem management.
Introduction Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Sun Solaris* 10 32-bit Sun Solaris* 10 64-bit Edition 1.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 2. Hardware 2.1 Block Diagram Hardware Figure 1. Hardware Block Diagram Revision 1.
Hardware 2.2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Controller Layout Figure 2. Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Physical Layout 2.3 Major Components The major components of the Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 are described in the subsections that follow. 2.3.1 LSI*SAS2108 ROC The LSI*SAS2108 RAID-On-Chip (ROC) is an integrated SAS and I/O controller with an embedded Power PC* 440 core running at 667 MHz. For more information, see http://www.lsi.com/.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 2.3.2 Hardware Flash ROM An 8-MB CFI-compliant flash ROM is used to accommodate RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM. 2.3.3 Boot Strap ROM (SEEPROM) The serial bootstrap ROM is used to configure the LSI*SAS2108 ROC before the server board configures the PCI Express* registers. The bootstrap ROM sets the Phase Lock Loop (PLL) dividers, bootstrap configuration, and so on. 2.3.
Hardware Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Figure 4. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 2.3.6 Diagnostics 2.3.6.1 Audible Alarm The audible alarm beeps when a drive fails and also during a rebuild. The drive failure alarm beeps are: Degraded array: Short tone, one second on, one second off. Failed array: Long tone, three seconds on, one second off. Hot spare commissioned: Short tone, one second on, three seconds off.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 2.3.7 Hardware SAS / SATA Connectors ® The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL040 provides one internal SFF8087 SAS / SATA signal connectors. The SFF8087 connector provides support for four SAS / SATA ports. The sideband signals are configured to adhere to the SFF-8485 Specifications for SGPIO support. Figure 5. SAS/SATA Connectors 2.3.7.1 SAS / SATA Connector Pin-out Signal names are with respect to the host.
Hardware Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Controller Connector Pin-out SFF-8087 Pin # Pin Definition B8 SB0/SCLK/SCL 14 1 Backplane Connector Pin-out Pin # Pin Definition SCLK B9 SB1/SLOAD/SDA 2 SLOAD B10 SB2/GND 4 GND A9 SB3/GND A10 SB4/SDATA_OUT/RST 3 SDATAOUT0 A11 SB5/SDATA_IN/ADDR A8 SB7/BP_TYPE B11 SB6/CTLR_TYPE A12 GND 7 GND A13 RX2+ 6 TX+ A14 RX2- 5 TX- B12 GND 4 GND B13 TX2+ 2 RX+ B14 TX2- 3 RX- B15 GND 1 GND A15 G
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Hardware Figure 6. SFF8087 to Four-port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 2.3.8 BBU Interface ® The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL040 board can be attached to an external backup battery unit (BBU) through the BBU board-to-board connector. Figure 7. BBU Board-to-Board Connector Table 2.
Hardware Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Pin # 2.3.9 Signal Description 7 P1V8 1.8V power 8 BATT_PRSNT Battery present 9 P3V3_STBY 3.3V auxiliary power 10 GND Ground 11 GND Ground 12 P3V3 3.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Hardware Table 3. Jumpers and Connectors Jumper JT1 Description Dirty Cache LED Header Type 2-pin connector Comments For connection to enclosure LED. When lit, indicates the data in the cache has not been written to disk.
Hardware Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Feature Compatible devices Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 16 physical devices, 64 logical drives, mixed capacity drives, SAS and SATA hard drives, and non-disk devices including expanders. Firmware 8 MB in flash ROM 2.5 Electrical Characteristics The PCI Express Specification requires that the 12-V rail and the 3.3-V rail have a voltage tolerance of 8% and 9% respectively.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Hardware Table 7. Storage and Transit Specifications Specification Temperature range without battery Description -30 degrees Celsius to +80 degrees Celsius (dry bulb) Temperature range with battery 0 degrees Celsius to 45 degrees Celsius (dry bulb) Relative humidity range 5% to 90 % non-condensing 2.6.1 Safety Characteristics ® The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL040 meets or exceeds the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 V0.
Hardware Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification also supports the internal SAS sideband signal SFF-8485 (SGPIO) enclosure management interface. 20 Revision 1.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 3. Software Software The SAS Software Stack is planned for use with current SAS RAID controllers and future RAID controllers that are compatible with SAS and SATA technology. This software stack includes software pieces used in RAID controller firmware, RAID controller BIOS, and RAID controller drivers and utilities. Figure 9 shows the inter-relationship between these software pieces. Figure 9. Software Block Diagram 3.
Software 3.1.1.2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification RAID BIOS The RAID BIOS is the expansion ROM software defined in the PCI Express*Specification. It performs the RAID controller initialization from the host system memory during POST. 3.1.1.3 Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility The Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 configuration utility provides a graphical user interface to manage all aspects of the RAID subsystem and many features of the RAID controller.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Software Table 8. Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility Options Option Adapter Properties Description When you select the Adapter Selection option on the Main screen, the Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 displays a list of the Intel® RAID adapters in the system. The Adapter Properties screen allows you to view and configure the software and hardware of the selected adapter.
Software Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Table 9. Intel® RAID Web Console 2 Options Option Description Provides menu options including exit, rescan, operations, log, and online help. Menu Bar Physical / Virtual View Panel Shows the hierarchy of physical / virtual devices in the server. Properties / Operations / Graphical View Panel Displays information about the selected device and the operations that can be performed on the device.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 3.5 Software SNMP Support SNMP support includes MIB files that are available upon request for recompilation compatibility with existing SNMP-enabled monitoring applications. An SNMP agent is also available. For operational details, see the Release Notes that accompany these files. Revision 1.
RAID Functionality and Features Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 4. RAID Functionality and Features 4.1 Hierarchy The fundamental purpose of a RAID system is to present a usable data storage medium (virtual drive) with some level of redundancy to a host operating system. The Intel® RAID firmware is based on the concept of associating physical drives in arrays and then creating a virtual drive from that array that includes a functional RAID level.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 4.1.2 RAID Functionality and Features RAID Virtual Drive Status Table 12. RAID Virtual Drive Status Drive State Optimal Code Optimal Description The drive operating system is good. All configured drives are online. Degraded Degraded The drive operating condition is not optimal because one of the configured drives has failed or is offline. Offline Offline The drive is not available to the operating system and is unusable. 4.1.
RAID Functionality and Features 4.3.2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Cache Policies The RAID cache can temporarily store data, so it can be more quickly accessed while it awaits drive readiness. The cache is available both on the RAID controller and on hard drives. The RAID controller’s read and write cache policy is set on a virtual drive level.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification RAID Functionality and Features the Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 utility, the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 utility, or the command line utility. 4.3.5 Hot-plug Drive Support Hot-plug support allows hard drives to be inserted or removed without rebooting the system, as long as both the hard drive and server system backplane support hard drive hot-plug functions.
RAID Functionality and Features Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification level migration is an option in the Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 utility, the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 utility, or the command-line utility. 4.4 Operating Certifications Microsoft Windows* Winqual certification (WHQL). 30 Revision 1.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 5. Safety and Regulatory Certifications Safety and Regulatory Certifications This RAID Controller Card complies with the following safety and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations: 5.1 Product Safety Compliance UL 1950 - CSA 950 (US/Canada) EN 60 950 (European Union) IEC60 950 (International) CE - Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EEC) (European Union) 5.
Safety and Regulatory Certifications Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Table 15. Product Regulatory Compliance Markings Regulatory Compliance Country NRTL Certification Marking Marking USA/Can ada or CE Mark Europe FCC Marking (Class A) USA This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification 5.4 Safety and Regulatory Certifications Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices FCC Verification Statement (USA). This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Intel Corporation 5200 N.E.
Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes This appendix lists the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 events that may appear in the event log. The Intel® RAID Web Console 2 utility monitors the activity and performance of all controllers in the server and any devices attached to them.
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Number 19 Type Critical Flash timeout during erase Description 20 Critical Flash error 21 Information Flashing image: %s 22 Information Flash of new firmware image(s)complete 23 Critical Flash programming error 24 Critical Flash timeout during programming 25 Critical Flash chip type unknown 26 Critical Flash command set unknown 27 Critical Flash verify failure 28 Informat
Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Number 63 Type Information Description Consistency Check found inconsistent parity on %s at stripe %lx 64 Warning Consistency Check inconsistency logging disabled on %s (too many inconsistencies) 65 Progress Consistency Check progress on %s is %s 66 Information Consistency Check started on %s 67 Information Initialization aborted on %s 68 Critical Initialization failed on %s 69 Pro
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Number 107 Type Critical Description Rebuild stopped on %s due to loss of cluster ownership 108 Fatal Reassign write operation failed on %s at %lx 109 Fatal Unrecoverable medium error during rebuild on %s at %lx 110 Information Corrected medium error during recovery on %s at %lx 111 Fatal Unrecoverable medium error during recovery on %s at %lx 112 Warning Removed: %s 113 Informatio
Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Number 151 Type Information Battery relearn started Description 152 Information Battery relearn in progress 153 Information Battery relearn completed 154 Warning Battery relearn timed out 155 Information Battery relearn pending: Battery is under charge 156 Information Battery relearn postponed 157 Information Battery relearn will start in 4 days 158 Information Battery relearn
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Number 195 Type Warning Description BBU disabled; changing WB virtual disks to WT 196 Warning Bad block table on %s is 80% full 197 Fatal Bad block table on %s is full; unable to log block %lx 198 Information Consistency Check Aborted Due to Ownership Loss on %s 199 Information Background Initialization (BGI) Aborted Due to Ownership Loss on %s 200 Critical Battery/charger problems d
Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Number 239 Type Warning Description VDs missing drives and will go offline at boot: %s 240 Warning VDs missing at boot: %s 241 Warning Previous configuration completely missing at boot 242 Information Battery charge complete 243 Information Enclosure %s fan %d speed changed 244 Information Dedicated spare %s imported as global due to missing arrays 245 Information %s rebuild not p
Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Appendix B: Glossary Appendix B: Glossary Word / Acronym API Definition Application Programming Interface ECC Error Correction Code FUU Flash Update Utility FW Firmware Gb Gigabit GB Gigabyte HBA Host Bus Adapter Kb Kilobit KB Kilobyte LVD Low Voltage Differential Mb Megabit MB Megabyte PCB Printed Circuit Board PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect POST Power-on Self Test RAID Redundant Array of Independent Dis
Appendix C: Reference Documents Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification Appendix C: Reference Documents 42 Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Hardware User’s Guide (Document number: E6439100x) Intel® RAID Software User’s Guide (Document number: D29305-0xx) Intel® RAID Controller Command Line Tool 2 User Guide (Document number: E3609200x) Revision 1.
