Technical Product Specification

Hardware Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 Technical Product Specification

Revision 1.0

Intel order number E64392-001

Feature Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040

Compatible devices 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. The amount of power that an adapter card can use is also

limited.

All power is supplied to the Intel

RAID Controller RS2BL040 through the PCI Express* 3.3-V

rails and the 12-V rails. The on-board switching regulator circuitry, operating from these rails,

provides the necessary voltages. The following states determine the typical current consumption

of the controller:

 State 1: Battery is charging

 State 2: Battery is full

 State 3: Battery is discharging

The supply voltages are 12 V ± 8 percent from PCI edge connector only and 3.3 V ± 9 percent

from PCI edge connector only. The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controller

for each state at the different voltages:

Table 5. Electrical Characteristics

PCI Express* +12 V PCI Express* +3.3 V PCI Express* +3.3 V Auxiliary Supply

State 1 823 mA 713 mA 30 mA

State 2 747 mA 760 mA 30 mA

State 3 747 mA 773 mA 30 mA

The voltage level used in the charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional Intel

RAID

Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 is +12 V. The numbers above are generated with battery attached,

with adapter running heavy I/O pattern.

2.6 Environmental Specifications

Table 6. Environmental Specifications

Specification Description

Operating temperature 0 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius. The maximum operating temperature

decreases to +44.5 degrees Celsius when the Intel

RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7

is installed

Relative humidity range 20% to 80% non-condensing

Airflow 200 linear feet per minute (LFPM)

MTBF (electrical

components)

357,330 hours at 40 degrees Celsius