Hardware User's Guide

12 Intel® RAID Controller RS2PI008 Hardware User’s Guide
Technical Specifications
Table 2. Technical Specifications
Specification Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2PI008
RAID-on-Chip (ROC ) LSISAS2108 Integrated ROC, 800 MHz
Operating voltage +3.3 V, +12 V
Card size Low profile, extended half-length (6.6-inch, MD2)
Array interface to host PCI Express* Revision 2.0, x8 lane width 5.0 Gb/s
SAS/SATA bus speed Up to 6 Gb/s per port, point-to-point
SAS/SATA ports 2x4 external ports
Physical and virtual drive
support
240 physical drives, 64 virtual drives, and 128 RAID arrays per
controller
Cache 512 MB DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, optional battery backup
Firmware 8 MB in reflashable flash ROM
Compatible devices • 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS or SATA II drives
• Non disk devices including expanders
• Can support drives of mixed capacity
Cabling Shared connectors for multiple drives
Redundant configuration 32 KB NVRAM and config-on-disk (COD)
Enclosure management In-band SES
Enclosure support Assumes one SEP per enclosure