Technical Product Specification

IntelP®P RAID Controller RS2PI008 Technical Product Specification Introduction

1. Introduction

This document provides a detailed description of the Intel

RAID Controller RS2PI008 and the

software that supports it.

Multiple versions of the Intel

RAID Controller RS2PI008 are available. This document applies

to RAID controllers with the following product codes:

 RS2PI008

 RS2PI008DE

Where a feature varies from one product to the next, the difference will be noted in this

document. Unless specified, features apply to all versions of the RAID controller.

1.1 Product Overview

The Intel

RAID Controller RS2PI008 is a high-performance, intelligent PCI Express*-to-

SCSI/Serial ATA II adapter, with RAID control capability. The SAS RAID controller provides

reliability, high performance, and a fault-tolerant drive subsystem management. It is an ideal

RAID solution for the external storage needs of workgroups, departmental, and enterprise

systems. The Intel

RAID Controller RS2PI008 provides flexibility and helps lower the total cost

of ownership with a standardized server and storage infrastructure. The Intel

RAID Controller

RS2PI008DE version provides additional data protection feature in the event of theft or loss of

physical drives. This version of the controllers supports the use of self encrypting drives with

encryption key management, provided by the RAID controller firmware.

The SAS RAID controllers support the SAS protocol as described in the Serial Attached SCSI

Standard, Version 2.0. The controllers also support the Serial ATA II (SATA II) protocol defined

by the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.0a and the Serial ATA II Extension to the Serial ATA

Specification, Version 1.1. SATA II is an extension to SATA 1.0a.

Note:

SATA II is the only type of SATA supported by this RAID controller.

This RAID controller has eight external SAS/SATA ports through two SFF8088 Mini SAS 4i

external connectors. The controller uses a x8 or wider PCI Express* 2.0 server board slot.

1.2 Operating System Support

The latest service pack/update available at the start of the test run is tested. The following

operating systems are fully validated and supported at product launch:

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* 32-bit

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* 64-bit Edition

 Microsoft Windows Server 2008* 32-bit

 Microsoft Windows Server 2008* 64-bit Edition

 Microsoft Windows Vista* 32-bit

 Microsoft Windows Vista* 64-bit Edition

 Red Hat* Linux 4.0 32-bit

Revision 1.1

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