Hardware User's Guide

Intel® RAID Controller RS2VB080/RS2VB040 Hardware User’s Guide iii
Preface
About this Manual
This is the primary hardware guide for the Intel
®
RAID Controller
RS2VB080/RS2VB040, for use with the SAS and SATA disk drives. It contains
installation instructions and specifications.
For details on how to configure 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 and related
support devices. The people who benefit from this book are:
• Engineers who are designing an Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2VB080/RS2VB040 for
a system.
• Anyone installing an Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2VB080/RS2VB040 in a RAID
system.
Organization
This document includes the following chapters and appendixes:
• Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the Intel
®
RAID Controller
RS2VB080/RS2VB040.
• Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing the RAID controller.
• Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and technical specifications for the Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2VB080/RS2VB040.
• Appendix A explains drive roaming and how to do a drive migration.
Related Publication
The Intel
®
RAID Software User’s Guide is on the Resource CD that ships with the RAID
controller.