Hardware User's Guide

14 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User’s Guide
Technical Specifications
Table 2. Technical Specifications
Array Performance Features
Table 3. Array Performance Features
Specification Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WC040
I/O Processor Chip) LSI*SAS2008 PCI*Express-SAS/SATA I/O Processor chip,
150MHz
Operating voltage +3.3 V, +12 V
Card size Low profile, extended half-length (6.6" x 2.731")
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 1x4 internal ports, up to 64 devices with expanders
Physical and virtual drive
support
Up to 64 physical drives including up to 16 physical drives in
up to 16 RAID arrays per controller
Drives not configured as part of a RAID array can be
configured as “pass through” drives in Non-RAID mode.
Firmware Up to 16 MB in reflashable flash ROM
Compatible devices • 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS or SATA II drives including SSD
drives
• Non disk devices including expanders
• Can support drives of mixed capacity
Cabling • Small, thin cables that do not restrict airflow
• Shared connectors for multiple drives
Redundant configuration 32 KB NVRAM and config-on-disk (COD)
Enclosure management • In-band SES
• SGPIO
Enclosure support Assumes one SEP per enclosure
Specification Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WC040
Host data transfer rate Up to 5.0 Gb/s per PCI Express* lane
Drive data transfer rate Up to 6.0 Gb/s per phy
Maximum scatter / gather 80 elements