Hardware User's Guide

Table Of Contents

Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC040 Hardware User’s Guide iii

Preface

This is the primary hardware guide for the Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC040, 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 a system using the Intel

RAID Controller

RS2WC040.

• Anyone installing an Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC040 in a RAID system.

Organization

This document includes the following chapters and appendixes:

• Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC040.

• Chapter 2 describes the procedures for installing the RAID controller.

• Chapter 3 provides the characteristics and technical specifications for the Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC040.

• Appendix B 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 or on the controller support website at:

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/.