Product Matrix with new RAID for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3

INTEL® RAID
CONTROLLER INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS25SB008  INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS25AB080
DESCRIPTION Scalable performance dual-core 6 Gb/s SAS RAID
controller with 8 external ports for SAS / SATA drives and
Maintenance Free Backup Unit (Flash-based) included
Scalable performance 6 Gb/s SAS RAID controller with
4 internal and 4 external ports for SAS / SATA drives
Mainstream dual-core 6 Gb/s SAS RAID controller with
8 internal ports for SAS / SATA drives and Maintenance
Free Backup Unit (Flash-based) included
MARKET SEGMENT Scalable performance Scalable performance Mainstream
ORDER CODE RS25SB008  RS25AB080
PROCESSOR LSI* SAS2208 ROC LSI* SAS2108 ROC LSI* SAS2208 ROC
MEMORY 1 GB embedded DDR2 ECC memory 512 MB embedded DDR2 ECC memory 1 GB embedded DDR2 ECC memory
PCI BUS PCI Express* 3.0 x8 PCI Express* 2.0 x8 PCI Express* 3.0 x8
CHANNELS 8 external SAS / SATA ports supporting point-to-point
6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s data-transfer rates
4 internal and 4 external SAS / SATA ports supporting
point-to-point 6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s data-transfer rates
8 internal SAS / SATA ports supporting point-to-point
6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s data-transfer rates
FORM FACTOR Low-profile, 6.6” length (MD2 compliant) Low-profile, 6.6” length (MD2 compliant) Low-profile, 6.6” length (MD2 compliant)
RAID LEVELS 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
CACHE BACKUP
OPTIONS
Maintenance Free Backup Unit (Flash-based) included
with add-in card
AXXRSBBU7
AXXRSBBU8 (new longer life)
Maintenance Free Backup Unit (Flash-based) included
with add-in card
CABLES Purchased separately One 8087 to four 7-pin SATA cable included Purchased separately
AVAILABILITY Now Now Now
WARRANTY 3 year limited warranty 1 year limited warranty 3 year limited warranty