Technical Product Specification

Hardware Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 and RS2WC040 TPS
Revision 1.0
Intel Order Number E64400-001
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communication with other SAS devices. STP allows the SAS RAID controller to communicate
with SATA devices using the SATA commands.
2.7.2 SAS Expander Support
The Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WC080 and RS2WC040 support LSI* expanders, Vitesse SAS
expanders, and PMC expanders that are used as a component within Intel enclosures. Other
expanders may be supported post launch, based on market conditions and customer
requirements.
2.7.3 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices
As SAS-based non-hard drive devices were not available when this controller was in
development, support for these devices will be determined as they become available. For
information on support for non-hard drive devices, see the Tested Hardware and Operating
System List for Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WC080 and Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WC040
2.7.4 Enclosure Management Support
The Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WC080 and RS2WC040 support SES2 enclosure management
in-band to expander-based backplanes and out-of-band to direct-connect backplanes. This
RAID controller also supports the internal SAS sideband signal SFF-8485 (SGPIO) enclosure
management interface.