Technical Product Specification

Intel® RAID Controller RS2WC080 and RS2WC040 TPS Introduction

Revision 1.0

Intel Order Number E64400-001

1. Introduction

This document provides a detailed description of the Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC080 and

RS2WC040 and the software that supports them.

1.1 Product Overview

The Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC080 and RS2WC040 are intelligent PCI Express* 2.0-

compliant SAS/SATA II RAID controllers that offer reliability, good performance, and fault-

tolerant disk subsystem management. This is a RAID solution that meets the internal storage

needs of workgroup, department, or enterprise systems to use cost-effective SATA or high-

performance SAS media. As a second-generation PCI Express* RAID controller, the Intel

RAID

Controller RS2WC080 and RS2WC040 address the growing demand for increased data

throughput and scalability requirements across entry-level, mid-range, and enterprise-class

server platforms.

The Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC080 can be connected to up to eight drives directly and Intel

RAID Controller RS2WC040 can be connected to up to four drives directly. They both allow the

use of expanders to connect to additional drives. For more information about the use of

expanders, see the ANSI SAS Standard Specification, Version 2.0.

Note: SATA II is the only type of SATA supported by these RAID controllers.

SATA and SAS are serial, point-to-point device interfaces that use simplified cabling, smaller

connectors, lower pin counts, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI.

1.2 Operating System Support

The latest service pack/update available at the start of the test run is tested. The following

operating systems are fully validated and supported at product launch:

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* 32-bit

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* 64-bit Edition

 Microsoft Windows Server 2008* 32-bit

 Microsoft Windows Server 2008* 64-bit Edition

 Microsoft Windows Server 2008* R2 64-bit Edition

 Microsoft Windows Vista* 32-bit

 Microsoft Windows Vista* 64-bit Edition

 Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit

 Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Edition

 Red Hat* Linux 4.0 32-bit

 Red Hat* Linux 4.0 64-bit Edition

 Red Hat* Linux 5.0 32-bit

 Red Hat* Linux 5.0 64-bit Edition

 SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 32-bit

 SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit Edition