Hardware User Guide

13 12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers User Guide
9. Reconnect the power cords to the system.
10. Turn on the power to the system.
The controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the
drives.
Hardware Specifications
You can install the 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controllers in a computer with a motherboard that
has a PCIe slot. The following table describes the hardware configuration features for the
12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controllers.
Table 3. 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controller Hardware Specifications
Specification RS3WC080/RMS3HC080
RS3DC040/RS3DC080/RS3MC044/
RS3SC008/RMS3CC080
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Devices supported per port Up to 64 SAS devices or SATA III
devices (such as drives and
expanders)
Up to 255 SAS devices or SATA III
devices (such as drives and
expanders)
Number of ports Eight ports through two SFF-8643
mini-SAS HD-4i connectors
• RS3DC040 – Four ports through
one SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
connector
• RS3DC080 – Eight ports through
two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
connectors
• RS3MC044 – Four external ports
through one SFF-8644 mini-SAS
HD-4e connector and four
internal ports through one SFF-
8643 mini-SAS HD-4i connector
• RS3SC080 – Eight external ports
through two SFF-8644 mini-SAS
HD-4e connectors
Data transfer rate Up to 12Gb/s per PHY Up to 12Gb/s per PHY
Bus PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
PCIe form factor • RS3WC080: Standard PCIe
• RMS3HC080: Mezzanine port
• RS3DC040/RS3DC080/RS3MC044/
RS3SC008: Standard PCIe
• RMS3CC080: Mezzanine port
Cache function Write-through, non-read-ahead,
cache I/O, direct I/O
Write-back, write-through, non-read-
ahead, read-ahead, cache I/O, direct
I/O
RAID Maintenance Free Backup
Unit (RMFBU)
No support • RS3DC040/RS3DC080/RS3MC044/
RS3SC080: RMFBU4
• RMS3CC080: RMFBU5