Hardware User Guide

12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers User Guide 38
Table 9. Jumpers and Connectors on the Intel
®
RAID Module RMS3HC080
12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controller Characteristics
The following table shows the general characteristics for all 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID
Controllers.
Table 10. 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controller Characteristics
A. For boot code and firmware.
B. For BIOS configuration storage.
Each 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controller ensures data integrity by intelligently validating the
compatibility of the SAS domain. The 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controllers use Fusion-MPT
architecture, which allows for thinner drivers and better performance.
Jumper/
Connector
Type Description
J1 2-pin connector Test Header.
Reserved for use.
J4 4-pin connector On-board Serial Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter (UART) connector.
J5 Dual x4 SAS Port 0 through Port 7
internal connector
Two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i internal
connectors.
Connects the controller by cable to SAS
drives or SATA drives.
J6 Mezzanine connector (on the
backside of the module)
The PCIe* interface to the host system that is
implemented with a board-to-board
Mezzanine connector.
Flash
ROM
A
Serial
EEPROM
B
Data Transfer Rate SCSI Feature
SCSI
Termination
Yes Yes Up to 12Gb/s per port for SAS and
up to 6Gb/s per port for SATA III
Plug-and-Play
Scatter/Gather
Activity LED
Active