Hardware User's Guide

2 Intel® RAID Controller RT3WB080 Hardware User’s Guide
• Intel
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Server Board S3420GP
• Intel
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Server System SR1690WB
• Intel
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Server System SR1695WB
• Intel
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Server system SR2612UR
• Intel
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Server system SR1630GP/SR1630HGP
• Intel
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Server System SR1600UR
• Intel
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Server System SR2600UR
• Intel
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Server System SR2625UR
• Intel
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Server System SR1625UR
The controller supports the Serial ATA III (SATA III) protocol. In addition, the SATA
RAID controller supports the following SATA II features:
• 3Gb/s SATA II
• Staggered spin-up
• Hot plug
• Native command queuing
• Activity and fault indicators for each PHY
• Port selector (for dual-port drives)
Protocol Support
Each port on the SAS controllers supports SAS devices, SATA II devices, or both using
SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA II as follows:
• SATA III Protocol to enable communication with other SATA III devices.
• SATA II Protocol to enable communication with other SATA II devices.
• Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to share topology management information
with expanders.
• Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support through expander interfaces.
Operating System Support
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003*, Microsoft Windows Server 2008*, Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2*, Microsoft Windows 7*, and Windows Vista*.
• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0, and 5.0.
• SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11.
• VMWare* ESX 4.0
• Solaris* 10