Technical Product Specification

Intel
®
Server System R1000EP Product Family TPS Storage Control Options Overview
Revision 2.0 Intel Order Number G67599-003 37
Table 17. Intel
®
RAID C600 Upgrade Key Options
Intel
®
RAID C600 Upgrade Key
(Intel Product Codes)
Key Color
Description
Default – No option key
installed
N/A
4 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT RAID 0,1,10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID
0,1,5,10
RKSATA4R5
Black
4 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID
0,1,5,10
RKSATA8
Blue
8 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID
0,1,5,10
RKSATA8R5
White
8 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID
0,1,5,10
RKSAS4
Green
4 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,10
RKSAS4R5
Yellow
4 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID
0,1,10
RKSAS8
Orange
8 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,10
RKSAS8R5
Purple
8 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID
0,1,10
Additional information for the on-board RAID features and functionality can be found in the Intel
®
RAID Software Users Guide (Intel
®
Document Number D29305).
6.2 Embedded Software RAID Support
The system includes support for two embedded software RAID options:
 Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2) based on LSI* MegaRAID SW
RAID technology
 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe)
Using the <F2> BIOS Setup Utility, accessed during system POST, options are available to
enable/disable SW RAID, and select which embedded software RAID option to use.
6.2.1 Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2)
1
Features of the embedded software RAID option Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology 2
(ESRT2) include the following:
 Based on LSI* MegaRAID Software Stack
 Software RAID, with system providing memory and CPU utilization
 Supported RAID Levels – 0,1,5,10
o 4 and 8 Port SATA RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel
®
RAID C600
Upgrade Key
o 4 and 8 Port SAS RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel
®
RAID C600
Upgrade Key
 Maximum drive support = 8
o Note: ESRT2 has no SAS Expander Support
 Open Source Compliance = Binary Driver (includes Partial Source files)
o Meta data is also recognized by MDRAID layer in Linux* (No direct Intel
®
support,
not validated by Intel
®
)
 OS Support = Microsoft Windows 7*, Microsoft Windows 2008*, Microsoft Windows
2003*, RHEL*, SLES*, other Linux* variants using partial source builds.