Technical Product Specification

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS18E Technical Product Specification Table of Contents
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Intel order number D61769-001
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Purpose of this Document .......................................................................................1
1.2 Product Overview ....................................................................................................1
1.3 Operating System Support ......................................................................................1
1.4 List of Features........................................................................................................2
2. Hardware...............................................................................................................................3
2.1 Hardware Architectrural Overview ...........................................................................3
2.1.1 Block Diagram .........................................................................................................3
2.2 Physical Layout........................................................................................................4
2.3 Major Components ..................................................................................................4
2.3.1 Intel
®
80333 Intelligent I/O Processor......................................................................4
2.3.2 Flash Memory..........................................................................................................5
2.3.3 SDRAM (Cache) ......................................................................................................5
2.3.4 SAS Controller.........................................................................................................5
2.3.5 Diagnostic Features.................................................................................................6
2.3.6 Intel
®
RAID Controller SRCSAS18E Jumpers .......................................................10
2.4 Hardware Architectural Features...........................................................................11
2.5 Electrical Characteristics .......................................................................................12
2.6 Environmental Specifications.................................................................................12
2.7 Supported Device Technology...............................................................................12
2.7.1 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices .....................................................................12
2.7.2 SAS Expander Support..........................................................................................13
2.7.3 Support for Non Hard Disk Drive Devices .............................................................13
2.7.4 Enclosure Management Support ...........................................................................13
3. Software ..............................................................................................................................14
3.1 Software Architecture Overfiew .............................................................................14
3.1.1 Common Layers ....................................................................................................15
3.1.2 User Interface ........................................................................................................16
3.1.3 Command Line Utility.............................................................................................18
3.1.4 Flash Utility ............................................................................................................18
3.1.5 SNMP Support.......................................................................................................18
4. RAID Functionality and Features......................................................................................19