Technical Product Specification

Table of Contents Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS18E
Revision 1.01
Intel order number D61769-001
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4.1 Hierarcy .................................................................................................................19
4.1.1 RAID Physical Drive Status ...................................................................................19
4.1.2 RAID Virtual Drive Status ......................................................................................20
4.1.3 RAID Controller Drive Limitations ..........................................................................20
4.2 SAS Bus and ID Mapping......................................................................................20
4.2.1 Direct-attached Physically Mapped Devices..........................................................20
4.3 RAID Features.......................................................................................................21
4.3.1 RAID Level Support...............................................................................................21
4.3.2 Cache Policies.......................................................................................................21
4.3.3 Stipe Size...............................................................................................................22
4.3.4 Hot Spare Drives ...................................................................................................22
4.3.5 Hot-Plug Drive Support..........................................................................................23
4.3.6 Auto-declare Hot Spare Drive................................................................................23
4.3.7 Physical Drive Roaming.........................................................................................23
4.3.8 Virtual Drive Roaming............................................................................................23
4.3.9 RAID Controller Migration......................................................................................23
4.3.10 Online Capacity Expansion....................................................................................23
4.3.11 RAID Level Migration.............................................................................................24
4.4 Operating Certifications .........................................................................................24
4.5 Safety and Regulatory Certifications .....................................................................24
4.5.1 Product Safety Compliance ...................................................................................24
4.5.2 Product EMC Compliance – Class A Compliance .................................................24
4.5.3 Certifications / Registrations / Declarations...........................................................24
4.6 Supported Specifications and Standards...............................................................25
Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes........................................................................i
Appendix B: Glossary ..............................................................................................................vii
Appendix C: Reference Documents.......................................................................................viii