Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 (AXXRMS2MH080) Hardware User’s Guide Intel Order Number: E93117-002
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Preface This is the primary hardware guide for the Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 (also known as Intel® Integrated RAID Controller RMS2MH080), which can be used to manage SAS and SATA disk drives. It contains installation instructions and specifications. For details on configuring the storage adapters, and for an overview of the software drivers, see the Intel® RAID Software User’s Guide on the Resource CD.
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Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................ iii Audience ............................................................................................................................... iii Organization ......................................................................................................................... iii Related Publication .............................................................
Supported Device Technology ............................................................................................ 25 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices .......................................................................... 25 SAS Expander Support ............................................................................................... 26 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices ................................................................... 26 Enclosure Management Support ..............
List of Figures Figure 1. Installing the Barrel Standoff ...................................................................................... 8 Figure 2. Installing the Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080....................................... 8 Figure 3. Connecting Cable between the RAID Module and Drives/Backplane........................ 9 Figure 4. Card Layout.............................................................................................................. 11 Figure 5.
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List of Tables Table 1. Jumper Description ................................................................................................... 11 Table 2. SFF8087 Connector to Four Single Port Connectors Pin-out ...................................16 Table 3. BBU Connector Pin-out .............................................................................................18 Table 4. I2C Connector Pin-Out ..............................................................................................
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1 Overview The Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 (also known as Intel® Integrated RAID Controller RMS2MH080) is a high-performance intelligent custom board-to-board PCI Express* 2.0 compliant SAS/SATA RAID module that offers reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. This is a RAID solution that meets the internal storage needs of workgroup, department, or enterprise systems to use cost-effective SATA or high performance SAS media.
Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 The Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 is an intelligent custom board-toboard PCI Express* 2.0 compliant interface RAID adapter with an integrated LSI* SAS2108 RAID-On-Chip chipset, providing both a SAS controller and RAID engine.
Operating System Support • Windows Server 2008* R2, Windows 7*, Windows Server 2003*, Windows Vista*, Windows XP* • • • • Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 5.0 SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 VMWare* ESX 4.0 Solaris* 10 The operating systems supported may not be supported by your server board. See the Tested operating system list for your server board at http://www.intel.com/support/go/motherboards/server/index.htm.
Redundancy and Error Handling • SES2 enclosure management support • SGPIO enclosure management support The method of these support mechanisms (in band/out of band/SES connector or sideband cable ) is explained later in the document. • Fault indicators per drive. • Drive coercion (auto-resizing to match existing disks). • Auto-detection of failed drives with transparent rebuild. There must be disk activity (I/O to the drive) for a missing drive to be marked as failed.
— Hot-swap support. — Optional battery backup for cache memory. SAS/SATA Features • Provides eight independent PHYs, each supporting 6.0 Gbps SAS and SATA data transfers. • Scalable interface that supports up to 32 physical devices and 64 logical devices via expanders. • Supports Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) to enable communication with other SAS devices. • Supports Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to communicate topology management information.
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2 Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 Hardware Installation Requirements • Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080, with the provided standoffs • A host system with two available 50-pins PCI Express* 2.0 connector • Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SAS or SATA 6.0 hard drives up to 6Gb/s speed • Provided SAS/SATA cables (for cable requirements, see step 6 in “Installing the RAID Module”) Note: Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
AF003481 Figure 1. Installing the Barrel Standoff ® 4. Attach the Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 module card to the matching server/workstation board connector, and press the module card firmly to engage the barrel standoffs installed in step 3 (see Figure 2). 5. Press down gently but firmly to ensure that the card is properly seated in the connectors, and then insert the three pin standoffs into the barrel standoffs respectively ( see Figure 2). AF003482 Figure 2.
✧ Use cables no longer than ten meters for SAS and one meter for SATA. It is better to use the shortest possible cables. The cable length should be reduced by about one foot (.33 meters) if using a backplane. ✧ You may connect one device per SATA/SAS cable either as a device or as an expander. ✧ Route SAS cables carefully. ✧ Use only “straight” SAS cables, not “cross-over” SAS cables. . AF003483 Figure 3. Connecting Cable between the RAID Module and Drives/Backplane 7.
Configuring the RAID Module To configure the RAID Module, follow these steps: 1. Turn on the system power and check to make sure that the SAS/SATA devices power up before or at the same time as the system. 2. During the boot, the following BIOS message appears to state the keys that you need to press to enter the Intel®RAID BIOS Console 2: Press to run BIOS Console 2. This message times out after several seconds. If you miss it, you need to restart the system.
3 Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 Characteristics Figure 4. Card Layout Table 1. Jumper Description s Jumper J1 - J2 Description Type Internal mini SAS Port Connectors, Ports 0-3 and 4-7 Comments Connection to SAS/SATA devices: • • J1 = SAS_A (Port 0-3) J2 = SAS_B (Port 4-7) J3 Board-to-board connector for Battery Backup Unit 20-pin connector Provides an interface to the daughter card that contains the battery backup unit.
SFF8087 Internal SAS/SATA CONNECTOR Ports 4-7 TX RX TX RX FLASH DDR2 800 MEMORY BUS LSI* SAS ROC LOCAL BUS SUPPORT FOR BBU, AUDIBLE WARNING DEBUG PCI-E (x4) GPIOs PCI-E* 2.0x4 Connector A NVSRAM 2108 PCI-E (x4) 512MB DDR2 800MHz Memory SFF8087 Internal SAS/SATA CONNECTOR Ports 0-3 PCI-E* 2.0x4 Connector B AF003484 Figure 5.
• Local 72-bit DDR2 SDRAM interface with ECC checking • Fusion MPT message unit • PCI Express* interface supports x8, x4, and x1 lane configurations Flash ROM An 8-MB CFI-compliant flash ROM is used to accommodate RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM. Boot Strap ROM (SEEPROM) The serial bootstrap ROM is used to configure the LSI* SAS2108 ROC before the server board configures the PCI Express* registers. The bootstrap ROM sets the Phase Lock Loop (PLL) dividers, bootstrap configuration, and so on.
Figure 6. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 Note: Only one option can be used at a time. Attempting to install two Smart Batteries may result in system errors. Diagnostic Components Audible Alarm The audible alarm beeps when a drive fails and also during a rebuild. The drive failure alarm beeps are: • Degraded array: Short tone, one second on, one second off. • Failed array: Long tone, three seconds on, one second off. • Hot spare commissioned: Short tone, one second on, three seconds off.
• One surface-mounted heartbeat (“DS1C1: SAS_HB_LED”) LED (Green Color) to indicate SAS2108 activity. • Another surface-mounted system error (“DS1C2: SAS_FLT_LED”) LED (Amber Color) to indicate a board error. SAS/SATA Connectors The Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 provides two internal SFF8087 SAS/SATA signal connectors. Each SFF8087 connector provides support for four SAS/SATA ports. The sideband signals are configured to adhere to the SFF-8485 Specifications for SGPIO support.
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Controller Pin-out SFF8087 Backplane Pin-out SATA Connector Pin Definition Port Pin Definition A13 RX2+ 6 TX+ A14 RX2- 5 TX- B12 GND 4 GND B13 TX2+ 3 RX- B14 TX2- 2 RX+ B15 GND 1 GND A15 GND 7 GND A16 RX3+ 6 TX+ A17 RX3- 5 TX- A18 GND 4 GND B16 TX3+ 3 RX- B17 TX3- 2 RX+ B18 GND 1 GND Port 3 Figure 8.
BBU Connector Pin-out Table 3.
I2C Connector Pin-Out Table 4. I2C Connector Pin-Out Pin Number Description 1 SMB_SAS_SES_SDA 2 GND 3 SMB_SAS_SES_SCL Host Board Interface The Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 board interfaces with the host system through two custom board-to-board interface that implements two x4 PCI Express* lanes signaling as defined in the PCI Express Specification 2.0. These interfaces also provide +3.3 V power to the board. Connector A is on the opposite side of the module's heatsink.
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Connector A Pin Number Connector B Description Pin Number Description 30 GND 30 GND 31 GND 31 GND 32 PE_RX_DP<5> 32 PE_RX_DP<1> 33 PE_RX_DN<5> 33 PE_RX_DN<1> 34 GND 34 GND 35 GND 35 GND 36 PE_RX_DP<6> 36 PE_RX_DP<2> 37 PE_RX_DN<6> 37 PE_RX_DN<2> 38 GND 38 GND 39 GND 39 GND 40 PE_RX_DP<7> 40 PE_RX_DP<3> 41 PE_RX_DN<7> 41 PE_RX_DN<3> 42 GND 42 GND 43 GND 43 GND 44 CLK_100M_PE_DP 44 TP_CLK_100M_PE2_DP 45 CLK_100M_PE_DN 45 TP_CLK_100M_PE2_DN 4
Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 Specification Interface to host Custom board-to-board x8 PCI Express* 2.0 compliant interface SATA bus speed Upto 6 Gbps per port, point-to-point SAS controller LSI* SAS2108 SAS/SATA ports 2x4 internal ports, 16 devices Physical and virtual drive support 16 drives per controller and 64 logical drives Cache 512 MB DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, optional battery backup Firmware 8 MB in reflashable flash ROM • • • Compatible devices 2.5-inch and 3.
Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 Specification Flexibility Drive migration, RAID level migration, Drive Roaming, Online Capacity Expansion - without reboot Background services Rebuild, Consistency Check, Migration, OCE, and Patrol Read Cache options Write-back or Write-through; Read Ahead, Adaptive Read Ahead, Non Read Ahead; Cache I/O or Direct I/O; Disk Cache Fault Tolerance Table 8.
The voltage level used in the charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 is +12 V. During fast charging of the battery pack, expected power consumption is 230 mA rise in +12V current.
(SSP), Serial Management Protocol (SMP), and Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP). The SSP protocol enables communication with other SAS devices. STP allows the SAS RAID controller to communicate with SATA devices using the SATA commands. SAS Expander Support The Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 supports LSI* expanders, Vitesse SAS expanders, and PMC expanders that are used as a component in Intel enclosures.
RAID Physical Drive Status Table 9. RAID Physical Drive Status Drive State Code Description Unconfigured Good Unconfigured Good The drive is functioning normally, but is not part of a configured virtual drive and is not a hot spare. Online ONLN The drive is online, is part of a configured virtual drive, and is functioning normally. Hot Spare HOTSP A physical drive that is configured as a hot spare.
RAID Controller Drive Limitations Only drives that comply with the SAS and SATA specification extensions are supported. SAS Bus and ID Mapping Devices on the SAS bus are persistently mapped based on a SAS address.
Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install Drive Roaming Drive roaming occurs when the hard drives are changed to different ports on the same controller. When the drives are placed on different ports, the controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives. Note: If you move a drive that is currently being rebuilt, the rebuild operation will restart, not resume. To use drive roaming, follow these steps: 1.
Drive Migration Drive migration moves a configured set of hard drives from one controller to another. The drives must remain on the same port and be reinstalled in the same order as in the original configuration. The controller to which you migrate the drives cannot have an existing configuration. Note: Only complete configurations can be migrated; individual virtual disks cannot be migrated. Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be supported at the same time. To migrate drives, follow these steps: 1.
Appendix B: Installation/Assembly Safety Instructions As you use your computer system, observe these safety guidelines: • Do not operate your computer system with any cover(s) (such as computer covers, bezels, filler brackets, and front-panel inserts) removed. • To help avoid damaging your computer, be sure the voltage selection switch on the power supply is set to match the alternating current (AC) power available at your location.
Additional safety guidelines: • When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its strain-relief loop, not on the cable itself. Some cables have a connector with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before disconnect the cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before you connect a cable, make sure both connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.
English Read all caution and safety statements in this document before performing any of the instructions. See also Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information on the Resource CD and/or at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770.htm. The power button on the system does not turn off system AC power. To remove AC power from the system, you must unplug each AC power cord from the wall outlet or power supply.
A microprocessor and heat sink may be hot if the system has been running. Also, there may be sharp pins and edges on some board and chassis parts. Contact should be made with care. Consider wearing protective gloves. Deutsch Lesen Sie zunächst sämtliche Warn- und Sicherheitshinweise in diesem Dokument, bevor Sie eine der Anweisungen ausführen. Beachten Sie hierzu auch die Sicherheitshinweise zu Intel-Serverplatinen und -Servergehäusen auf der Ressourcen-CD oder unter http://support.intel.
SICHERHEITSMASSNAHMEN: Immer wenn Sie die Gehäuseabdeckung abnehmen um an das Systeminnere zu gelangen, sollten Sie folgende Schritte beachten: 1. Schalten Sie alle an Ihr System angeschlossenen Peripheriegeräte aus. 2. Schalten Sie das System mit dem Hauptschalter aus. 3. Ziehen Sie den Stromanschlußstecker Ihres Systems aus der Steckdose. 4. Auf der Rückseite des Systems beschriften und ziehen Sie alle Anschlußkabel von den I/O Anschlüssen oder Ports ab. 5.
Notez que le commutateur CC de mise sous tension /hors tension du panneau avant n'éteint pas l'alimentation CA du système. Pour mettre le système hors tension, vous devez débrancher chaque câble d'alimentation de sa prise. C'est le câble d'alimentation qui est considéré comme le moyen de se déconnecter du CA. La prise à laquelle le système est branché doit se situer à proximité de l'équipement et être facilement accessible.
Le microprocesseur et le dissipateur de chaleur peuvent être chauds si le système a été sous tension. Faites également attention aux broches aiguës des cartes et aux bords tranchants du capot. Nous vous recommandons l'usage de gants de protection. Español Lea todas las declaraciones de seguridad y precaucion de este documento antes de realizar cualquiera de las instrucciones. Vea Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information en el CD Resource y/o en http://support.intel.
Para obtener un enfriamiento y un flujo de aire adecuados, reinstale siempre las tapas del chasis antes de poner en marcha el sistema. Si pone en funcionamiento el sistema sin las tapas bien colocadas puede dañar los componentes del sistema. Para instalar las tapas: 1. Asegúrese primero de no haber dejado herramientas o componentes sueltos dentro del sistema. 2. Compruebe que los cables, las placas adicionales y otros componentes se hayan instalado correctamente. 3.
PASSI DI SICUREZZA: Qualora si rimuovano le coperture del telaio per accedere all'interno del sistema, seguire i seguenti passi: 1. Spegnere tutti i dispositivi periferici collegati al sistema. 2. Spegnere il sistema, usando il pulsante spento/acceso dell'interruttore del sistema. 3. Togliere tutte le spine dei cavi del sistema dalle prese elettriche. 4. Identificare e sconnettere tutti i cavi attaccati ai collegamenti I/O od alle prese installate sul retro del sistema. 5.
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Appendix C: Regulatory and Certification Information Product Safety and EMC Compliance This Intel® RAID Module has been evaluated for regulatory compliance as an Intel end system, and is included as part of the end system certification. For information on end system certification, refer to the product regulatory certification for the end system level product.
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