Rms2Mh080

2 Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 Hardware User’s Guide
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080
The Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module RMS2MH080 is an intelligent custom board-to-
board 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.
With 512MB RAM built onto the board and eight independent ports supporting 6-Gbps
and 3 Gbps SAS data transfers using two SFF-8087 mini multi-lane connectors, this
controller supports up to 32 enterprise-class SAS or SATA devices and 64 logical drives.
The PCI Express* connector fits into a 50 pin connector capable of performance up to 5
Gbps per lane.
The RAID module is designed to fit the following Intel
®
Server Boards and Systems:
• Intel
®
Server Board S5520UR
• Intel
®
Server system SR2612UR
• Intel
®
Server system SR2625UR
• Intel
®
Server system SR2600UR
• Intel
®
Server system SR1625UR
• Intel
®
Server System SR1690WB
• Intel
®
Server System SR1695WB
• Intel
®
Server Board S5500WB
Note: Additional Intel
®
Server Boards and Systems may be supported. For the most up-to-date
list, see the Compatibility section under the link for this Intel
®
RAID Module at
http://www.intel.com/support/go/motherboards/server/index.htm.
The SAS RAID controllers support the SAS protocol as described in the Serial Attached
SCSI Standard, Version 2.0. The controllers also support the Serial ATA II (SATA II)
protocol defined by the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.0a and the Serial ATA II:
Extension to the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.1. SATA II is an extension to SATA
1.0a.
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:
• Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) to enable communication with other SAS 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 for SATA II through expander interfaces..