Service Guide

Workstation System Features
Intel® Workstation System SC5650SCWS Service Guide 21
Intel
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Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR
The Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR provides four SAS connectors that support up to six hard
drives in the Intel
®
Workstation System SC5650SCWS.
The Intel
®
Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR supports full featured SAS/SATA Hardware RAID 0, 1, 5,
6 and striping capability for spans 10, 50, 60 with 128MB embedded cache memory. Optional backup battery
(AXXRSBBU3) could be ordered separately.
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NOTE
The PCI Express* Gen 1 slot (x8 Mechanically, x4 Electrically) is not available when the Intel
®
Integrated RAID
Module SROMBSASMR is installed and vice versa.
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NOTE
For help with navigating the BIOS Setup utility, refer to the Intel
®
Workstation System SC5650SCWS
Technical Product Specification.
For information on how to configure RAID, see the RAID software user’s guide at:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/workstation/S5520SC/howto.htm
For information about configure IT/IR RAID, see the IT/IR RAID software user’s guide at:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/workstation/S5520SC/howto.htm
For help with enclosure management cabling, see the Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Pedestal
Systems with Hot-swap Drive Backplanes. This guide is available at:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/workstation/S5520SC/compat.htm
Intel
®
RAID Activation Key
You can purchase and install the Intel
®
RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSW5 to enable Software RAID 5 support
on your workstation board or the Intel
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SAS Entry RAID Module AXX4SASMOD. For the Intel
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SAS Entry
RAID Module AXX4SASMOD, you can install an Intel
®
RAID Activation Key (AXXRAKSW5) in the SAS RAID
5 key connector of the SAS module card.
Hard Disk Drives
The Intel
®
Workstation System SC5650SCWS support different hard disk driver options.
 USB or Serial SATA (SATA) Solid State Drives
 Serial SATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS):
– Supports for SATA Hard Disk Drive: Six on-board SATA ports at 1.5 Gbps and 3 Gbps.
– Supports for SAS or SATA Hard Disk Drives: Four SAS ports via optional Intel
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SAS Entry RAID
Module AXX4SASMOD or Intel
®
Integrated RAID SROMBSASMR at 1.5 Gbps (SATA) and 3 Gbps
(SATA or SAS).