Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server System R2000IP Product Family TPS System Storage and Peripheral Drive Bays
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Table 41. SAS Expander Support Options
Intel
®
SAS Expander
Installation type
Hard Drive Configuration
24 Port PCIe Intel
®
RAID Expander Card RES2SV240
PCIe add-in card
3.5” Hard Disk drive bay configurations
24 Port Internal Intel
®
RAID Expander
Internal mount
2.5” Hard Disk drive bay configurations
36 Port Internal Intel
®
RAID Expander
Internal mount
2.5” Hard Disk drive bay configurations
5.5.1 24-Port PCIe Intel
®
RAID Expander Card RES2SV240
For large storage configurations that utilize a drive bay supporting twelve 3.5” hard disk drives, a
24-Port PCIe Intel
®
RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 may be installed into any available PCIe
add-in slot. Technical Specifications are as follows:
Table 42. Intel
®
RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Series Basic Feature
Intel Order Code
RES2SV240 (includes 6 cables)
RES2SV240NC (no cables)
Embedded Processor
LSI* LSISAS2x24 24-Port Serial Attached SCSI/SATA Expander chip
Compatibility
Intel
®
RAID Controllers (SAS-2)
Intel
®
Integrated RAID Modules (SAS-2) RAID or non-RAID mode
SAS/SATA Ports
24 total sub-divided into 6 quad port by 8087 (Mini-SAS) connectors
Firmware
8 MB in an updateable flash ROM
Enclosure Management
SGPIO
Operating Temperature
Maximum ambient: 50°C (45°C with optional BBU)
Operating Voltage
+3.3 V
Cables Included
Six with 8087 (Mini-SAS) to 8087 (Mini-SAS) connectors (2 short and 4 long)
For additional information on the Intel
®
RAID Expander Card RES2SV240, please reference the
Intel
®
RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware Users Guide, Intel Document Order #
E93121-003.
Figure 38. 24 Port PCIe Intel
®
RAID Expander Card RES2SV240
Each connector on the SAS expander card can be used as a “cable in” (SAS Controller to SAS
Expander) or “cable out” (SAS Expander to Hot Swap Backplane) type connector. However, for