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Hardware User Guide - Page 3
... RS25DB080, 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.
Audience
This document assumes that you have some familiarity with RAID controllers/modules and related support...
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... a Config Mismatch 11
Chapter 3: Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 Characteristics 13
Major Components ...16 LSI* SAS2208 ROC ...16 Flash ROM ...16 Boot Strap ROM (SEEPROM 16 NVSRAM ...16 SDRAM (Cache) ...16 Diagnostic Components 17 SAS/SATA Connectors 18 BBU Connector Pin-out 21 I2C Connector Pin-Out 21 PCI Interface ...22 LED Headers ...22 Individual Drive Fault Header (x8 23...
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... Device Technology 28 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices 28 SAS Expander Support 28 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices 28 Enclosure Management Support 28 RAID Functionality and Features 28 Hierarchy ...28 SAS Bus and ID Mapping 30
Appendix A: Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Install 31
Drive Roaming ...31 Drive Migration ...32
Appendix B: Installation/Assembly Safety Instructions...
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... Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 9 Figure 3. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane 10 Figure 4. Card Layout...13 Figure 5. Cache Memory Board 13 Figure 6. Hardware Block Diagram 15 Figure 7. Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU9 17 Figure 8. Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 SAS/SATA Connectors 18 Figure 9. SFF8087 to Four-port Internal...
Hardware User Guide - Page 11
...of the 68-wire SCSI cable or 40-wire ATA cable. The SAS/SATA connector and cable are easier to manipulate, connect to smaller devices, and do not inhibit airflow. The point-to-point SATA architecture eliminates difficulties created by the legacy ATA master-slave architecture, while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware.
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... dual-core RAID-On-Chip chipset, providing both a SAS controller and RAID engine. With 1GB RAM built onto a memory board which is connected to the RAID baseboard by default, and eight independent ports supporting 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS data transfers using two SFF-8087 mini multi-lane connectors, this controller supports up to 128 enterprise-class SAS or SATA devices. The PCI Express* connector...
Hardware User Guide - Page 13
... a standard and a low-profile bracket. • The card ships with a 1GB memory board which is already installed onto the RAID
controller baseboard as the RAID cache.
• Small, thin cabling with serial point-to-point 6.0 Gbps data transfer rates. • Support for non-disk devices and mixed capacity drives. • Support for intelligent XOR RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. •...
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... before reading from disks.
✧ Cache I/O: Checks cache first, only reads disk if data is not in the cache. ✧ Direct I/O: Reads data directly from disk. (not cache)
• Redundancy through:
- Configuration stored in non-volatile RAM and on the drives (COD).
- Hot-swap support.
- Optional battery backup for cache memory.
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2 Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080
Hardware Installation
Requirements
• Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 (SAS/SATA cables need to be
prepared separately)
• A host system with an available x8 or x16 PCI-Express* slot • Resource CD, which contains drivers and documentation • SAS or SATA hard drives up to 6Gb/s speed • SAS/SATA cable accessory kit (product code...
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Full-height Bracket
AF003882
Figure 1. Changing the Bracket 4. Install the RAID controller into an available server system x8 or x16 PCI-Express*
slot (see Figure 2). To locate an appropriate slot and for instructions on installing an add-in card, see your server system documentation.
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PCI Express* Slot (3.3 V)
AF003884
Figure 2. Installing the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 5. Connect the provided cables into the adapter using the 4-port combined end. Make
sure the controller and cables are properly attached and plug the cable into connector at the inside edge of the adapter.
Note: To prevent throughput problems: ✧ Use the cables provided or use the shortest ...
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A
C
B
Ports 0-3 Ports 4-7
D
AF003885
Figure 3. Connecting Cable between the RAID Controller and Drives/Backplane
6. Install the server system cover and connect the power cords. See your server system documentation for instructions.
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... then display the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 number and firmware version. The numbering of the RAID controller follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board. 3. See the Quick Start User's Guide and the Software User's Guide for instructions to configure the RAID controller and to install the operating system drivers.
Replacing a Controller
To replace the RAID controller...
Hardware User Guide - Page 23
...memory chips on it that mounts directly to the base controller through the Memory Board Connector J2 and is secured by one screw. It provides a 20-pin connector for remote battery backup module or SuperCap module installation support for base controllers that do not have a 20-pin connector on the controller.
Figure 5. Cache Memory Board
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... Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives.
Advanced Software Hardware Key Header
3-pin header Enables support for selected advanced features, such as recovery, Supersized cache, FastPath, and full disk encryption.
Standard edge card connector
The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard edge card. This interface provides power to the board and an...
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... disk and drive setup information.
SDRAM (Cache)
The Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 has a 1GB memory board connected to it at factory, which integrated DDR3 667 MHz ECC SDRAM memory. This DIMM is connected directly to the memory controller interface bus of the ROC and serves as storage for the executable code transferred from the flash. It also serves as cache during
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PCI Interface
The Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 must be installed into a standard x8 or larger PCI Express* slot that complies with the PCI Express Specification, Revision 2.0. The controller is PCI Express* 1.0 compatible and is backward-compatible with x8 or larger slots that are wired with x1, x2, and x4 PCI Express* lanes.
LED Headers
There are 3 2-pin right angled headers present...
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...-on-Chip (ROC ) Operating voltage Card size Array interface to host
SAS/SATA bus speed SAS/SATA ports Physical and virtual drive support
Cache
Firmware Compatible devices
Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080
LSISAS2208 Integrated ROC, 800 MHz
+3.3 V, +12 V
2.713 inch x 6.600 inch (Low-profile)
PCI Express* Revision 2.0, x8 lane width 5.0 Gbps
Up to 6 Gbps per port, point-to-point
2x4 internal...
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... the supplier's name or trademark, type, and UL flammability rating. The maximum electrical potential on the board will be 12.96V potential difference, referenced from ground to +12V.
Operating Certifications
The RAID controller in this document is qualified to get Microsoft Windows* Winqual certification (WHQL) at product launch.
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... device technologies supported by the Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 is described in the subsections that follow.
Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices
The Intel® RAID Controller RS25DB080 integrates eight internal high-performance SAS/SATA III ports that support SAS and enterprise-class SATA hard drives. Each port supports both SAS and SATA devices using the SAS Serial SCSI Protocol...