Intel RS2BL080 RAID controller
Contents
1. Enclosure s Power supply d cable inserted Enclosure s Fan d returned to normal s test FAILED on d pass Fail data errorOffset x goodData x badData x 220 intonation Foreign Confgwaion Geared ooo 227 Warring ARAN corp renten 222 Waning Waman o 223 Warning SAS wide port d lost link on PHY d 224 Information SAS wide port d restored link on PHY d SAS port d PHY d has exceeded the allowed error rate CA 228 2 Bad block reassigned on s at lx to lx 26 Controller Hot Plug detected Enclosure s temperature sensor d differential detected Disk test cannot start No qualifying disks found 230 3 ion Disk test cannot start No qualifying disks found O 230 eer Time draon provided by host eenegen 231 Information Marked Missing for s on array d row d 232 Information Replaced Missing as s on array d row d S per Enclosure s Firmware dowod progress 235 Warning Enclosure s Firmware download failed 220 221 222 223 224 225 227 228 231 232 234 235 Revision 1 0 39 Intel order number 64388 001 Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Number 239 VDs missing drives and will go offline at boot s 240 Warning VDs missing at boot s s rebuild not possible as SAS SATA is not supported in an array SEP s has been rebooted as a part of enclosure firmware download SEP will be 246 Information unavailable unt2. Environmental Specifications Operating temperature 0 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius The maximum operating temperature decreases to 44 5 degrees Celsius when the Intel RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 is installed Relative humidity range 20 to 80 non condensing 200 linear feet per minute LFPM linear feet 200 linear feet per minute LFPM minute LFPM MTBF electrical 357 203 hours at 40 degrees Celsius components 18 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Hardware Table 7 Storage and Transit Specifications Specification Temperature range without battery 30 degrees Celsius to 80 degrees Celsius dry bulb Temperature range with battery 0 degrees Celsius to 45 degrees Celsius dry bulb Relative humidity range 5 to 90 non condensing 2 6 1 Safety Characteristics The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 meets or exceeds the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 VO Each bare board is also marked with the supplier name or trademark type and UL flammability rating For the boards installed in a PCI Express bus slot all voltages are lower than the SELV 42 4V limit The board is designed and implemented to minimize electromagnetic emissions susceptibility and the effects of electrostatic discharge All testing and verification of these characteristics are done at the parent or end unit level 2 7 Supported Device Technolog
3. JT10 Debug Connector Reserved JT11 Keyed TC Connector 3 pin keyed connector Out of band enclosure management SES2 JT12 Individual Drive Fault LED 8 x 2 header Indicates drive faults There is one LED per header port When lit each LED indicates the corresponding drive has failed or is in the Unconfigured Bad state The LEDs function in a direct attach configuration there are no SAS expanders Direct attach is defined as a maximum of one drive connected directly to each port Note This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only JT13 Universal Asynchronous 4 pin connector For factory and debug use Receiver Transmitter UART 2 4 Hardware Architectural Features Table 4Hardware Architectural Features Feature Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 Number of devices Up to 32 devices per controller Device types SAS and SATA hard drives Data transfer rate 600 MB s per port PCI bus x8 PCI Express 2 0 512 MB ECC DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM integrated on the controller Battery backup Intel RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 optional SAS connector Two internal SFF8087 connectors LSI SAS2108 ROG which provides hardware exclusive OR XOR assistance 6 600 inches by 2 731 inches MD2 ES Revision 1 0 17 Intel order number 64388 001 Hardware Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 4 pin serial debug requires
4. Properties When you select the Adapter Selection option on the Main screen the Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 displays a list of the Intel RAID adapters in the system The Adapter Properties screen allows you to view and configure the software and hardware of the selected adapter Scan Devices When you select the Scan Devices option on the Main screen the Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 checks the physical and virtual drives for any changes in the drive status The Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 displays the results of the scan in the physical and virtual drive descriptions Virtual Disks The Virtual Disks screen provides options to Fast Initialize or Slow Initialize Virtual Disk Check Consistency Display Virtual Disk properties and Set Boot Drive using a specified virtual disk Caution Initializing a virtual drive deletes all information on the physical drives that compose the virtual drive Physical Drives This screen displays the physical drives for each port From this screen you can rebuild the physical arrays or view the properties for the physical drive you select Configuration Wizard This option enables you to clear a configuration create a new configuration or add a configuration Adapter Selection This option allows you to choose an Intel RAID controller installed in the system Physical view This option toggles between Physical View and Virtual View Events This option displays the events generated by virtual disks phy
5. accomplished by striping data across two or more RAID 1 arrays Missing data is rebuilt from redundant data stripes RAID 10 requires a minimum of four drives RAID 10 provides high data throughput rates RAID 50 RAID 50 is accomplished by striping data across two or more RAID 5 arrays Missing data is rebuilt from redundant data stripes RAID 50 requires a minimum of six drives RAID 50 provides high data throughput rates RAID 60 RAID 60 is accomplished by striping data across two or more RAID 6 arrays Missing data is rebuilt from redundant data stripes RAID 60 requires a minimum of eight drives RAID 60 provides high fault tolerance Revision 1 0 27 Intel order number 64388 001 RAID Functionality and Features Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification 4 3 2 Cache Policies The RAID cache can temporarily store data so it can be more quickly accessed while it awaits drive readiness The cache is available both on the RAID controller and on hard drives The RAID controller s read and write cache policy is set on a virtual drive level This policy is set when the virtual drive is created but it can be changed using the Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 configuration utility the command line utility or the Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility The user should not enable specific cache policies if the Intel RAID Smart Battery is not installed The drive cache is managed through a user configurable RAID controller opti
6. allows the configuration of the RAID controller properties configuration of disk arrays and virtual drives configuration of cache settings firmware updates and error reporting The CLU is available for DOS UEFI Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems For a list of all command line options see the Inte RAID Controller Command Line Tool 2 User Guide The following table provides a synopsis of available options Table 10 Command line Utility Options Option Help Command line tool option to command help Controller Information Provides information about controller properties and configuration Configuration information Provides information on physical and virtual drives attached to the controller Configuration management Allows configuration of the RAID controller virtual drive properties and hard drive cache configuration Configuration Allows configuration or deletion of virtual drives including RAID level configuration creation deletion cache policy configuration and hot spare configuration 3 4 Flash Utility This utility is an operating system based utility that allows you to update the RAID controller firmware It is available for UEFI DOS Microsoft Windows and Linux It is designed for use with a separate firmware update file For a complete list of options see the Release Notes for the specific version of the utility in use 3 5 SNMP Support SNMP support includes MIB files that are available up
7. or missing Hard Drive Cache Read and Write Cache Memory located on the hard drive is used to cache data going to or coming from the drive Enabling the hard drive cache can result in a performance improvement but data held in drive cache is not protected by the RAID controller 28 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification RAID Functionality and Features 4 3 3 Stripe Size The stripe size determines the size of each data stripe on each hard drive The options are 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 and 1024 KB The stripe size is set when the virtual drive is created It cannot be changed without removing the virtual drive configuration and all data contained on the virtual drive 4 3 4 Hot spare Drives Hot spare drives are designated to automatically replace a failed drive Hot spare drives must be the same size or larger than the drives they will replace They can be designated as a private hot spare drive assigned to one virtual drive or they may be a global hot spare that is assigned to all virtual drives attached to the RAID controller Hot spare drives can be designated using the Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 utility the Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility or the command line utility 4 3 5 Hot plug Drive Support Hot plug support allows hard drives to be inserted or removed without rebooting the system as long as both the hard drive and server system backplane s
8. to s 82 Clear aborted on s 83 Clear failed on s Error 02x 84 Clear progress on s is s 85 Clear started on s Clear completed on s 87 Warning Error on s Error 02x 35 Patrol Read corrected medium error on s at Ix 94 Patrol Read progress on s is s Patrol Read progresson sis O O 5 Predictive failure s 97 Puncturing bad block on s at lx Rebuild completed on s Rebuild failed on s due to source drive error Rebuild failed on s due to target drive error Rebuild progress on s is s 91 92 93 36 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes Rebuild stopped on s due to loss of cluster ownership Reassign write operation failed on s at IX Unrecoverable medium error during rebuild on s at IX Corrected medium error during recovery on s at lx 111 Unrecoverable medium error during recovery on s at lx Unexpected sense s CDB s Sense s State change on s from s to s State change by user on s from s to s 7 Dedicated Hot Spare created on s s 133 Dedicated Hot Spare s s disabled 134 N A OBSOLETE 135 Global Hot Spare created on s s 136 Global Hot Spare s s disabled OBSOLETE 18 m 73 148 Battery is discharging Revision 1 0 37 Intel order number 64388 001 Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technica
9. 4 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Introduction 1 Introduction This document provides a detailed description of the Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 and the software that supports it 1 1 Product Overview The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 is a high performance intelligent PCI Express to SCSI Serial ATA II adapter with RAID control capability The SAS RAID controller provides reliability high performance and a fault tolerant drive subsystem management It is an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage needs of workgroups departmental and enterprise systems The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 provides flexibility and helps lower the total cost of ownership with a standardized server and storage infrastructure 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 Il is an extension to SATA 1 0a Note SATA II is the only type of SATA supported by this RAID controller This RAID controller has eight internal SAS SATA ports and uses an x8 or wider PCI Express 2 0 server board slot 1 2 Operating System Support The latest service pack update available at the start of the test run is tested Th
10. 7 SAS SATA PCI Express 2 0 Connectors Speaker x8 Connector Figure 2 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Physical Layout Major Components The major components of the Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 are described in the subsections that follow 2 3 1 LSI SAS2108 ROC The LSI SAS2108 RAID On Chip ROG is an integrated SAS and I O controller with an embedded Power PC 440 core running at 800 MHz For more information see http www Isi com The LSI SAS2108 ROC provides the following functionality x8 PCI Express bus operating at 5 0 Gbps serial transfer rate Spread Spectrum Clocking SSC SAS SMP STP SATA support Supports SAS and SATA devices Initiator and Target mode SSP Wide port support T10 End to End Data Protection EEDP Local 72 bit DDR2 SDRAM interface with ECC checking Fusion MPT message unit PCI Express interface supports x8 x4 and x1 lane configurations Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Hardware 2 3 2 Flash ROM An 8 MB CFl compliant flash ROM is used to accommodate RAID firmware and RAID BIOS Console 2 OpROM 2 3 3 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 2 3 4 NVSRAM A 32 KB NVSRAM is used to store disk and dr
11. 92 00x 42 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001
12. E Ee 2 7 Supported Device Technology aussdsernmneikedarennni dann eae 2 7 1 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices AE 2 7 2 SAS Peru 2 7 3 Support for Non Hard Disk Drive Devices AAA 2 7 4 Enclosure Management Support vaummsmneseesur siv anneekknsenene teneste ad DE SOME Eee 3 1 Common Layers sa 3 1 1 lan EE 2 EE Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Table of Contents Table of Contents Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification 3 1 3 Operating System Ee 22 3 2 Re le 22 3 2 1 Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Ulf 22 3 2 2 Intel RAID Web Console 3 EEN 24 3 3 Commard In tility EE 25 3 4 PAS d E EE 25 3 5 SNMP SUPPOM EE 25 4 RAID Functionality and Features rvvvrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneen 26 4 1 Heen EE 26 4 1 1 RAID Physical Drive Status 2 Eate ENEE EENEOEEEC RASSEL EE 26 4 1 2 RAID e ED 27 4 1 3 RAID Controller Drive Limitations ee save ele Ee aa inns 27 4 2 SAS Bus and ID Mappngu asimieskeraukuukeemsemvdkheahgdjmmvekniedo hetende 27 4 3 RAID EE 27 4 3 1 RAID evel Supa EE 27 4 3 2 Cache ele 28 4 3 3 Stipe SIZE ae een ee ala 29 4 3 4 FIOt Spare DINGS aadnk Aden 29 4 3 5 Hot plug Drive Support ee eege eege neset 29 4 3 6 Auto declar Hot Spare Drives ass accel GR 29 4 3 7 Physical Drive ROAMUing wiesceeciecctcdectebesciveielesisteeedadesielesdleessdseneatestiaieth ahve Pecan 29 4 3 8 Virt al Drive un Un e EE 29 4 3 9 RAID C
13. Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Intel order number E64388 001 Revision 1 0 June 2009 Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Revision History Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Revision History Modifications June 2009 Initial Release Disclaimers Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products No license express or implied by estoppel or otherwise to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document Except as provided in Intel s Terms and Conditions of Sale for such products Intel assumes no liability whatsoever and Intel disclaims any express or implied warranty relating to sale and or use of Intel products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose merchantability or infringement of any patent copyright or other intellectual property right Intel products are not intended for use in medical life saving or life sustaining critical control or safety systems or in nuclear facility applications Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice Designers must not rely on the absence or characteristics of any features or instructions marked reserved or undefined Intel reserves these for future definition and shall have no responsibility w
14. RST SDATAOUTO SB5 SDATA_IN ADDR AR SB7 BP TYPE SB6 CTLR TYPE GND GND GND GND RIG RIG GND D D GND Zz U X X X X G G R R Zz U DIO Z Zz U o Zz U Zz U Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Hardware e PN NNN 668892001 IN e ES AST YYW DCH o ONW K UVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV AVA RI ROA Fi LEE AN BA AAA Ad Figure 6 SFF8087 to Four port Internal Cable with one SGPIO Connector 2 3 8 BBU Interface The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 board can be attached to an external backup battery unit BBU through the BBU board to board connector 1 20 Figure 7 BBU Board to Board Connector Table 2 BBU Connector Pin out Pin Signal Description 1 VBB_DDR_MEM DDR DDRII power 2 GND Ground 3 P12V 12V power 4 GND Ground 5 PFAIL_L Power fail 6 BBE Battery backup enabled Intel order number 64388 001 Hardware Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Pin Signal Description 7 P1V8 1 8V power 8 BATT_PRSNT Battery present 9 P3V3_STBY 3 3V auxiliary power 10 GND Ground 11 GND Ground 12 P3V3 3 3V power 13 SCL I2G Clock 14 GND Ground 15 SDA I2C Data 16 BBSTATUS Battery backup status 17 GND Ground 18 BBSTROBE Battery Backup Strobe 19 GND Ground 20 VBB_DDR_MEM DDR DDRII Po
15. This RAID controller Revision 1 0 19 Intel order number 64388 001 Hardware Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification also supports the internal SAS sideband signal SFF 8485 SGPIO enclosure management interface 20 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Software 3 Software The SAS Software Stack is planned for use with current SAS RAID controllers and future RAID controllers that are compatible with SAS and SATA technology This software stack includes software pieces used in RAID controller firmware RAID controller BIOS and RAID controller drivers and utilities Error Reference source not found shows the inter relationship between these software pieces OS Application OS Layers BIOS Console RAID BIOS Figure 9 Software Block Diagram 3 1 Common Layers 3 1 1 Firmware The firmware is composed of multiple software layers allowing for maximum flexibility reuse and maintainability These layers are described in the subsections that follow 3 1 1 1 MFC Settings The default MFC settings are factory programmed and consist of two types of settings Settings that cannot be modified in the field These include the PCI IDs Settings that can be modified using a utility These include default cache settings rebuild rates and other BIOS and operational defaults Access to the MFC modification utility is restric
16. ackground Initialization aborted on s Background Initialization corrected medium error s at lx s at Ix 44 45 46 47 8 4 Background Initialization completed on s 49 Background Initialization completed with uncorrectable errors on s Background Initialization progress on s is s OBSOLETE 5 Consistency Check aborted on s 57 Consistency Check corrected medium error s at Ix s at lx Consistency Check done on s 59 Consistency Check done with corrections on s corrections d Consistency Check detected uncorrectable multiple medium errors s at lx on s 51 52 53 54 55 6 Consistency Check failed on s Consistency Check failed with uncorrectable data on s Revision 1 0 35 Intel order number 64388 001 Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Consistency Check found inconsistent parity on s at stripe lx Consistency Check inconsistency logging disabled on s too many inconsistencies Jee Consistency ekse 68 Critical Initialization failed on s Initialization progress on s is s 72 Initialization complete on s 73 s Properties updated to s from s 7 7 7 Reconstruction progresson sis s o O 77 Reconstruction progress on s is s 78 Information Reconstruction resumed on S 79 Reconstruction resume of s failed due to configuration mismatch Reconstruction started on s 81 State change on s from s
17. dible 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 The drive failure tones repeat until the problem is corrected or until the alarm is silenced or disabled The alarm can be silenced or disabled on the controller s properties page in the BIOS Console or by using the failed drive options pane in the Intel RAID Web Console 2 Silencing the alarm is temporary If the cause of failure still exists or if an additional failure is detected then the alarm sounds again when the system is rebooted Disabling the alarm is persistent across errors and reboots When the alarm is disabled a failure does not cause it to sound until it is re enabled The build alarm tone functions differently It remains ON during the rebuild After the rebuild completes an alarm with a different tone sounds to signal that the rebuild is complete This is a one time non repeating tone 2 3 6 2 LED Placement and Function The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 contains the following LEDs One surface mounted heartbeat CRT1 LED Green Color to indicate SAS2108 activity Another surface mounted system error CRT2 LED Red Color to indicate a board error Additional LED signaling is available through stake pin con
18. e following operating systems are fully validated and supported at product launch Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2002 64 bit Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64 bit Edition Microsoft Windows Vista 32 bit Microsoft Windows Vista 64 bit Edition Red Hat Linux 4 0 32 bit Red Hat Linux 4 0 64 bit Edition Red Hat Linux 5 0 32 bit Red Hat Linux 5 0 64 bit Edition SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32 bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64 bit Edition SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 32 bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 64 bit Edition Revision 1 0 7 Intel order number 64388 001 Introduction Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification The following operating systems will be validated as a baseline operating system installation post launch 1 3 Sun Solaris 10 32 bit Sun Solaris 10 64 bit Edition Features List The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 offers the following features Supports SAS SATA devices at speeds up to 600 MB second per port Supports the 3 Gbit s SATA II protocol over SAS transport Contains eight internal SAS SATA ports Supports up to 32 SAS SATA II devices through expanders Supports up to 64 virtual disks Supports up to 32 arrays Supports RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 Hardware exclusive OR XOR assistance Online capacity expansion and online RAID level migra
19. figure the RAID adapters with their own utility This is implemented as a 32 bit dynamic link library DLL for Microsoft Windows operating systems and through a set of binaries for other operating systems Access to the API libraries is restricted 3 1 3 Operating System Driver The operating system driver communicates between the host resident application and the RAID controller using specific communication protocols 3 2 User Interface 3 2 1 Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility The Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 configuration utility is an X ROM based utility To access this utility press lt Ctrl gt lt G gt during POST This utility usually starts at the completion of POST but it may expand and operate during POST if sufficient PMM memory is available This utility is GUl based and is most easily used with a mouse The utility enables the user to configure the RAID controller properties manage physical devices attached to the RAID controller create and manage virtual drives and manage the battery backup module The Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 configuration utility includes a configuration wizard that simplifies the process of creating disk arrays and virtual drives The following table describes the available options 22 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Software Table 8 Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility Options Adapter
20. has not lost data Fatal A component has failed and data loss has occurred or will occur Dead A catastrophic error has occurred and the controller has failed This is seen only after the controller has been restarted The following table lists the Intel RAID Web Console 2 event messages Table 16 Event Messages Firmware initialization started PCI ID 04x 04x 04x 04x 1 Information Firmware version s Unable to recover cache data from TBBU s ownership changed from 02x to 02x Information Alarm disabled by user Alarm enabled by user 9 Information Background initialization rate changed to d 1 Controller cache discarded due to memory battery problems 0 Unable to recover cache data due to configuration mismatch 12 Cache data recovered successfully Consistency Check rate changed to d 34 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes Flash of new firmware image s complete S Single bit EGG error ECAR x 4 Single bit ECC error ECAR x Not enough controller memory Patrol Read complete Pal Read paused Patrol Read Rate changed to d Patrol Read resumed Patrol Read started Rebuild rate changed to d Reconstruction rate changed to d Information Shutdown command received from host Time established as s d seconds since power on User entered firmware debugger B
21. hatsoever for conflicts or incompatibilities arising from future changes to them The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 Technical Product Specification may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications Current characterized errata are available on request Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation Portions copyright LSI Corporation ii Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Table of Contents Ds Tu TT EE 1 1 Product Overview deiere eebe ge Jep dese tenet anes 1 2 Operating System Support sasssgstasfe asrdkudniehunasadamide s 1 3 Features LIST arven 2 E E 2 1 allore ee 2 2 Corroler Hou ua 240 eee 2 3 Major Gomponenis E 2 3 1 ESTSAS TOR ROG see dt 2 3 2 Flash OE RE EEE 2 3 3 Boot Strap ROM GGEEBRGOMIL 2 esnueEue ENEE EENS 234 gt NYSRAM RE 2 3 5 SDRAM CACHE ute 2 3 6 PAC MOSUCS EE 23 77 SAS SATA CGOnetlbrs Seege Seege aa aa a ipat 2 3 8 BBU Imterfate ege gege EA EEN 2 3 9 Pee ee ET 2 3 10 Jumpers and Rene e TEE 2 4 Hardware Architectural Features rrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnennnn 2 5 deene EE 2 6 tee Il Ee EE 2 6 1 Safety Characteristics eege E ger E
22. il this process completes Inserted s Info s zi 5 s is now DEGRADED 1 251 s is now DEGRADED 252 s is now OFFLINE 253 Battery requires reconditioning please initiate a LEARN cycle 254 s disabled because RAID 5 is not supported by this RAID key 242 243 244 45 2 VD 5 57 zs 5o e SS 7 z5 266 Board Revision s 267 Command timeout on s 268 s reset Type 02x 269 VD bad block table on s is 80 full 270 VD bad block table on s is full unable to log block lx on s at lx 271 Uncorrectable medium error logged for s at lx on s at lx VD medium error corrected on s at lx Warning Bad block table on s is 100 full VD bad block table on s is 100 full 272 273 274 40 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Appendix B Glossary Appendix B Glossary b VD b B PCB PCI LVD o Low Voltage Differential GE K Kilobit L POR ane O mei fPerioer Component mieroommeet OOOO SAFTE Revision 1 0 41 Intel order number 64388 001 Appendix C Reference Documents Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Appendix C Reference Documents e Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 Hardware User s Guide Document number E64386 00x Inte RAID Software User s Guide Document number D29305 0xx e Intel RAID Controller Command Line Tool 2 User Guide Document number E360
23. ing the configuration or data To avoid a configuration mismatch it is wise to reset the new controller configuration before attaching the Revision 1 0 29 Intel order number 64388 001 RAID Functionality and Features Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification array drives If a configuration mismatch occurs care must be taken to use the configuration on the drives or all data may be lost 4 3 10 Online Capacity Expansion Online capacity expansion OCE allows additional drives to be added to a virtual drive in an array OCE is available as an option in the Intel BIOS Console 2 utility the Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility or the command line utility 4 3 11 RAID Level Migration RAID level migration allows for the migration from one RAID level to another RAID level migration may require the addition of additional physical drives as part of the process RAID level migration is an option in the Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 utility the Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility or the command line utility 4 4 Operating Certifications Microsoft Windows Winqual certification WHQL 30 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Safety and Regulatory Certifications 5 Safety and Regulatory Certifications This RAID Controller Card complies with the following safety and electromagnetic compatibility EMC regulations 5 1 5 2 5 3 P
24. is unusable 4 1 3 RAID Controller Drive Limitations Only drives that comply with the SAS and SATA specification extensions are supported 4 2 SAS Bus and ID Mapping Devices on the SAS bus are persistently mapped based on a SAS address 4 3 RAID Features 4 3 1 RAID Level Support The supported RAID levels are summarized in the following table Table 13 Supported RAID Levels RAID Level RAID 0 Data is striped to one or more physical drives If using more than one disk each stripe is stored on the drives in a round robin fashion RAID 0 includes no redundancy If one hard disk fails all data is lost RAID 1 Disk mirroring All data is stored twice making each drive the image of the other Missing data on one drive can be recovered from data on the other drive RAID 1 requires two drives for each mirrored array RAID 5 Data striping with distributed parity Data is striped across the hard disks and the controller calculates redundancy data parity information that is also striped across the hard disks Missing data is rebuilt from parity RAID 5 requires a minimum of three drives in the array but can be expanded to the capacity of the controller RAID 6 Data striping with two distributed parities Data is striped across all disks in the array and two parity disks are used to provide protection against the failure of up to two physical disks In each row of data blocks two sets of parity data are stored RAID 10 RAID 10 is
25. ive setup information 2 3 5 SDRAM Cache The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 includes 512 MB of integrated DDR2 800 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 RAID transactions Cache mode selection takes immediate effect while the server is online and is available on a per virtual drive basis The ROC memory controller provides single bit ECC error correction with multi bit detection support The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 supports the optional Intel RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 which can be mounted directly as a daughter card on the RAID controller or connected remotely to the RAID controller with Remote Extender Board REB daughter card through a supplied cable to provide a battery backup option for data cached in the memory See Figure 3 AF003241 Figure 3 Remote Installation with Remote Extender Board Revision 1 0 11 Intel order number 64388 001 Hardware Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Caution Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace with same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer Lil RER EK Dispose of used batteries according to manufacturer s instructions Gi f5 K 4 Figure 4 Intel RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU 2 3 6 Diagnostics 2 3 6 1 Audible Alarm The au
26. l Product Specification Baeyens Battery removed Enclosure SES discovered on s Enclosure SAF TE discovered on s 168 Enclosure s fan d failed Enclosure s fan d inserted 170 Enclosure s fan d removed 171 Enclosure s power supply d failed 172 Enclosure s power supply d inserted 173 Enclosure s power supply d removed 174 Enclosure s EMM d failed 175 Enclosure s EMM d inserted 176 Enclosure s EMM d removed 177 Enclosure s temperature sensor d below warning threshold 178 Enclosure s temperature sensor d below error threshold 179 Enclosure s temperature sensor d above warning threshold 180 Enclosure s temperature sensor d above error threshold 183 Enclosure s firmware mismatch EMM d 184 Enclosure s sensor d bad Enclosure s phy bad for slot d Enclosure SES hot plug on s was detected PD too small to be used for auto rebuild on s BBU enabled changing WT virtual disks to WB 38 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes BBU disabled changing WB virtual disks to WT Bad block table on s is 80 full Bad block table on s is full unable to log block Sch Consistency Check Aborted Due to Ownership Loss on s Background Initialization BGI Aborted Due to Ownership Loss on s za Enclosure s Power supply d switched off Enclosure s Power supply d switched on 20
27. nectors on the controller 12 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Hardware 2 3 7 SAS SATA Connectors The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 provides two internal SFF8087 SAS SATA signal connectors The SFF8087 connector provides support for four SAS SATA ports The sideband signals are configured to adhere to the SFF 8485 Specifications for SGPIO support BE Par SFF8087 SASISATA Cable Included SFF8087 SASISATA A mid dela duh ial Connectors B i i Figure 5 SAS SATA Connectors 2 3 7 1 SAS SATA Connector Pin out Signal names are with respect to the host The device connected to the host reverses the signal names Transmit pins connect to receive pins on the other device The SAS SATA connector is keyed at pin 1 These pin outs for the serial ATA connector are not compatible with the legacy PATA connector Table 1 SFF8087 Connector to Four Single Port Connectors with one SGPIO Connector Pin out SFF 8087 Pin Pin Definition Pin Pin Definition wooo e o fm GND TXO GND GND Revision 1 0 13 Intel order number 64388 001 Hardware Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Controller Connector Pin out Backplane Connector Pin out SFF 8087 Pin Pin Definition TX1 GND 65 foa Pin Definition Es zeng ER SB1 SLOAD SDA SE B7 B8 AQ SB3 GND A8 O Z U SB4 SDATA OUT
28. on but the RAID controller battery does not protect data in the drive cache in the event of a power interruption Exercise caution when enabling the drive cache Table 14 Cache Policies Array Cache Policy Cache Option Cache Policy Direct I O When possible no cache is involved for both reads and writes The data is transferred directly from host to disk and from disk to host Cached I O All reads first look at cache If a cache hit occurs the data is read from cache if not the data is read from disk and the read data is buffered into cache All writes to drive are also written to cache Read Policy No Read Ahead The controller does not use read ahead Read Ahead Specifies that additional consecutive data stripes are read and buffered into cache Adaptive Read Ahead Specifies that the controller begins using read ahead if the two most recent disk accesses occurred in sequential sectors Write Policy Write Through The controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host after the disk subsystem receives all the data in a transaction and the data is successfully written to disk Write Back The controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache receives all the data in a transaction and the data is then written to disk as the drive becomes available If the Use Write Through for failed or missing battery option is disabled the Write Back mode is enabled even if the battery backup unit is bad
29. on request for recompilation compatibility with existing SNMP enabled monitoring applications An SNMP agent is also available For operational details see the Release Notes that accompany these files Revision 1 0 25 Intel order number 64388 001 RAID Functionality and Features Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification 4 RAID Functionality and Features 4 1 Hierarchy The fundamental purpose of a RAID system is to present a usable data storage medium virtual drive with some level of redundancy to a host operating system The Intel RAID firmware is based on the concept of associating physical drives in arrays and then creating a virtual drive from that array that includes a functional RAID level To create a virtual drive and present it to the host operating system the RAID firmware typically follows these steps 1 One or more physical drives are selected and associated as an array 2 One or more arrays are associated and given a RAID level This process creates a virtual drive and provides an option to initialize the virtual drive 3 The RAID firmware presents the virtual drive to the operating system 4 1 1 RAID Physical Drive Status Table 11 RAID Physical Drive Status Drive State Unconfigured Unconfigured Good The drive is functioning normally but is not part of a configured virtual Good drive and is not a hot spare ONLN The drive is online is part of a configured virtual drive and is functi
30. oning normally Hot Spare HOTSP A physical drive that is configured as a hot spare Failed FAILED A physical drive that was originally configured as Online or Hot Spare but on which the firmware detects an unrecoverable error Rebuilding REBUILD A physical drive to which data is being written to restore full redundancy for a virtual drive Unconfigured Unconfigured Bad A physical drive on which the firmware detects an unrecoverable error the Bad physical drive was Unconfigured Good or the physical drive could not be initialized Missing Missing A physical drive that was online but which has been removed from its location Offline Offline A physical drive that is part of a virtual drive but which has invalid data as far as the RAID configuration is concerned None None A physical drive with an unsupported flag set An Unconfigured Good or Offline physical drive that has completed the prepare for removal operation 26 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification RAID Functionality and Features 4 1 2 RAID Virtual Drive Status Table 12 RAID Virtual Drive Status Drive State Optimal Optimal The drive operating system is good All configured drives are online Degraded Degraded The drive operating condition is not optimal because one of the configured drives has failed or is offline Offline Offline The drive is not available to the operating system and
31. ontroller Migration EE 29 4 3 10 Online Capacity Expansionsc cass 2c cet eege eee a ee 30 4311 RAP Level MigratiO EE 30 4 4 Operating Certifications sisine daua EES 30 5 Safety and Regulatory CertificatiOnS rrrrnnnvrnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnn 31 5 1 Product Safety Compliance ics scciie ciscsctseartssacdeaenpentncatuensteentsvacttaenstanetaatsvaiovendeens 31 5 2 Product EMC Compliance Class A Compliance sssseseessneeesserrnseerrneerereneene 31 5 3 Product Regulatory Compliance Markings AAA 31 5 4 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices rerrnnnrnnnrnnnrrrnnnnnrrrrnnnnrnrrrnnnnnnvrnnnnnnnnnnnenn 33 Appendix A Event Messages and Error CoOdesS s rnrnnsvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnn 34 Appendix tee ege Ai Appendix C Reference DoCUMe nfs rnnnavvvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennr 42 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1 Hardware Block Diagram EE 9 Figure 2 Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 Physical Layout 10 Figure 3 Remote Installation with Remote Extender Board 11 Figure 4 Intel RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 renvrnvvrnvvvsvvenrnrerrrererrrerererererereverenenenevenenene 12 Figure 5 SAS SATA Connectors deed ates eee ee Aa Sade Eed 13 Figure 6 SFF8087 to Four port Internal Cable
32. roduct Safety Compliance UL 1950 CSA 950 US Canada EN 60 950 European Union IEC60 950 International CE Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EEC European Union Product EMC Compliance Class A Compliance FCC ICES 003 USA Canada CISPR 22 International EN55022 Europe EN55024 Europe CE EMC Directive 2004 108 EEC Europe VCCI Japan Verification Only AS NZS 3548 Australia New Zealand BSMI CNS13438 Taiwan KCC Certification Korea Product Regulatory Compliance Markings Some of the marking information is provided on the packaging and or in the product documentation due to limited marking space on the product Some markings and warnings are provided in the literature if no room was deemed on product for marking The RAID Controller Card is with the following compliance markings ETL or NRTL Mark US Canada FCC US ICES 003 Canada CE Mark Europe KCC Mark Korea BSMI DOC Mark Taiwan ACS C Tick Mark Australia Revision 1 0 31 Intel order number 64388 001 Table 15 Product Regulatory Compliance Markings Regulatory Compliance Country Marking NRTL Certification USA Can e Marking ada IC GI or e CE Mark Europe C FCC Marking Class USA This device complies with Part 15 of A the FCC Rules Operation of this device is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accep
33. s may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Intel is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized modification of this equipment for substitution or attachment of connecting cables and equipment other than those specified by Intel The correction of interferences caused by such unauthorized modification substitution or attachment will be the responsibility of the user This RAID Controller has been tested to comply with FCC standards for office use ICES 003 Canada This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the interference causing equipment standard entitled Digital Apparatus ICES 003 of the Canadian Department of Communications Cet appareil numurique respecte les limites bruits radioulectrique
34. s applicables aux appareils numuriques de Classe Aprescrites dans la norme sur le maturiel brouilleur Appareils Numuriques NMB 003 Udictue par le Ministre Canadien des Communictations Europe CE Declaration of Conformity This product has been tested in accordance too and complies with the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and EMC Directive 89 336 EEC The product has been marked with the CE Mark to illustrate its compliance Revision 1 0 33 Intel order number 64388 001 Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Appendix A Event Messages and Error Codes This appendix lists the Intel RAID Web Console 2 events that may appear in the event log The Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility monitors the activity and performance of all controllers in the server and any devices attached to them When an event such as the completion of a consistency check or the removal of a physical drive occurs an event message is displayed in the log which is displayed at the bottom of the Intel RAID Web Console 2 screen The messages are also logged in the Windows Application Log Event Viewer Error event levels are Progress This is a progress posting event Progress events are not saved in NVRAM Information Informational message No user action is necessary Warning A component may be close to a failure point Critical A component has failed but the system
35. scription of these functions see the Intel RAID Software User s Guide Document number D29305 00x Table 9 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Options Physical Virtual View Panel Shows the hierarchy of physical virtual devices in the server Properties Operations Graphical Displays information about the selected device and the operations that can be View Panel performed on the device Event Log Panel Displays the event log entries for the selected RAID controller Adapter Properties Configures adapter properties The configuration of these properties within the Intel RAID Web Console 2 is limited to properties that can be performed without a reboot of the controller or that are not data destructive Physical Drive Properties View physical drive properties including drive model serial number defect tables and association with virtual drives Virtual Disk Properties View virtual disk properties including drive size stripe size disk cache policy array cache policy virtual disk name and virtual disk status Configuration Wizard Clears a configuration creates a new configuration or adds a configuration Menu Bar Provides menu options including exit rescan operations log and online help 24 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Software 3 3 Command line Utility The command line utility CLU is an operating system based text utility that
36. sical devices enclosures the RAID battery and the SAS controller Revision 1 0 23 Intel order number 64388 001 Software Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification 3 2 2 Intel RAID Web Console 2 The Intel RAID Web Console 2 utility runs within the operating system It is Java GUI based and enables the user to configure the RAID controller disk drives Intel RAID Smart Battery and other storage related devices connected to the RAID controller or embedded on the server board The utility is used most easily with a mouse and standard right and left mouse clicks are functional based on the operating system s mouse configuration The Intel RAID Web Console 2 includes a Configuration Wizard that simplifies the process of creating disk arrays and virtual drives Within the Configuration Wizard the user can select from several options Auto Configuration mode automatically creates the best possible configuration based on options configurable with the available hardware Guided Configuration mode asks brief questions about the configuration and then creates the configuration based on the answers provided Manual Configuration mode provides complete control over all aspects of the storage configuration A Reconstruction Wizard increases or reduces the size of a virtual disk and changes the RAID level of an array The following table briefly describes the available options For a detailed de
37. t any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation EMC Marking Class Canada CANADA ICES 003 CLASS A A CANADA NMB 003 CLASSE A BSMI Marking Class Taiwan A A and Class A EMC vr Warning ESHA BE ARES AA a a ERSTE A TREGE IE GMT n e HEFTET ATNA KCC Mark Kortea eA C Tick Mark Australia Q Intel order number 64388 001 Safety and Regulatory Certifications Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Revision 1 0 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Safety and Regulatory Certifications 5 4 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices FCC Verification Statement USA This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Intel Corporation 5200 N E Elam Young Parkway Hillsboro OR 97124 6497 Phone 1 800 628 8686 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction
38. ted Additional information about MFC definitions and default settings is available upon request Revision 1 0 21 Intel order number 64388 001 Software Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification 3 1 1 2 RAID BIOS The RAID BIOS is the expansion ROM software defined in the PCI Specification It performs the RAID controller initialization from the host system memory during POST 3 1 1 3 Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility The Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 configuration utility provides a graphical user interface GUI to manage all aspects of the RAID subsystem and many features of the RAID controller To access this utility press lt Ctrl gt lt G gt during system boot time For details about this utility see the Intel RAID Software User s Guide Document number D29305 00x 3 1 1 4 RAID Firmware Engine The RAID firmware contains the algorithms for mapping physical to virtual devices RAID level algorithms data redundancy calculation algorithms and error detection logging and reporting capabilities 3 1 2 API To configure the Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 a set of interfaces known as the IOCTL interface is provided which allows an application to issue commands to the controller through the driver Commands can be issued to determine adapter properties and change the parameter settings The API package defines a higher level of commands and functions for developers who want to con
39. tion Drive roaming and drive migration Fast virtual drive initialization Hot spare drive configuration both private and global SATA drive hot plug Staggered spin up Native command queuing Support for SMART Auto rebuild with user specified rebuild rate Variable data stripe size configured per virtual drive 512 MB of ECC DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM integrated on the controller Read and write cache policy SES2 intelligent enclosure support PCI hot plug support Background media scan patrol read Background data integrity test More than 200 Qtags per array Load balancing The Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART detects up to 70 percent of all predictable disk drive failures In addition SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors heads and drive electronics 8 Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Hardware 2 Hardware 2 1 Block Diagram SFF8087 Internal SFF8087 Internal SASISATA SASISATA CONNECTOR CONNECTOR Ports 0 3 Ports 4 7 LSI SAS ROC 2108 DDR 800 SUPPORT FOR BBU AUDIBLE WARNING DEBUG 512MB DDR2 800MHz Memory PCl Express 2 0 x8 Edge Connector Figure 1 Hardware Block Diagram Revision 1 0 Intel order number 64388 001 Hardware Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification 2 2 2 3 Controller Layout LSI 2108 SAS ROC Memory Controller SFF808
40. transceiver Compatible devices 32 physical devices 64 logical drives mixed capacity drives SAS and SATA hard drives and non disk devices including expanders 2 5 Electrical Characteristics The PCI Express Specification requires that the 12 V rail and the 3 3 V rail have a voltage tolerance of 8 and 9 respectively The amount of power that an adapter card can use is also limited All power is supplied to the Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 through the PCI Express 3 3 V rails and the 12 V rails The on board switching regulator circuitry operating from these rails provides the necessary voltage The following states determine the typical current consumption of the controller State 1 Battery is charging State 2 Battery is full State 3 Battery is discharging The supply voltages are 12 V 8 percent from the PCI edge connector only and 3 3 V 9 percent from the PCI edge connector only The following table lists the power supply for the RAID controller for each state at the different voltages Table 5 Electrical Characteristics BE PCI Express 12 V PCI Express 3 3 V PCI Express 3 3 V Auxiliary Supply State 1 823 mA 713 mA 30 mA The voltage level used in the charging circuitry for the battery pack on the optional Intel RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7 is 12 V The numbers above are generated with battery attached with adapter running heavy I O pattern 2 6 Environmental Specifications Table 6
41. upport hard drive hot plug functions The RAID controller immediately recognizes when a drive is removed and sets the virtual status to Missing until an I O to the drive fails The drive status then changes to Failed A drive inserted into an attached intelligent enclosure is recognized as present A drive inserted into an attached non intelligent enclosure may require a bus scan before it is detected Hot plug of new drives is supported in both intelligent and non intelligent enclosures 4 3 6 Auto declare Hot Spare Drive If the RAID controller has a RAID array drive that is in a failed degraded state and the failed drive is removed and a new hard drive of the same or larger size is inserted into the same slot the new drive is automatically marked as a hot spare drive and a rebuild begins A bus scan may be required in a non intelligent enclosure 4 3 7 Physical Drive Roaming Physical drive roaming allows the user to move drives to any port on the RAID controller without losing the configuration 4 3 8 Virtual Drive Roaming Virtual drive roaming allows the user to move a virtual drive from one controller to another system controller without losing the configuration or data All virtual drives attached to the RAID controller must be moved as a unit 4 3 9 RAID Controller Migration The RAID controller migration feature allows a defective RAID controller to be removed and replaced by a compatible RAID controller without los
42. wer 2 3 9 PCI Interface The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 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 2 3 10 Jumpers and Connectors The following figure shows the jumpers and connectors on Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 A description for each jumper and connector is provided in the table that follows the figure Figure 8 Jumpers and Connectors Intel order number 64388 001 Revision 1 0 Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification Hardware Table 3 Jumpers and Connectors Dirty Cache LED Header 2 pin connector For connection to enclosure LED When lit indicates the data in the cache has not been written to disk Drive Activity LED Header LED signal for drive activity JT3 Board to board Connector for 20 pin connector Provides an interface to the daughter card that Battery Backup Unit contains the battery backup unit Drive Fault LED Header LED signal for any drive fault JT6 Internal SAS SATA Port SFF8087 Connection to SAS SATA devices Connector Ports 0 3 JT7 Internal SAS SATA Port SFF8087 Connection to SAS SATA devices Connector Ports 4 7 Debug Connector Set Factory Defaults Connector Resets the board settings to the defaults set in the factory
43. with one SGPIO Connector ssssssesssseeessseeeee 15 Figure 7 BBU Board to Board Connector mrrarnnnvnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnavennnnnrnnnenennnnnnennnnnnnnnnesnnnnnnnnenannenne 15 Figure 8 Jumpers and Connechors ENEE 16 Figure 9 Software Block Diagram ege ee dee 21 Intel order number 64388 001 List of Tables Intel RAID Controller RS2BLO80 Technical Product Specification List of Tables Table 1 SFF8087 Connector to Four Single Port Connectors with one SGPIO Connector Pin OUP cise eine eee eek ia eee tee conten a hed ee Edge NEG Aen 13 Table 2 BBU Connector Pim out tetett tEnEtEneerrrrnnnn nnana ernn Ennen 15 Table 3 Jumpers and Connectors irere aa r a a TEESE 17 Table 4Hardware Architectural Features ccccecceecceceeceeeeeeeeseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseeaeeeeeeeeeenseeeeneaeees 17 Table 5 Electrical Characherstice AEN 18 Table 6 Environmental DIEN aves ata ende Gee Ge ae ees 18 Table 7 Storage and Transit Specifications ENEE 19 Table 8 Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility Option 23 Table 9 Intel RAID Web Console 2 Option 24 Table 10 Command line Utility Options AEN 25 Table RAID Physical Drive Status et EE er 26 Table 12 RAID Virtual Drive Status iiss te ENEE AER 27 Table 13 Supported RAID Levels cccscccccceecceseeeenneeeeeeeeesecseeeeeeeeeeeeeesseseeneaeeeeeeeeessessnaaeees 27 Table 7A Cache e le 28 Table 15 Product Regulatory Compliance Making 32 Table 16 Event Messages EE 3
44. y The various device technologies supported by the Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 are described in the subsections that follow 2 7 1 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 integrates eight internal high performance SAS SATA II ports that support SAS and enterprise class SATA hard drives Each port supports both SAS and SATA devices using the SAS Serial SCSI Protocol 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 2 7 2 SAS Expander Support The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 supports LSI expanders Vitesse SAS expanders and PMC expanders that are used as a component within Intel enclosures Other expanders may be supported post launch based on market conditions and customer requirements 2 7 3 Support for Non Hard Disk Drive Devices As SAS based non hard drive devices were not available when this controller was in development support for these devices will be determined as they become available For information on support for non hard drive devices see the Inte RAID Controller RS2BL080 Tested Hardware and Operating System List 2 7 4 Enclosure Management Support The Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080 supports SES2 enclosure management in band to expander based backplanes and out of band to direct connect backplanes
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search