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Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide ix Tables Table 1. Jumper Descriptions .................................................................................................. 13Table 2. Specifications ..........................................................................................

1 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 1 Overview This chapter provides a general overview of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E. It consists of the following sections: • Summary of SAS RAID Controller Features• Benefits of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) The Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSA...

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 2 • Support for up to 32 SAS or SATA drives and 40 logical drives.• PCI Express* connector that fits into a x8 PCI Express slot capable of 2.5 Gbps per lane over PCI Express x1, or x4. • 3.0 Gbps point-to-point transfer rate.• Both a standard and a lo...

3 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide • User specified rebuild rate (% of system resources to use from 0-100%). Warning: Exceeding 50% rate may cause operating system errors caused by waiting for controller access. • Background operating mode can be set for rebuilds, consistency checks,...

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 4 — I/0 setting: Determines whether to read/write from cache to improve performance: ^ Cache I/O: Writes to the cache and next read checks the cache first. ^ Direct I/O: Never uses cache, all data goes from host to disk to host. • Redundancy through: ...

5 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Operating System Support The RAID Controller SRCSAS144E supports major operating systems, including: • Windows 2000*, Windows Server 2003*, and Windows XP*• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 and 4.0• SuSe* Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 9 SP1 Note: The o...

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 6 2 Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Installation This chapter describes the procedures used to install the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E with internal and external connectors. Requirements The following items are required to install a...

7 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Installation 1. Power off the computer and all drives, enclosures, and system components. Remove the power cord from the computer. 2. Remove the chassis cover and access the PCI Express add-in card slots. See your server chassis documentation for in...

9 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Connecting the Cables This section describes the cables used on the SAS controller and provides instructions for connecting SAS and SATA hard disk drives to the SAS RAID controller. Note: Use only “straight” SAS cables, not “cross-over” SAS cables. ...

11 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Perform the following steps to connect a RAID Controller SRCSAS144E directly to a SAS backplane or to SATA hard drives. When cabling directly to hard drives or to backplanes that do not include expander support, use one cable per drive. When cablin...

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 12 Replacing a Controller Perform the following steps to replace a failed controller. 1. Power off the computer and all drives, enclosures, and system components. Remove the power cord. 2. Remove the chassis cover and access the PCI Express add-in car...

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 14 Technical Specifications The design and implementation of the Intel ® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to radio frequency energy, and the effects of electrostatic discharge. See the appendices for regul...

15 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Array Performance Features Table 3 shows the RAID Controller SRCSAS144E array performance features. Redundant Configuration 32 Kb NVRAM and config on disk (COD) store RAID configuration. Enclosure Management I 2 C out-of-band, SES2 in-band, SAF-TE ...

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide 16 Fault Tolerance Table 4 shows the RAID Controller SRCSAS144E fault tolerance features. Electrical Characteristics This section provides the power requirements for the RAID Controller SRCSAS144Es. Table 5 lists the maximum power requirements. Table ...

17 Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E Hardware Guide Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics The thermal and atmospheric characteristics are: • Relative humidity range: 5% to 90% non-condensing• Maximum dew point temperature: 32° C• Airflow must be at least 300 linear feet per minute (SFPM) to avoid ...