Page 2 - Revision History; Disclaimers; The Intel
Revision History Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Intel order number E59029-003 ii Revision History Date Revision Number Modifications December 2008 1.0 Initial Release February 2009 1.1 Updated the RAID Controller illustrations to reflect the h...
Page 3 - Table of Contents
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Product Overview .................
Page 4 - Intel
Table of Contents Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 3.2 User Interface ........................................................................................................ 17 3.2.1 Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility ..............
Page 5 - List of Figures
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Hardware Block Diagram ............................................................................................... 4 Figure 2. Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSAS...
Page 6 - List of Tables
List of Tables Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification List of Tables Table 1. SAS/SATA Connector Pin-out ........................................................................................ 7 Table 2. BBU Connector Pin-out............................
Page 7 - Introduction; Product Overview; Note: Additional Intel; Operating System Support
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Introduction 1. Introduction This document provides a detailed description of the Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (also known as Intel ® Integrated RAID Controller SROMBSASMR) and the software that supp...
Page 8 - Features List
Introduction Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification VMWare ESX* Server 3.5 Red Hat* Linux 4 32-bit Red Hat* Linux 4 64-bit Edition Red Hat* Linux 5 32-bit Red Hat* Linux 5 64-bit Edition SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 32-bit SuSE* Linu...
Page 9 - Variable data stripe size configured per virtual drive
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Introduction Variable data stripe size configured per virtual drive 128 MB of ECC DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM integrated on the controller Read and write cache policy SES2 intelligent enclosure support Backgroun...
Page 10 - Hardware; Block Diagram; Figure 1. Hardware Block Diagram
Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 2. Hardware 2.1 Block Diagram Figure 1. Hardware Block Diagram Revision 1.2 Intel order number E59029-003 4
Page 11 - Module Layout; Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR Physical Layout; Major Components
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Hardware 2.2 Module Layout AF003118 SAS/SATA Connectors Board-to-Board 50-pin Connector SES Connector Battery Connector Heatsink LSI 1078 SAS ROC Controller LSI Figure 2. Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR...
Page 12 - Flash ROM; RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU3
Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 2.3.2 Flash ROM The Intel ® Advanced+ Book Block Flash Memory device is a 4 MB FLASH ROM configured for 16-bit I/O, manufactured on Intel’s latest 0.13 μ m and 0.18 μ m technologies. This is a feature- r...
Page 13 - Diagnostics; Audible Alarm; SAS / SATA Connectors; Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR. These pin-outs for the
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Hardware 2.3.6 Diagnostics 2.3.6.1 Audible Alarm Audible alarm is not supported. 2.3.6.2 LED Placement and Function One surface-mounted system error (CRT1) LED (Orange Color) indicates a 1078 ASIC error resulting...
Page 14 - Host Board Interface
Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Intel order number E59029-003 8 Pin # Signal Description 3 TX0- Transmitter differential pair 4 GND Ground 5 RXD+ Receiver differential pair 6 RXD- Receiver differential pair 7 GND Ground Figure 6. SAS/S...
Page 15 - Figure 7. PCI Interface
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Hardware Figure 7. PCI Interface Revision 1.2 Intel order number E59029-003 9
Page 16 - BBU Interface
Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Table 2. BBU Connector Pin-out Server Connector Pin Number RAID Module Pin number Description Server Connector Pin Number RAID Module Pin number Description 1 1 P3V3_AUX 26 2 P3V3_AUX 2 3 RST_PWRGD_PS_R ...
Page 17 - Figure 8. BBU Interface
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Hardware Figure 8. BBU Interface Table 3. BBU Connector Pin-out Pin # Signal Description 1 P12V_STBY +12Vdc Standby 2 GND Ground 3 P12V_STBY +12Vdc Standby 4 GND Ground 5 P1V8 +1.8Vdc 6 GND Ground 7 P3V3 +3.3Vdc ...
Page 18 - Jumpers and Connectors; Figure 9. Jumpers and Connectors; Hardware Architectural Features; Table 4. Hardware Architectural Features
Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 2.3.10 Jumpers and Connectors AF003065 J1- J4 J6 J7 J5 J8 LSI Jumper/ Connector Description Type Comments J1-J4 Internal SAS/SATA Port Connector, Ports 0-3 N/A Connection to SAS/SATA devices J1 = SAS/S...
Page 19 - Electrical Characteristics; All power is supplied to the Intel; Environmental Specifications; Table 5. Environmental Specifications; Table 6. Storage and Transit Specifications; Safety Characteristics
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Hardware 2.5 Electrical Characteristics All power is supplied to the Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR through the board- to-board connector via PCI Express* 3.3 V rails. The supply voltages are 3.3 V ± 9...
Page 20 - Supported Device Technology; Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices; SAS Expander Support; Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices; Enclosure Management Support
Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 2.7 Supported Device Technology 2.7.1 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices The Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR integrates four internal high-performance SAS/SATA ports that support SAS and enter...
Page 21 - Software; Figure 10. Software Block Diagram
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) 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...
Page 22 - Common Layers; Firmware; MFC Settings; API; To configure the Intel
Software Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 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 below. 3.1.1.1 MFC Settings...
Page 23 - Operating System Driver; User Interface
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Software 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...
Page 25 - Command-line Utility; Flash Utility
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Software 3.3 Command-line Utility The command-line utility (CLU) is an operating system-based text utility that allows the configuration of the RAID controller properties, configuration of disk arrays and virtual...
Page 26 - RAID Functionality and Features; Hierarchy; RAID firmware is; RAID Physical Drive Status; Table 10. RAID Physical Drive Status
RAID Functionality and Features Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) 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 t...
Page 27 - RAID Virtual Drive Status; Table 11. RAID Virtual Drive Status; RAID Controller Drive Limitations; Only drives that comply with the SAS; SAS Bus and ID Mapping; RAID Level Support; Table 12. Supported RAID Levels
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification RAID Functionality and Features 4.1.2 RAID Virtual Drive Status Table 11. RAID Virtual Drive Status Drive State Code Description Optimal Optimal The drive operating system is good. All configured drives are onlin...
Page 28 - Cache Policies; RAID BIOS Console 2
RAID Functionality and Features Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 4.3.2 Cache Policies The RAID cache can temporarily store data so it can be more quickly accessed, or to await drive readiness. The cache is available both on the RAID controller a...
Page 29 - Stripe Size; RAID BIOS Console 2 utility, the Intel; Hot-plug Drive Support
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) 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...
Page 30 - RAID Controller Migration; BIOS Console 2 utility, the Intel; RAID-level Migration; Operating Certifications
RAID Functionality and Features Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification 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 losing t...
Page 31 - Safety and Regulatory Certifications; Product Safety & EMC Compliance; Table 14. Specifications and Standards
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Safety and Regulatory Certifications 5. Safety and Regulatory Certifications 5.1 Product Safety & EMC Compliance This Intel RAID Controller has been evaluated for regulatory compliance as an Intel end system,...
Page 32 - Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes; Table 15. Event Messages
Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Intel order number E59029-003 26 Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes This appendix lists the Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 events that may appear in the event log. T...
Page 39 - Appendix B: Glossary
Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Appendix B: Glossary Appendix B: Glossary Word / Acronym Definition API Application Programming Interface BIOS Basic Input/Output System DMA Direct Memory Access ECC Error Correction Code FUU Flash Update Utility...
Page 40 - Appendix C: Reference Documents
Appendix C: Reference Documents Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Appendix C: Reference Documents Intel ® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR Hardware User’s Guide (Document number: E58607-00x) Intel ® RAID Software User’s Guide (Document numbe...
