Users guide

3 Intel® RAID Software User Guide
RMS2AF040, RS2BL080, RS2BL040, RS2BL080DE, RS2BL080SNGL,
RS2PI008, RS2PI008DE, RS2MB044, RS2WC080, RS2WC040,
SROMBSASMR, SRCSATAWB, SRCSASRB, SRCSASJV, SRCSABB8I,
SRCSASLS4I, SRCSASPH16I, SROMBSASFC, SROMBSASMP2,
SROMBSAS18E, SRCSAS18E and SRCSAS144E.
— The first generation SAS controllers (SRCSAS18E, SRCSAS144E,
SROMBSAS1
8E) provide XOR RAID modes 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
— The second generation SAS controller (including SRCSATAWB, SRCSASRB,
SRCSASJV
, SRCSABB8I, SRCSASLS4I, SRCSASPH16I, SROMBSASFC,
SROMBSASMP2, SROMBSASMR) provides XOR RAID modes 0, 1, 5, 6,
10, 50, and 60.
—The Intel
®
6Gb/s SAS PCIe Gen 2 / Gen 3 RAID Controllers (including
RMS25PB080, RMS25PB040, RMT3PB080, RMS25CB080, RMS25CB040,
RMT3CB080, RS25AB080, RS25SB008, RS25DB080, RS25NB008,
RS2VB080, RS2VB040, RT3WB080, RS2SG244, RS2WG160, RS2BL080,
RS2BL080SNGL, RS2BL080DE, RS2BL040, RS2PI008, RS2PI008DE,
RS2MB044, RS2WC080, RS2WC040, RMS2MH080, RMS2AF080 and
RMS2AF040) support SAS 2.0 new features with XOR RAID modes 0, 1, 5,
6, 10, 50, and 60. (RS2WC080 and RS2WC040 are entry level hardware
RAID controllers and do not support RAID 6 and 60; RMS2AF080 and
RMS2AF040 are entry level hardware RAID controllers and do not support
RAID 10, 6 and 60.)
—The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX
For more details, refer to the T
echnical Product Specification (TPS) or
Hardware User's Guide (HWUG) for the RAID controllers.
• 12Gb/s Intel
®
RAID Controller RS3WC080, RS3DC040, RS3DC080, RS3MC044,
RS3SC008, RS3UC080, RS3FC044, and RS3GC008; 12Gb/s Intel
®
Integrated
RAID Module RMS3CC080, RMS3CC040, RMS3HC080, and RMS3JC080
Note: The Intel
®
RAID Controllers RMS2AF080, RMS2AF040, RS2WC080, and RS2WC040
only support strip sizes of 8KB, 16KB, 32KB, and 64KB. Also, their Cache Policy only
supports Write Through, Direct I/O, and Normal RAID (No Read Ahead). For more
details,refer to their Hardware User's Guide (HWUG).
This manual does not include
information about native SATA or SAS-only modes of the
RAID controllers.
Two versions of the Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2BL080 are available - RS2BL080,
RS2BL080DE.
All features on RS2BL080 are supported on RS2BL080DE. In addition, RS2BL080DE
pr
ovides one more feature of FDE (Full Disk Encryption) that RS2BL080 doesn't support.
Two versions of the Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2PI008 are available - RS2PI008,
RS2PI008DE.
All features on RS2PI008 are supported on RS2PI008DE. In addition, RS2PI008DE
pr
ovides one more feature of FDE (Full Disk Encryption) that RS2PI008 doesn't support.
Caution: Some
levels of RAID are designed to increase the availability of data and some to provide
data redundancy. However, installing a RAID controller is not a substitute for a reliable