Enclosure Management Cabling for Intel C200 Series Chipset and Intel C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures
October, 2012
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5. Frequently Asked Questions
1. Does AHCI Capable SATA Controller support SAS device?
Answer: No. The AHCI Capable SATA Controller only supports SATA device.
2. Does the AHCI Capable SATA Controller support expander device?
Answer: No. Expander is a SAS device, which cannot be supported by AHCI Capable SATA Controller.
3. Does On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller support SAS device?
Answer: Yes, but user needs to install one of below Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Keys to enable the support for SAS device: RKSAS4,
RKSAS4R5, RKSAS8, RKSAS8R5. For more details, please refer to Intel® RAID Quick Reference Guide (G46033-0xx).
4. Why ports number 4-7 of my On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller doesn’t recognize any device?
Answer: In order to enable ports number 4-7 of the On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller, user needs to install one of below Intel®
RAID C600 Upgrade Keys to enable the support for SAS device: RKSATA8, RKSATA8R, RKSAS8, RKSAS8R5. For more details,
please refer to Intel® RAID Quick Reference Guide (G46033-0xx).
5. Does On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller support SAS RAID 5?
Answer: Yes. The ESRT2 mode of On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller supports SAS RAID 5 when one of below Intel® RAID
C600 Upgrade Keys is installed: RKSAS4R5, RKSAS8R5. For more details, please refer to Intel® RAID Quick Reference Guide
(G46033-0xx).
6. Does RSTe mode of On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller support SAS RAID 5?
Answer: No. This hasn’t been planned. User can choose ESRT2 mode to support SAS RAID 5. For more details, please refer to Intel®
RAID Quick Reference Guide (G46033-0xx).
7. Why SATA devices cannot make RAID 5 in RSTe mode of On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller ?
Answer: When On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller SAS function is enabled by one of below Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Keys:
RKSAS4, RKSAS4R5, RKSAS8, RKSAS8R5, RSTe RAID 5 is disabled.
8. Why cannot I boot from disks or RAID arrays in RSTe mode of On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller?