Users guide

1 Intel® RAID Software User Guide
1 Overview
The software described in this document is designed for use with Intel
®
RAID controllers,
and with on-serverboard RAID solutions that use the Intel
®
RAID Software Stack 3
(driver package names begin with “ir3”), Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (driver
package names begin with ESRT2) or Intel
®
IT/IR RAID.
1.1 Supported Hardware
This manual covers the software stack that is shared by multiple Intel
®
server products:
• Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II (ESRT2) on the Intel
®
Enterprise
South Bridge 2 (ESB2) in the chipset, the Intel
®
I/O Controller Hub 9R (ICH9R),
the Intel
®
3420 PCH chipset, Intel
®
C200 series chipset and Intel
®
C600 series
chipset used in the following:
—Intel
®
Server Board S1200BTL/S1200BTS
—Intel
®
Server Boards based on the Intel
®
S5000 and S7000 chipsets
—Intel
®
Server Boards based on the Intel
®
5500/5520 chipset with the Intel
®
I/O Controller Hub 10R (ICH10R)
—Intel
®
Server Boards that include the LSI* 1064e SAS (Serially attached
SCSI) controller and some that include the LSI* 1068 SAS controller
—Intel
®
Server Boards S3420GP
—Intel
®
Server Boards S3200SH and X38ML
—Intel
®
SAS Entry RAID Module AXX4SASMOD (when the module is in
ESRTII mode)
—Intel
®
RAID Controller SASMF8I
Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II provides driver based RAID modes
0,1, and 10 with an optional RAID 5 mode provided by Intel
®
RAID C600 Upgrade
Key RKSATA4R5, RKSATA8R5, RKSAS4R5, or RKSAS8R5.
Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II provides driver-based RAID modes
0, 1, and 10 with an optional RAID 5 mode provided by the Intel
®
RAID
Activation Key AXXRAKSW5 on the ESB2 and LSI* 1064e on some models of
Intel
®
server boards. ESB2 supports SATA only.
LSI* SAS 1064e and 1068 provide SATA (Serial ATA) and SAS support. Not all
10
68 SAS boards provide Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II modes.
Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II must be enabled in the server system
BIOS before it is available. Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II is limited
to a maximum of eight drives including hot spare(s). Expander devices are not yet
supported by ESRT2.
• Intel
®
IT/IR RAID solutions with the following Intel
®
IT/IR RAID controllers: