Intel RS2WG160

Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User’s Guide v
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................iii
Audience ............................................................................................................................... iii
Organization ......................................................................................................................... iii
Related Publication ............................................................................................................... iii
Chapter 1: Overview ...................................................................................................1
Benefits of SAS and SATA ....................................................................................................1
Intel
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RAID Controller RS2WG160 .......................................................................................2
Protocol Support ............................................................................................................3
Operating System Support ............................................................................................3
Usability .........................................................................................................................3
Redundancy and Error Handling ...................................................................................4
SAS/SATA Features ......................................................................................................6
Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration Rules .......................................6
Beep Codes ...................................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Intel
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RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware Installation ...................7
Requirements ........................................................................................................................7
Installing the RAID Controller ................................................................................................7
Configuring the RAID Controller ..........................................................................................10
Replacing a Controller .........................................................................................................10
Resolving a Config Mismatch ..............................................................................................10
Chapter 3: Intel
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RAID Controller RS2WG160 Characteristics ............................11
Major Components ..............................................................................................................14
LSI* SAS2108 ROC .....................................................................................................14
LSI SAS2 x36 Expander ..............................................................................................14
Flash ROM ..................................................................................................................14
Boot Strap ROM (SEEPROM) .....................................................................................14
NVSRAM .....................................................................................................................14
SDRAM (Cache) ..........................................................................................................15
Diagnostic Components ..............................................................................................15
SAS/SATA Connectors ................................................................................................16
BBU Connector Pin-out ...............................................................................................19
I2C Connector Pin-Out ................................................................................................19
PCI Interface ................................................................................................................20
LED Headers ...............................................................................................................20
Serial UART Header ....................................................................................................22
Technical Specifications ......................................................................................................22
Array Performance Features ...............................................................................................23