Intel S2600IP User Manual

Intel® Server Board S2600IP and Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR TPS Functional Architecture
Revision 1.1 35
Intel order number G34153-003
The Intel
®
C600-A Chipset chipset supports the Serial ATA Specification, Revision 3.0. The
Intel
®
C600-A Chipset also supports several optional sections of the Serial ATA II: Extensions to
Serial ATA 1.0 Specification, Revision 1.0 (AHCI support is required for some elements).
3.3.4 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/SATA (SCU) Controller
The Intel
®
C600-A Chipset supports up to 8 SAS ports that are compliant with SAS 2.0
Specification and all ports support rates up to 3.0 Gb/s. All 8 ports are also independently
configurable and compliant with SATA Gen2 and support data transfer rates of up to 3.0 Gb/s.
SAS/SATA controller is only available on specific Intel
®
C600-A Chipset SKUs with optional
RAID C600 Upgrade key. Certain SKUs are also limited to support 4 of 8 SAS/SATA ports only.
Please refer details below:
Note: SAS/SATA (SCU) port 0-3 is by default enabled while port 4-7 is disabled.
Table 7. Intel
®
RAID C600 Upgrade Key Options
Intel
®
RAID C600 Upgrade Key
Options (Product Codes)
Key Color
Description
Default – No option key installed
N/A
4 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT RAID 0,1,10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,5,10
RKSATA4R5
Black
4 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,5,10
RKSATA8
Blue
8 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,5,10
RKSATA8R5
White
8 Port SATA with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,5,10
RKSAS4
Green
4 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,10
RKSAS4R5
Yellow
4 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,10
RKSAS8
Orange
8 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,10
RKSAS8R5
Purple
8 Port SAS with Intel
®
ESRT2 RAID 0,1, 5, 10 and Intel
®
RSTe RAID 0,1,10
Additional information for the on-board RAID features and functionality can be found in the Intel
®
RAID Software User’s Guide (Intel Document Number D29305-019).
3.3.5 AHCI
The Intel
®
C600-A Chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host Controller Interface
(AHCI), a standardized programming interface for SATA host controllers. Platforms supporting
AHCI may take advantage of performance features. AHCI also provides usability enhancements
such as Hot-Plug. AHCI requires appropriate software support (for example, an AHCI driver)
and for some features, hardware support in the SATA device or additional platform hardware.
3.3.6 Rapid Storage Technology
The Intel
®
C600-A Chipset provides support for Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology, providing both
AHCI and integrated RAID functionality. The RAID capability provides high-performance RAID
0, 1, 5, and 10 functionality on the Intel
®
C600-A chipset. Matrix RAID support is provided to
allow multiple RAID levels to be combined on a single set of hard drives, such as RAID 0 and
RAID 1 on two disks. Other RAID features include hot-spare support, SMART alerting, and
RAID 0 auto replace.

Intel S2600IP Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	S2600IP
Category	Motherboard
Language	English