Intel
®
Server Board S5000PSL 13
RAID Support
The Intel
®
Server Board S5000PSL is available in a SATA model, a SAS model, and with
a model that includes Intel
®
Integrated Server RAID.
• The SATA model has product code S5000PSLSATA.
• The SAS model has product code S5000PSLSAS.
• The model that provides Intel
®
Integrated Server RAID has product code
S5000PSLROMB.
The SAS model provides both SAS and SATA support; the SATA model provides only
SATA support. For information on configuring RAID, see the RAID software user’s guide
that is included on the
Intel
®
Server Deployment Toolkit 2.0 CD.
SATA Server Board
The Intel
®
Server Board S5000PSL provides an embedded SATA controller that supports
both 1.5 and 3.0 Gbps data transfer rates.
The BIOS Setup utility provides multiple drive configuration options on the Advanced |
ATA Controller setup page, some of which affect the ability to configure RAID. The
“Onboard SATA Controller” option is enabled by default. When this option is enabled, the
“SATA Mode” option can be set to either Legacy or Enhanced. The Legacy and Enhanced
modes affect the RAID configuration as follows:
• Legacy supports four disk drives and does not provide RAID support.
• Enhanced supports six disk drives and is required for RAID configurations.
When the enhanced mode is selected, you can choose to enable or disable “AHCI Mode”
or “Configure SATA as RAID”. Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II is enabled
by the option, “Configure SATA as RAID.” The Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID
Technology II feature provides RAID modes 0, 1, and 10.
For RAID 0, 1, and 10, enclosure management is provided through the SATA_SGPIO
connector on the server board when a cable is attached between this connector on the
server board and to the backplane or I
2
C interface.
If RAID 5 is desired, the optional Intel
®
RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSW5 can be
installed. To enable RAID 5, this activation key is placed on the SATA_Key connector
that is located at the left side of the server board. For information on how to install the
Intel
®
RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSW5 accessory to enable RAID 5, see the
documentation that is included with the accessory kit. See Figure 2 on page 6 for
connection locations.
Note: For assistance in navigating through the BIOS Setup utility, see the Intel
®
Server Board
S5000PSL Technical Product Specification.
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