Intel
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Server Board S5000PSL 19
Optional Hardware
Intel
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RAID Activation Key
The Intel
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RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSW5 can be purchased and installed to enable
RAID 5 support on your server board. For the SATA server board, product code
S5000PSLSATA, an Intel
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RAID Activation Key can be installed in the SATA RAID 5
Key connector. For the SAS server board, product code S5000PSLSAS, an Intel
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RAID
Activation Key can be installed in either the SATA RAID 5 Key connector, the SAS RAID
5 Key connector, or in each of these connectors.
On the ROMB version of the server board, product code S5000PSLROMB, the Intel
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RAID Activation Key AXXRAK18E can be purchased and installed to enable intelligent
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50.
For information about RAID support on this server board, see “RAID Support” on
page 13. See Figure 2 on page 6 to locate the connectors on the server board. Installation
instructions for the RAID Activation Key are included with the accessory.
Intel
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RAID Smart Battery (Product Code S5000PSLROMB
only)
The Intel
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RAID Smart Battery, product code AXXRSBBU3, is a small battery pack
accessory. The Smart Battery preserves the contents of the RAID Cache DIMM in the
event of a power failure. The Smart Battery circuit ensures that the backup battery is
maintained at a full charge for optimal performance when it is activated. When activated,
it provides backup power to the RAID DIMM for up to 64 hours.
Hard Disk Drives
The Intel
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Server Board S5000PSL supports different hard disk drive options, depending
on the version of the server board purchased.
• Optical hard disk drives
• Serial ATA (SATA) and (SAS):
— Product code S5000PSLSATA: Six SATA ports at 3 GB/s, no SAS ports
— Product code S5000PSLSAS: Four SAS/SATA ports, two SATA ports at
3 GB/s
— Product code S5000PSLROMB: Six SATA ports on the server board and four
internal and four external SAS/SATA ports with expander support from the
Intel
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Integrated Server RAID controller.
• Parallel ATA (IDE): The server board includes one IDE connector.
See the documentation included with your server chassis for additional drive information
and drive installation instructions.