Intel S5500BCR - Hard Disk Drives

Server Board Features
Intel® Server Board S5520HC, S5520HCT and S5500HCV Service Guide 15
Intel
®
ESRTII Mode
The Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II (Intel
®
ESRTII) feature provides RAID modes 0, 1, and 10. If
RAID 5 is needed with Intel
®
ESRTII, you must install the optional Intel
®
RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSW5
accessory. This activation key is placed on the SAS Software RAID 5 connector located on the Intel
®
SAS
Entry RAID Module AXX4SASMOD. For installation instructions, see the documentation included with the SAS
Module AXX4SASMOD and the activation key.
When Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II is enabled with the SAS Module AXX4SASMOD,
enclosure management is provided through the SAS_SGPIO or SES connector on the SAS Module
AXX4SASMOD when a cable is attached between this connector and the backplane or I
2
C interface.
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NOTE
For help with navigating the BIOS Setup utility, refer to the Intel
®
Server Board
S5520HC/S5520HCT/S5500HCV Technical Product Specification.
For information on how to configure RAID, see the RAID software user’s guide at:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/S5520HC/howto.htm
For information about configure IT/IR RAID, see the IT/IR RAID software user’s guide at:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/S5520HC/howto.htm
For help with enclosure management cabling, see the Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Pedestal
Systems with Hot-swap Drive Backplanes. This guide is available at:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/S5520HC/compat.htm
Intel
®
RAID Activation Key
You can purchase and install the Intel
®
RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSW5 to enable Software RAID 5 support
on your server board or the Intel
®
SAS Entry RAID Module AXX4SASMOD. For the Intel
®
Server Board
S5520HC/S5520HCT/S5500HCV, you can install an Intel
®
RAID Activation Key (AXXRAKSW5) in the SATA
RAID 5 Key connector. For the Intel
®
SAS Entry RAID Module AXX4SASMOD, you can install an Intel
®
RAID
Activation Key (AXXRAKSW5) in the SAS RAID 5 key connector of the SAS module card.
Hard Disk Drives
The Intel
®
Server Board S5520HC/S5520HCT/S5500HCV support different hard disk driver options.
 USB or Serial SATA (SATA) Solid State Drives
 Serial SATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS):
– Supports for SATA Hard Disk Drive: Six on-board SATA ports at 1.5 Gbps and 3 Gbps.
– Supports for SAS or SATA Hard Disk Drives: Four SAS ports via optional Intel
®
SAS Entry RAID
Module AXX4SASMOD at 1.5 Gbps (SATA) and 3 Gbps (SATA and SAS).
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NOTE
Refer to the documentation included with your server chassis for additional information and drive installation
instructions.