Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 User Manual

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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 1: Overview
| Configuration Scenarios
Figure1 shows a direct-connect configuration. The Inter-IC (I
2
C) interface
communicates with peripherals. The external memory bus provides a 32-bit memory
bus, parity checking, and chip select signals for pipelined synchronous burst static
random access memory (PSBRAM), nonvolatile static random access memory
(NVSRAM), and Flash ROM.
NOTE: The external memory bus is 32-bit for the SAS 8704ELP and the SAS 8708ELP,
and 64-bit for the SAS 8708EM2, the SAS 8880EM2, and the SAS 8888ELP.
Figure 1: Example of a SAS Direct-Connect Application
Figure2 shows an example of a SAS RAID controller configured with a SASx12
expander that is connected to SAS disks, SATA II disks, or both.
Figure 2: Example of a SAS RAID Controller Configured with a SASx12
Expander
Flash ROM/
SAS
PCI Express
RAID Controller
SAS/SATA II Device
32-Bit Memory
Address/Data
Bus
PSBRAM/
I
2
C
SAS/SATA II Device
SAS/SATA II Device
SAS/SATA II Device
PCI Express Interface
NVSRAM
I
2
C
Interface
SASx12
Flash ROM/
NVSRAM/
SRAM
I
2
C/UART
SASx12
SAS/SATA II
Drives
PCI Express Interface
SAS/SATA
Drives
SAS/SATA II
Drives
SAS/SATA II
Drives
SAS/SATA II
Drives
8
SRAM
SRAMSDRAM
Peripheral
Bus
72-bit DDR/DDR2
with ECC
Interface
SAS1078
PCI Express to SAS ROC
SAS
RAID Controller
Expander
Expander

Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer TS430
Category	Server
Language	English