Intel RMSP3AD16OF, RMSP3HDO80E, RMSP3CD080F Hardware User's Manual

Intel® RAID Modules RMSP3AD160F, RMSP3CD080F, and RMSP3HDO80E
Hardware User Guide
A document providing an overview of product features, specification data, and hardware installation instructions
September 2019
Intel® Server Products and Solutions
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重要安全指导
Safety Information
Important Safety Instructions
Read all caution and safety statements in this document before performing any of the instructions. See also Intel Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information at
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/sb/g23122­004_safetyregulatory.pdf
Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise
Lesen Sie zunächst sämtliche Warnund Sicherheitshinweise in diesem Dokument, bevor Sie eine der Anweisungen ausführen. Beachten Sie hierzu auch die Sicherheitshinweise zu Intel-Serverplatinen und Servergehäusen auf der
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/sb/g23122­004_safetyregulatory.pdf
Consignes de sécurité
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Instrucciones de seguridad importantes
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执行任何指令之前,请阅读本文档中的所有注意事项及安全声明。和/
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/sb/g23122­004_safetyregulatory.pdf
上的 Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information(《Intel 服务器主板与服务器机箱安全信
息》)。
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Warnings
Heed safety instructions: Before working with your server product, whether you are using this guide or any other resource as a reference, pay close attention to the safety instructions. You must adhere to the assembly instructions in this guide to ensure and maintain compliance with existing product certifications and approvals. Use only the described, regulated components specified in this guide. Use of other products/components will void the UL listing and other regulatory approvals of the product and will most likely result in noncompliance with product regulations in the region(s) in which the product is sold.
System power on/off: The power button DOES NOT turn off the system AC power. To remove all power from the system, you must unplug the AC power cord from the wall outlet. Make sure the AC power cord is unplugged before you open the chassis, add, or remove any components.
Hazardous conditions, devices and cables: Hazardous electrical conditions may be present on power, telephone, and communication cables. Turn off the server and disconnect the power cord, telecommunications systems, networks, and modems attached to the server before opening it. Otherwise, personal injury or equipment damage can result.
Installing or removing jumpers: A jumper is a small plastic-encased conductor that slips over two jumper pins. Some jumpers have a small tab on top that you can grip with your fingertips or with a pair of fine needle nosed pliers. If your jumpers do not have such a tab, take care when using needle-nosed pliers to remove or install a jumper; grip the narrow sides of the jumper with the pliers, never the wide sides. Gripping the wide sides can damage the contacts inside the jumper, causing intermittent problems with the function controlled by that jumper. Take care to grip with, but not squeeze, the pliers or other tool you use to remove a jumper, or you may bend or break the pins on the board.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) and ESD protection: ESD can damage disk drives, boards, and other parts. We recommend that you perform all procedures in this chapter only at an ESD workstation. If one is not available, provide some ESD protection by wearing an anti-static wrist strap attached to chassis ground, any unpainted metal surface on your server when handling parts.
ESD and handling boards: Always handle boards carefully. They can be extremely sensitive to ESD. Hold boards only by their edges. After removing a board from its protective wrapper or from the server, place the board component side up on a grounded, static-free surface. Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper. Do not slide board over any surface.
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Document Title
Description
Intel® RAID Software User Guide for full
A document that provides information on RAID Card Setup and usage of supported
What to Do when Unable to Enter BIOS
Article ID: 000059999. If the Intel or OEM logo screen displays during POST, the BIOS
Intel® Server System R2000WF Product
Section 4.1 provides guidance to provide adequate cooling when installing the RAID
12 Gbps SAS or 6G SATA Data Transfer
Article ID# 000008025. A document that provides information on how and where the

1. Preface

1.1 About This Document

This document provides an overview of product features, specification data, and hardware installation instructions for the Intel® Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) Modules RMSP3AD160F, RMSP3CD080F, and RMSP3HD080E.

1.2 Document Organization

This document includes the following:
Chapter 1 – Product Overview Provides a product overview of the features set and support specifications.
Chapter 2 – General Feature Overview – Provides a brief description for the features that are common for the products covered by this guide.
Chapter 3 – Detailed Characteristics – Provides details on the characteristics for each of the products covered by this guide.
Chapter 4 – Connectivity and Drive Support – Provides description of what drives are supported by the products covered by this guide and the way to connect them.
Chapter 5 – Hardware Installation - Provides support for the installation of the product on the Intel systems
where they are supported.
Chapter 6 – Safety and Regulatory
Chapter 7 – Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 – Provides details of the Intel® RAID
Maintenance-Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 accessory option.
Appendix A. Glossary of Terms
Reference Documents and Online Articles
The following documents are available for download and will be useful to setting up and using the Intel RAID module.
featured and entry level RAID controllers
or Intel® RAID BIOS Console During Boot for Intel® Server Boards
Family Technical Product Specification
RAID utility software. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/server-
products/raid-products/000024126.html
entry or Intel® RAID BIOS console command prompts are not visible. To gain access to these prompts, disable the logo screen.
modules on the R2000WF systems.
Controller Support for Intel® RAID Controllers
controller supports 12-Gbps SAS (6G SATA) data transfers.
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1.3 Product Support Collaterals

In addition to this user guide, Intel provides documentation, device driver updates, and utilities that may be necessary and/or useful for operation and support of this product. Additional product support collaterals can be downloaded from the following Intel websites:
For product documentation, go to the following Intel website: http://www.intel.com/support/
For product device drives and other software utilities, go to the following Intel website:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com
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Table of Contents
1. Preface...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 About This Document ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Document Organization ................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Product Support Collaterals ......................................................................................................................................... 2
1. Product Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module General Features ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Benefits of the SAS Interface ....................................................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Benefits of the NVM Express (NVMe) Interface .................................................................................................... 9
2.4 Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module Features .................................................................................................................... 9
2.4.1 SAS Features ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.4.2 SATA III Features ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.4.3 NVMe Interface Features ............................................................................................................................................. 10
2.4.4 Usability Features ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4.5 Flexibility Features ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4.6 Drive Roaming ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.4.7 Drive Migration ................................................................................................................................................................ 11
2.4.8 Safety Characteristics ................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.5 Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module Feature Set ........................................................................................................... 12
2.6 Data Protection Features ............................................................................................................................................ 13
2.7 Fault Tolerance Features ............................................................................................................................................. 14
2.8 Array Performance Features ...................................................................................................................................... 14
2.9 Drive Support Limits ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.10 Over temperature protection .................................................................................................................................... 15
2.11 UART Interface ............................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.12 Optional Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit (RMFBU) ................................................................... 16
3. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module Detailed Characteristics ..................................................................................................... 17
3.1 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3AD160F Description .............................................................................................. 17
3.1.1 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3AD160F Dimensions .............................................................................................. 19
3.1.2 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3AD160F Electrical, Thermal and Atmospheric Requirements ............. 20
3.1.3 Intel® RAID module RMSP3AD160F Power Consumption ............................................................................ 20
3.2 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3CD080F ....................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.1 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3CD160F Dimensions .............................................................................................. 23
3.2.2 Intel® RAID module RMSP3CD080F Power Consumption ............................................................................ 24
3.3 Intel® RAID module RMSP3HD080E ....................................................................................................................... 25
3.3.1 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3HD080E Dimensions.............................................................................................. 27
3.3.2 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3HD080E Electrical, Thermal and Atmospheric Requirements ............. 28
3.3.3 Intel® RAID Module RMSP3HD080E Power Consumption ............................................................................ 28
4. Connectivity and Drive Support ................................................................................................................................................. 29
4.1 Connectivity and Drive Support ............................................................................................................................... 29
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4.2 Connector Pinout ........................................................................................................................................................... 29
4.3 SAS/SATA Drive Support ............................................................................................................................................ 30
4.4 Intel® 12 Gb/s SAS 3.0 Expander Support ........................................................................................................... 31
4.4.1 SAS Expander Configuration for the Intel® RMSP3AD160F RAID Module ............................................. 31
4.5 NVMe Drive Support ..................................................................................................................................................... 33
5. Hardware Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 35
5.1 Intel® RAID Module Installation ................................................................................................................................ 35
5.1.1 Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................... 35
5.1.2 Packing List ....................................................................................................................................................................... 35
5.1.3 Installation Instructions ............................................................................................................................................... 35
6. Safety and Regulatory (Class A) .................................................................................................................................................. 37
6.1 Product Safety Compliance ....................................................................................................................................... 37
6.2 Product EMC Compliance – Class A Compliance .............................................................................................. 37
6.3 Product Environmental Compliance ...................................................................................................................... 37
7. Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 (RMFBU) ............................................................................. 38
7.1 Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 ............................................................................. 38
7.2 FBU345 Specifications and Layout ......................................................................................................................... 39
7.2.1 Extender Cable ................................................................................................................................................................ 41
7.3 Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit Installation ................................................................................. 41
7.4 AXXRMFBU7 Mean time Between failres (MTBF) ............................................................................................. 43
7.5 Monitoring the Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit ......................................................................... 43
7.5.1 Monitoring the RMFBU with the Human Interface Infrastructure. ............................................................. 43
Appendix A. Glossary ......................................................................................................................................................................... 47
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List of Figures
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Figure 10. Intel®
Figure 11. Supported Intel® SAS expander options ................................................................................................................... 31
Figure 12. RAID module RMS3PAD160 SAS port domain identification ........................................................................... 31
Figure 13. SAS ports for the RES3FV288 ........................................................................................................................................ 32
Figure 14. SAS ports for the RES3TV360 ........................................................................................................................................ 32
Figure 15. Connecting the AXXCBL700HDCV to the backplane ........................................................................................... 33
Figure 16. Connecting the AXXCBL700HDCV cable to the RAID module ......................................................................... 34
Figure 17. Barrel standoff placement and installation .............................................................................................................. 35
Intel® RMSP3AD160F RAID module layout
Intel® RMSP3AD160F RAID Module LED description
Intel®
RMSP3AD160F RAID module dimensions
Intel®
RMSP3CD160F RAID module layout
Intel®
RMSP3CD160F RAID module LED description
Intel®
RMSP3CD160F RAID module dimensions
Intel®
RMSP3HD080E RAID module layout
Intel®
RMSP3HD080E RAID Module LED description
Intel RMSP3HD080E RAID module dimensions
RMSP3AD160F RAID Module SFF-8643 connector
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Figure 18. Intel® RAID module placement and installation ..................................................................................................... 36
Figure 19. FBU345 layout ...................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Figure 20. Extender cable pinout ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 21. AXXRMFBU7 mounting assembly ................................................................................................................................ 41
Figure 22. RMFBU assembly installation (example) .................................................................................................................... 42
Figure 23. Connecting the FBU345 to the RAID module using the extender cable ...................................................... 42
Figure 24. HII Dashboard view screen .............................................................................................................................................. 44
Figure 25. HII Hardware Components screen ............................................................................................................................... 45
Figure 26. HII Battery Management screen .................................................................................................................................... 45
List of Tables
Table 1. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID module comparative feature set ........................................................................................... 12
Table 2. Data protection features ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
Table 3. Fault-tolerant features .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Table 4. Array performance features ................................................................................................................................................ 14
Table 5. SAS/SATA drive support limits .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Table 6. UART connector pinout ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
Table 7. SFF-8643 connector pinout ................................................................................................................................................ 30
Table 8. FBU345 specifications ........................................................................................................................................................... 39
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1. Product Overview

The Intel® RAID Modules RMSP3AD160F, RMSP3CD080F, and RMSP3HD080E are part of the new family of Intel® RAID modules. This new family of Tri-Mode RAID modules allow for creating RAID configurations with SAS drives, SATA drives, or NVMe drives.
The Intel® RAID Modules RMSP3AD160F, RMSP3CD080F, and RMSP3HD080E are high-performance, intelligent modules with RAID control capability. The Tri-Mode RAID Modules provide reliability, high­performance, and fault-tolerant drive subsystem management.
The Tri-Mode RAID modules are based on the LSI SAS IC technology and proven MegaRAID technology.
Intel offers a family of Tri-Mode RAID modules that address the needs for internal connectivity solutions as well as low and high port count:
RMSP3AD160F – Full-featured Tri-Mode RAID module with 16 internal ports
RMSP3CD080F – Full-featured Tri-Mode RAID module with eight (8) internal ports
RMSP3HD080E – Entry level Tri-Mode RAID module with eight (8) internal ports
NOTE: The Intel Tri-Mode modules are designed to work on systems configured for optimized UEFI boot mode. There is no built-in configuration utility for these modules when the system is configured for legacy boot mode. There is no boot support if used in legacy mode. Some modules like RMSP3HD080E will not work at all if used in legacy mode.
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2. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module General Features

2.1 Overview

The Intel® Tri-Mode modules include a SAS interface and an NVMe interface. Both share the same connectors by multiplexing the data and sideband signals. As compared with the previous generation of Intel RAID modules, the new Tri-Mode family offers increased performance by reducing latency, increasing IOPS, increasing queue depth and increasing cache memory. They also offer NVMe drive support to allow doing hardware RAID using these new technology drives.

2.2 Benefits of the SAS Interface

SAS is a serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level device interface that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set. SAS is a convergence of the advantages of SATA, SCSI, and Fiber Channel and the mainstay of the enterprise and high-end workstation storage markets.
The SAS interface uses the SCSI command set to ensure reliable data transfers while providing the connectivity and flexibility of point-to-point serial data transfers. The serial transmission of SCSI commands eliminates clock-skew challenges. The SAS interface provides improved performance, simplified cabling, smaller connectors, and lower pin count and power requirements when compared to the original parallel SCSI.
SAS controllers leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that is compatible with Serial ATA (SATA) technology. The SAS protocols and the SATA III protocols use a common thin, 7-wire connector. The SAS/SATA III connector and cable are easier to manipulate, allow connections to smaller devices, and do not inhibit airflow. The point-to-point SATA III architecture eliminates inherent difficulties created by the legacy ATA master-slave architecture while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware.

2.3 Benefits of the NVM Express (NVMe) Interface

NVMe (non-volatile memory express) is a storage protocol created to accelerate the transfer of data with solid-state drives (SSDs) by utilizing multiple PCIe connections. Benefits are increased bandwidth (up to 8Gb/s per lane), lower latency, increased efficiency, lower CPU utilization with multiple long command queues and lower power.

2.4 Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module Features

Next is an explanation of the features of the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Modules.

2.4.1 SAS Features

Characteristics of the SAS interface.
Supports the following:
o 12 Gb/s, 6Gb/s, and 3Gb/s SAS data transfers per PHY. o SMP communicating topology management information. o SSP enabling communication with other SAS devices. o STP enabling communication with SATA devices through an attached expander.
Provides a serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level storage interface.
Simplifies cabling between devices.
Provides a scalable interface that supports up to 240 devices through the use of expanders.
Supports x2 through x8 wide ports that consist of two (2), four (4), or eight(8) PHYs within a single port.
Supports narrow ports consisting of a single PHY
Transfers data by using SCSI information units.
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2.4.2 SATA III Features

The SAS interface is compatible with SATA and it has the following characteristics.
Supports the following:
o SATA III data transfers up to 6Gb/s. o STP data transfers up to 6Gb/s.
Provides a serial, point-to-point storage interface.
Simplifies cabling between devices.
Eliminates the master-slave construction used in parallel ATA.
Permits addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander.

2.4.3 NVMe Interface Features

The new NVMe interface has the following characteristics.
Supports the following:
o Data transfers of 8Gb/s per lane (32 Gb/s when 4 PCIe lanes are being used). o PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.2. o Active State Power Management, states, by placing links in a power-saving mode during times of
no link activity.
Supports PCIe Hot Plug.
Supports error handling.
Provides high bandwidth per pin with low overhead and low latency.
Supports lane reversal and polarity inversion.

2.4.4 Usability Features

The Tri-Mode RAID modules have the next usability characteristics.
Drives spin-up sequencing control.
Provides one (1) LED signal to indicate link activity for all PHYs through the motherboard for the
drive activity LED on the chassis.
Supports the internal SAS sideband signal SFF-8485 (SGPIO) interface.
Note: LED signals indicate an error condition or drive activity. RAID modules support several blink patterns for these LEDs, depending on the user configuration and storage enclosure. For information about the LED blink patterns, contact the storage enclosure manufacturer.

2.4.5 Flexibility Features

The Tri-Mode RAID modules have the next flexibility characteristics.
Flash ROM interface, a non-volatile static RAM (NVSRAM) interface.
Flexible programming interface to tune I/O performance.
Permit mixed connections to SAS targets or SATA III targets.
Leverage-compatible connectors for SAS connections and SATA III connections.
Permit grouping of up to eight (8) PHYs into a single SAS-wide port.
Permit programming of the World Wide Name.

2.4.6 Drive Roaming

Drive roaming occurs when once a VD is already set up, some or all of the drives that are part of this VD are manually changed to different ports on the same module. When this happens, the module detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the drives.
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Configuration data is saved in both the NVRAM on the RAID module and on the drives attached to the module. This feature maintains the integrity of the data on each drive, even if the drives have changed their physical device ID. More information on how to use the drive roaming feature can be found on the Intel® RAID Software User Guide for full featured and entry level RAID controllers.

2.4.7 Drive Migration

The Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Module allow to move one VD from one module to another, this is called Drive Migration. In other words, Drive Migration is the transfer of a set of drives in an existing configuration from one module to another. In order to achieve this, there are some conditions: 1) The drives must remain on the same channel. 2) The drives must be reinstalled in the same order as in the original configuration. 3) The module to which the drives are migrated cannot have an existing configuration.
Note: When drives are migrated, move only the drives that make up the virtual drive (not all of the drives in a drive group), so that an NVRAM mismatch error does not occur (provided a configuration is on the destination module). The NVRAM mismatch error appears only when all of the drives are moved to the other module. Note: Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be supported at the same time.
More information on how to use the drive migration feature can be found on the Intel® RAID Software User Guide for full featured and entry level RAID controllers.

2.4.8 Safety Characteristics

All the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Modules meet or exceed the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 V0. Each bare board is also marked with the supplier name or trademark, type, and UL flammability rating.
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