Intel RS2BL040 User Manual

PRODUCT BRIEF Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040

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Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040

Compact Four-Port 6G SAS PCIe 2.0 RAID Adapter for Expander-based or Low Drive Count Solutions

Product Overview

The Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040, a

member of Intel’s 6Gb/s SAS adapter family, is targeted at solutions with expander backplanes or low drive counts. Features including LSI’s SAS2108 6Gb/s RAID on Chip (ROC) silicon and a native PCI Express* 2.0 architecture allow for signicant performance gains for both 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s drive-based solutions versus prior generation RAID adapters. Data protection and availability are enhanced by new features including Decision Feedback Equalization

for greater signal integrity, enhanced diagnostics, and more robust error reporting.

Intel RAID solutions, powered by LSI MegaRAID* technology, are validated across multiple platforms with Intel® server boards, chassis, and systems. Customized training, as well as Intel service and support, make Intel the one source for customers seeking data protection, increased productivity, and

simplied IT.

Key Advantages

• Exceptional data protection.

Supports data redundancy using SAS or

SATA hard disk drives through mirroring,

parity, and double parity (RAID levels 1, 5, and 6) plus striping capability for spans (RAID levels 10, 50, and 60).

• Excellent performance.

LSI SAS2108 ROC technology, x8 PCI Express Generation 2 host interface and 800 MHz cache enhances the performance of mainstream applications.

• Inside-the-box design flexibility.

With a true MD2 form factor, this adapter is ideal for low-profile height and halflength adapter slots. Four internal 6Gb/s SAS ports allow connection to 6Gb/s or 3Gb/s high-performance SAS drives, high-

capacity SATA drives or a combination of

both. Furthermore, support for SAS expanders allows bandwidth consolidation of multiple drives per port.

• Outstanding availability.

Delivers proactive drive monitoring and automatic error correction. An optional battery backup maintains the integrity of data in transit to drives in the event of a power interruption.

• Intel RAID Web Console II.

Allows administrators to easily configure, monitor and manage RAID volumes locally or over the LAN network. SAS/SATA topology can be viewed from the system host, controller and disk enclosure level down to the configurations of logical and physical drives.

Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040

For more information on

Intel® RAID Controllers,

visit www.intel.com/go/RAID

Features

1 Embedded 512 MB 800 MHz cache (ECC DDR2 memory) to efficiently store data

in transition

2 Speaker to deliver audible alerts

3 One SFF8087 SAS/SATA connector for up to eight internal ports

4 x8 PCI Express Generation 2 interface for fast communication with the server board

5 LSI SAS2108 ROC controller providing SAS 2.0 compliance including 6Gb/s data transfer

6 One cable with SFF8087 connectors that expand to four individual connectors

Technical Specications

RAID Levels and Spans

Data Protection Feature Highlights

Intel® RAID Software

I/O Processor

Drive Types

Maximum Drives

Connector

Cache Memory

PCI Interface

BBU Support

Form Factor

Data Transfer Rates

Operating Temperature

Operating Voltage

RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, and 6 RAID Spans 10, 50, and 60

Online Capacity Expansion Hot-Spare Support – Global & Dedicated Single Controller Multipathing (Failover) Enclosure Management Background Consistency Checking Patrol Read for Media Functionality S.M.A.R.T. Support

Intel® RAID Web Console 2 Intel® RAID Command Line Tool Intel® RAID Flash Utilities

LSI SAS2108 ROC running at 800 MHz

SAS 6Gb/s, SAS 3Gb/s or SATA 3Gb/s

Up to 32 physical devices supported

One SAS SFF8087 x4 internal connector

Embedded 512 MB at 800MHz

x8 PCI Express* 2.0

Optional Intel® Smart Battery AXXRSBBU7

Low profile, MD2 (6.6” X 2.536”)

Up to 6Gb/s per port

Maximum ambient: 50°C (45°C with optional BBU)

+3.3 V

For more information on the Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040, visit: www.intel.com/go/RAID

For more information on how to make the Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL040 part of your server environment, please contact an Intel® Channel Partner Program participant.

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