Intel RES2SV240 manual Performance Features, Electrical Characteristics

Specification	Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240
Operating voltage	+12 V
Interface to host	PCI Express* x4 compliant connector only to provide power for
	the expander card. No other PCI Express* signals are used
SATA bus speed	Upto 6 Gbps per port, point-to-point
SAS/SATA ports	6 x4 internal ports, for both initiator and target devices
Firmware	8 MB in reflashable flash ROM
Compatible devices	• 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS 2.0 or SATA drives
	• Non disk devices including expanders
	• Can support drives of mixed capacity
	• SAS 2.0 host controllers (RAID or Non-RAID)
Enclosure management	SGPIO

Performance Features

Table 6. Performance Features

Specification	Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240
Drive data transfer rate	Upto 6 Gigabit/sec per lane
Maximum queue tags per	As many as the drive can accept
drive
Support for multiple initiators	Yes
Performance	Native command queuing

Electrical Characteristics

All power is supplied to the Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 through the standard PCI Express* x4 connector 12 V rails, or a remote RA 4-pin 12V power connector.

The +12 V rail is used by the 3.3 V logic circuitry and also used to generate the other required voltage rails of +1.0 V and +1.8 V. The max operation power is 14.6 W.

Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics

The thermal and atmospheric characteristics are:

•Relative humidity range: 20% to 80% non-condensing

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