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Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I Hardware User’s Guide 11

3Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I

Characteristics

This chapter describes the characteristics of the Intel® RAID Controller SASMF8I.

Figure 4 displays the connectors and headers on the controller and Tab le 1 describes them.

Figure 4. Card Layouts

Table 1. Jumper Descriptions

Jumper Description Type Comments

J1 Drive Fault LED

header

8x2 header LED signal to control front panel LEDs to reflect

the faulty drive.

J2 Port activity LED

header

8 x 2

header

LED signal for activity per port.

J4 Universal

Asynchronous

Receiver/

Transmitter (UART)

4-pin

connector

For factory and debug use.

J6 Internal SAS/SATA

port connector,

ports 4-7

SFF8087 Connection to SAS/SATA devices.

AF002652

Ports 4-7

Ports 0-3

J1 J2

J4 J9

Contents

Main Page Preface Audience Organization Related Publication Page Table of Contents Page Page Page Page Page 1 Summary of SAS RAID Controller Features Usability Redundancy and Error Handling SAS and SATA Features Operating System Support Benefits of Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 2 Hardware Installation Requirements Installing the RAID Controller Page Page Connecting the Cables Configuring the Storage Adapter Replacing a Controller 3 Characteristics Figure 4. Card Layout Table 1. Jumper Descriptions Technical Specifications Table 1. Jumper Descriptions Table 2. Specifications Array Performance Features Tabl e 3 lists the Intel RAID Controller SASMF8I array performance features. Tabl e 4 lists the Intel RAID Controller SASMF8I fault tolerance features. Fault Tolerance Table 3. Array Performance Features Electrical Characteristics Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics Safety Characteristics Page A Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations