Intel SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) 2.4 Hardware Architectural Features

Hardware Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification

2.3.10 Jumpers and Connectors

AF003065

J1-J4J6J7 J5J8

LSI

Jumper/

Connector

Description Type Comments

J1-J4 Internal SAS/SATA Port

Connector, Ports 0-3

N/A Connection to SAS/SATA devices

 J1 = SAS/SATA Port 0

 J2 = SAS/SATA Port 1

 J3 = SAS/SATA Port 2

 J4 = SAS/SATA Port 3

J5 Board-to-board Connector for

Battery Backup Unit

20-pin connector Provides an interface to the daughter card that

contains the battery backup unit.

J6 Universal Asynchronous

Receiver/Transmitter (UART)

4-pin connector Not populated and should not be used.

J7 Keyed I2C Connector 3-pin keyed connector Out-of-band enclosure management (SES2)

J8 Debug Connector 4-pin connector Reserved

Figure 9. Jumpers and Connectors

2.4 Hardware Architectural Features

Table 4. Hardware Architectural Features

Feature Intel® Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR

RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

Number of devices Up to 16 devices per module

Device types SAS and SAT A hard drives

Data transfer rate 300 MB/s per port

PCI bus 50-pin board-to-board connector with x4 PCI Express*

Memory 128 MB ECC DDR2 667-MHz SDRAM integrated on the module

Battery backup

(optional)

Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU3

SAS/SATA connector Four internal SAS/SATA connectors

ROC LSI* 1078 SAS ROC, which performs hardware exclusive OR (XOR) assistance

Weight 46 oz

Serial port 4-pin serial debug (requires transceiver)

Compatible devices 16 physical devices, 64 logical drives, mixed capacity, SAS and SATA hard drives; non-disk

devices including expanders.

Firmware 4 MB in flash ROM

Revision 1.2

Intel order number E59029-003

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Contents

Main Intel Integrated RAID Module SROMBSASMR (AXXROMBSASMR) Technical Product Specification Revision History Disclaimers Table of Contents Page List of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview 1.2 Operating System Support 1.3 Features List Page 2. Hardware 2.1 Block Diagram 2.2 Module Layout 2.3 Major Components 2.3.1 LSI* 1078 SAS ROC 2.3.2 Flash ROM 2.3.3 Boot Strap ROM (SEEPROM) 2.3.4 NVSRAM 2.3.5 SDRAM (Cache) 2.3.6 Diagnostics 2.3.7 SAS / SATA Connectors 2.3.8 Host Board Interface Page Table 2. BBU Connector Pin-out 2.3.9 BBU Interface Figure 8. BBU Interface Table 3. BBU Connector Pin-out 2.3.10 Jumpers and Connectors J1-J4J6J7 J5J8 Figure 9. Jumpers and Connectors 2.4 Hardware Architectural Features Table 4. Hardware Architectural Features 2.5 Electrical Characteristics 2.6 Environmental Specifications 2.7 Supported Device Technology 2.7.1 Support for Hard Disk Drive Devices 2.7.2 SAS Expander Support 2.7.3 Support for Non-Hard Disk Drive Devices 2.7.4 Enclosure Management Support 3. Software 3.1 Common Layers 3.1.1 Firmware 3.1.2 API 3.1.3 Operating System Driver 3.2 User Interface 3.2.1 Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility 3.2.2 Intel RAID Web Console 2 3.3 Command-line Utility 3.4 Flash Utility 3.5 SNMP Support 4. RAID Functionality and Features 4.1 Hierarchy 4.1.1 RAID Physical Drive Status 4.1.2 RAID Virtual Drive Status Table 11. RAID Virtual Drive Status 4.2 SAS Bus and ID Mapping Devices on the SAS bus are persistently mapped based on a SAS address. 4.3 RAID Features 4.3.1 RAID Level Support Table 12. Supported RAID Levels 4.3.2 Cache Policies 4.3.3 Stripe Size 4.3.4 Hot-spare Drives 4.3.5 Hot-plug Drive Support 4.3.6 Auto-declare Hot-spare Drive 4.3.7 Physical Drive Roaming 4.4 Operating Certifications 5. Safety and Regulatory Certifications 5.1 Product Safety & EMC Compliance 5.2 Ecology Declarations 5.3 Supported Specifications and Standards Appendix A: Event Messages and Error Codes Page Page Page Page Page Page Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C: Reference Documents