Intel Sas Controller Rs25Gb008; Protocol Support; Operating System Support - Intel RS25GB008 Hardware User's Manual

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Intel SAS Controller RS25GB008
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Intel SAS Controller RS25GB008 integrates the latest enhancements in PCI Express
and SAS technology. The SAS controller supports medium to large capacity server
storage applications by connecting a 5GT/s, 8-lane PCI Express bus with two external x4
SFF8088 connectors.
The SAS Controller is designed to fit various Intel
most up-to-date support list, see the Compatibility section under the link for this Intel
SAS Controller at
http://www.intel.com/support/go/motherboards/server/index.htm.
The SAS controller supports the SAS protocol as described in the Serial Attached SCSI
Standard, Version 2.0. The controller also support the Serial ATA II (SATA II) protocol
defined by the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.0a and the Serial ATA II: Extension to
the Serial ATA Specification, Version 1.1. SATA II is an extension to SATA 1.0a.

Protocol Support

Each port on the SAS controllers supports SAS devices, SATA II devices, or both using
SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA II as follows:
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Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) to enable communication with other SAS devices.
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SATA II Protocol to enable communication with other SATA II devices.
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Serial Management Protocol (SMP) to share topology management information
with expanders.
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Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP) support for SATA II through expander interfaces..

Operating System Support

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Windows Server 2008* R2, Windows 7*, Windows Server 2003*, Windows Vista*,
and Windows XP*
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Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 5.0 and 6.0
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SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11
The operating systems supported may not be supported by your server board. See the
Tested operating system list for your server board at
http://www.intel.com/support/go/motherboards/server/index.htm.
To make sure the SAS Controller support your operating system, see also the Tested
Hardware and Operating System List for the Intel
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Server Boards and systems. For the
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SAS Controller RS25GB008.
Intel® SAS Controller RS25GB008 Hardware User's Guide
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