Specification
RAID levels
Devices supported per port
Number of ports
Data transfer rate
Bus
Cache function
Multiple virtual drives per controller
Online capacity expansion
Dedicated and global hot spares
Hot-swap devices supported
Non-drive devices supported
Mixed-capacity drives supported
Number of internal connectors
Hardware exclusive OR (XOR)
assistance
Direct I/O
Architecture
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Intel
RAID Controller RS3WC080
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
Up to 15 SAS devices or SATA III
devices (such as drives and
expanders)
Eight ports through two SFF-8643
mini-SAS HD-4i connectors
Up to 12Gb/s per PHY
PCIe 3.0
Write-through, non-read-ahead,
cache I/O, direct I/O
Up to 64 (this value is dependent on
the firmware)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
connectors
Yes
Yes
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®
RAID Controller Hardware Specifications
®
Intel
RAID Controller
RS3DC040/RS3DC080
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Up to 15 SAS devices or SATA III
devices (such as drives and
expanders)
®
Intel
RAID Controller RS3DC040 –
Four ports through one SFF-8643
mini-SAS HD-4i connector
®
Intel
RAID Controller RS3DC080 –
Eight ports through two SFF-8643
mini-SAS HD-4i connectors
Up to 12Gb/s per PHY
PCIe 3.0
Write-back, write-through, non-read-
ahead, read-ahead, cache I/O, direct
I/O
Up to 64 (this value is dependent on
the firmware)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
®
Intel
RAID Controller RS3DC040 –
One SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
connector
®
Intel
RAID Controller RS3DC080 –
Two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i
connectors
Yes
Yes
Fusion-MPT
12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers User Guide