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Intel RS3P4GF016J Hardware User's Manual

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Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J
and RS3P4QF160J
Hardware User Guide
A document providing an overview of product features, specification data, and
hardware installation instructions.
Rev. 1.3
March 2022
Delivering Breakthrough Data Center System Innovation – Experience What's Inside!

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  • Page 1 Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide A document providing an overview of product features, specification data, and hardware installation instructions. Rev. 1.3 March 2022 Delivering Breakthrough Data Center System Innovation – Experience What’s Inside!
  • Page 2 Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide <Blank page>...

  • Page 3: Document Revision History

    • Added missing heartbeat LED on figure 3. • Corrected cable names on figures 10 and 11. • Added support for the Intel Server Systems R2000WF and R1000WF Families. • Corrected cable names on figures 11 and 12. • Removed safety page.
  • Page 4 Current characterized errata are available on request. You may not use or facilitate the use of this document in connection with any infringement or other legal analysis concerning Intel products described herein. You agree to grant Intel a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to any patent claim thereafter drafted which includes subject matter disclosed herein.
  • Page 5 Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide Warnings Heed safety instructions: Before working with your server product, whether you are using this guide or any other resource as a reference, pay close attention to the safety instructions. You must adhere to the assembly instructions in this guide to ensure and maintain compliance with existing product certifications and approvals.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    3.2.1 SAS Features ..................................12 3.2.2 SATA III Features ................................13 NVM Express* (NVMe*) Interface (Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Only) ......... 13 3.3.1 NVMe* Interface Features ............................13 Safety Characteristics ..............................13 Tri-Mode Intel® Storage Adapters Feature Set ....................14 UART Interface ................................
  • Page 7 Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide 5. Hardware Installation .............................. 29 Intel® Storage Adapters Installation ........................30 5.1.1 Requirements ................................... 30 5.1.2 Packing List ..................................30 5.1.3 Installation Instructions ............................... 30 6. Safety and Regulatory (Class A) ..........................32 Product Safety Compliance ............................

  • Page 8: List Of Figures

    Figure 5. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J SFF-8654 Connector ................21 Figure 6. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Card Connection to the 2U Intel® Server System M50CYP Backplane for SAS / SATA Drives ............... 23 Figure 7. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Card Connection to the 2U Intel®...
  • Page 9 Table 2. UART Connector Pinout ................................ 14 Table 3. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Power Consumption ................17 Table 4. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J Power Consumption ................20 Table 5. SFF-8654 Connector Pinout ............................... 22 Table 6. Supported Intel® SAS Expander Options ........................24...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Characteristics. Details on the characteristics for each of the products covered by this guide. • Hardware Installation. Support for the installation of the product on the Intel systems (where they are supported). • Safety and Regulatory (Class A). Covers intended application, also the product’s compliance on safety, EMC, and environmental aspects.

  • Page 11: Product Overview

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide Product Overview The Intel Storage Adapters RS3P4QF160J and RS3P4GF016J are part of the second generation of tri-mode Intel storage adapters. This new generation of host bus adapters (HBAs) provides the capability of installing...

  • Page 12: Tri-Mode Intel® Storage Adapters General Features

    The Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J includes a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface and a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) interface. By using the proper cables, it is possible to connect NVMe only drives, SAS / SATA drives, or a mix of them. The Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J includes only an external SAS interface.

  • Page 13: Sata Iii Features

    Common clock and SRIS drive support. Safety Characteristics All the tri-mode Intel storage adapters meet or exceed the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 V0. Each bare board is also marked with the supplier name or trademark, type, and UL flammability rating.

  • Page 14: Tri-Mode Intel® Storage Adapters Feature Set

    The tri-mode Intel storage adapters include a UART interface for special debugging purposes. The UART connector debug port requires a special cable and Intel support to gather detailed ROC / IOC status. The UART connector uses the layout shown in the following table.

  • Page 15: Tri-Mode Intel® Storage Adapters Detailed Characteristics

    Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Description The Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J with 16 internal ports is based on the Avago* SAS3816 IOC. It has an x8 PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 interface and it supports up to: 1024 physical SAS / SATA devices; 4 direct attach NVMe drives;...

  • Page 16: Intel® Storage Adapter Rs3P4Qf160J Dimensions

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide 4.1.2 Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Dimensions The next figure shows the dimensions for the Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J in millimeters, without the PCI bracket. Figure 2. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Dimensions...

  • Page 17: Intel® Storage Adapter Rs3P4Qf160J Electrical, Thermal, And Atmospheric Requirements

    Relative humidity range is 20–80% non-condensing. • Temperature range: 0–+55 °C (with or without the RMFBU Adapter attached). List of non-operating conditions (while in storage or in transit) for the Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J: • Relative humidity range is 5–95% non-condensing.

  • Page 18: Intel® Storage Adapter Rs3P4Gf016J

    Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J Description The Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J with 16 internal ports is based on the Avago SAS3816 IOC. It has an x8 PCIe 4.0 interface and it supports up to 1024 physical SAS / SATA devices. The next figures describe the connectors for this adapter.

  • Page 19: Intel® Storage Adapter Rs3P4Gf016J Dimensions

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide 4.2.2 Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J Dimensions The next figure shows the dimensions for the Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J in millimeters, without the PCI bracket. Figure 4. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J Dimensions...

  • Page 20: Intel® Storage Adapter Rs3P4Gf016J Electrical, Thermal, And Atmospheric Requirements

    • Relative humidity range is 20–80% non-condensing. • Temperature range: 0–+55 °C. List of non-operating conditions (while in storage or in transit) for the Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J: • Relative humidity range is 5–95% non-condensing. • Temperature range: -45–+105 °C.

  • Page 21: Connector Pinout

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide Connector Pinout The Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J has two standard female SFF-8654 (SlimSAS* 8i) connectors to connect to a data cable. The connector pinout follows the SFF-9402 specification. SFF-9402 defines how to share sideband signals between SAS and PCIe (with NVMe).

  • Page 22: Table 5. Sff-8654 Connector Pinout

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide Table 5. SFF-8654 Connector Pinout Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name PERp0, RX0+ PETp0, TX0+ PERn0, RX0- PETn0, TX0- PERp1, RX1+ PETp1, TX1+ PERn1, RX1- PETn1, TX1- BP_TYPEA 2W-CLKA, SClockA...

  • Page 23: Sas / Sata Drive Support

    SlimSAS to 2x MiniSAS HD, and one 860-mm long SlimSAS to 2x MiniSAS HD. The next figures show the connection diagram for SAS / SATA drives between the Intel Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J and the backplanes for a 2U Intel Server System M50CYP and a 2U Intel® Server System R2000WF.

  • Page 24: Intel® 12 Gb/S Sas 3.0 Expander Support

    SAS-Compatible Intel® Storage Expander Configuration for the Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J The SAS ports of the Intel Storage Adapters RS3P4QF160J and RS3P4GF016J are divided into two separate SAS domains: Domain 1 and Domain 2. One or two SAS connectors within a common domain can be cabled to a single SAS-compatible Intel storage expander card when cabling the storage adapter to a SAS expander.

  • Page 25: Figure 8. Intel® Storage Adapter Rs3P4Qf160J Sas Port Domain Identification

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide Figure 8. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J SAS Port Domain Identification Figure 9. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4GF016J SAS Port Domain Identification Supported SAS-compatible Intel storage expanders include several multiport MiniSAS HD (8643) connectors.

  • Page 26: Figure 10. Sas Ports For The Intel® Storage Expander Res3Tv360

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide Figure 10. SAS Ports for the Intel® Storage Expander RES3TV360 Notes for the input cable configuration: • The SAS expander card identified above can support one (1) or two (2) input SAS port cables.

  • Page 27: Nvme* Drive Support

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide NVMe* Drive Support The Intel Storage Adapter RMS4PQF160J can support a variety of NVMe drive configurations. At launch, only four direct-attach common clock NVMe drives are supported. The support for NVMe drives is limited to the U.2 (SFF-8639) form factor, connected through a supported backplane using an SFF-8654 8i to SFF-8654 8i.

  • Page 28: Figure 12. Intel® Storage Adapter Rs3P4Qf160J Card Connection To The 1U Intel® Server System M50Cyp Backplane For Direct-Attach Nvme* Drives

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide Figure 12. Intel® Storage Adapter RS3P4QF160J Card Connection to the 1U Intel® Server System M50CYP Backplane for Direct-Attach NVMe* Drives...

  • Page 29: Hardware Installation

    ESD can occur without the user feeling a shock while working inside the system chassis or while improperly handling electronic devices like processors, memory or other storage devices, and add-in cards. Intel recommends the following steps be taken when performing any procedures described within this document or while performing service to any computer system.

  • Page 30: Intel® Storage Adapters Installation

    1. Intel storage adapter. 2. Low profile mounting bracket. 3. Attention document. Note: Intel storage products do not include SAS / SATA / NVMe data cables. Appropriate data cables may be included with the server system or must be purchased separately. 5.1.3...

  • Page 31: Figure 14. Intel® Storage Adapter Installation (Insert Adapter In Slot)

    Carefully route data cables back to the Intel storage adapter. Connect the data cables to the storage adapter card. 10. Reinstall the computer cover, and reconnect the AC power cords to the system. The hardware installation is now complete, and the Intel storage adapter is ready to be used.

  • Page 32: Safety And Regulatory (Class A)

    Intended application. Intel RAID products are evaluated as information technology equipment (ITE) as part of Intel server chassis systems. These products are intended to be part of Intel server systems to be installed in offices, schools, computer rooms, and similar commercial-type locations.

  • Page 33: Ce Certification (Europe)

    Intel® Storage Adapters RS3P4GF016J and RS3P4QF160J Hardware User Guide 6.2.3 CE Certification (Europe) • EN 55032:2015+A11:2020 Class A. • BS EN 55032:2015+A11:2020 Class A. • AS/NZS CISPR 32:2015 Class A. • CISPR 32:2015+COR1:2016 Class A. • EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019 Class A.

  • Page 34: Product Environmental Compliance

    EU REACH Regulation No. 1907/2006. Product Environmental Compliance Intel has a system in place to restrict the use of banned substances in accordance with worldwide regulatory requirements. A material declaration datasheet is available for Intel products. For more reference on material restrictions and compliance, view Intel’s Environmental Product Content Specification at...

  • Page 35: Glossary

    A piece of hardware (such as a video monitor, drive, printer, or CD-ROM) used with a computer and under the devices control of the computer. SCSI peripherals are controlled through an Intel® RAID controller (host adapter). The interface required to transmit and receive data packets transferred across the serial bus.

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