Pci Subsystem - Intel S2600IP Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Board S2600IP and Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR TPS
(ESRT2) include the following:
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Based on LSI* MegaRAID Software Stack
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Software RAID with system providing memory and CPU utilization
Supported RAID Levels – 0,1,5,10
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4 and 8 Port SATA RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel
Upgrade Key
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4 and 8 Port SAS RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel
Upgrade Key
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Maximum drive support = 8
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Open Source Compliance = Binary Driver (includes Partial Source files) or Open Source
using MDRAID layer in Linux.
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OS Support = Windows 7*, Windows 2008*, Windows 2003*, RHEL*, SLES, other Linux*
variants using partial source builds.
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Utilities = Windows* GUI and CLI, Linux GUI and CLI, DOS CLI, and EFI CLI
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3.3.23.2 Intel
Features of the embedded software RAID option Intel
include the following:
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Software RAID with system providing memory and CPU utilization
Supported RAID Levels – 0,1,5,10
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o 4 Port SATA RAID 5 available standard (no option key required)
o 8 Port SATA RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel
Key
o No SAS RAID 5 support
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Maximum drive support = 32 (in arrays with 8 port SAS), 16 (in arrays with 4 port SAS),
128 (JBOD)
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Open Source Compliance = Yes (uses MDRAID)
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OS Support = Windows 7*, Windows 2008*, Windows 2003*, RHEL* 6.2 and later,
SLES* 11 w/SP2 and later, VMWare* 5.x.
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Utilities = Windows* GUI and CLI, Linux CLI, DOS CLI, and EFI CLI
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Uses Matrix Storage Manager for Windows*
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MDRAID supported in Linux* (does not require a driver)
Note: No boot drive support to targets attached through SAS expander card
3.4

PCI Subsystem

The primary I/O buses for the Intel
W2600CR are PCI Express* Gen3 with six independent PCI bus segments. The following tables
list the characteristics of the PCI bus segments.
Revision 1.1
Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe)
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Server Board S2600IP and Intel
Intel order number G34153-003
Functional Architecture
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Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe)
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RAID C600 Upgrade
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Workstation Board
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RAID C600
RAID C600
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