Intel RES2SV240 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Hardware User’s Guide 3
SFF-8485 protocol, using the Serial GPIO (SGPIO) interface provided by the
expander.
Operating System Support
The operating systems supported are determined by your RAID controller or module. See
the Tested operating system list for your RAID controller or module at
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/.
Features
Supports both Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA devices
6.0 Gbit/s, 3.0 Gbit/s, and 1.5 Gbit/s data transfer rate
Six SFF-8087 mini-SAS connectors providing twenty-four SAS/SATA ports
Supports 4 inputs and 20 outputs configuration
Supports 8 inputs and 16 outputs configuration
Output mini-SAS connectors support sideband SGPIO as per SFF-8485
specification
Onboard 4-pin SGPIO connector to be used for Intel
®
6-drive hot-swap non-
expander SATA/SAS backplane
Two 2x12 headers to support Fault LED for each SAS/SATA port
Power from RA 4-pin power connector or standard PCI Express* x4 connector
Board functioning either in PCI Express slot or remotely in system
Onboard screw holds allow the expander card to be mounted on a chassis wall inside
a server system
Low Profile and MD2 compliance
Provides a low-latency connection to create and maintain transparent access to each
connected SAS/SATA physical drive
Staggered spin-up
Hot Plug
Native Command Queuing
Allows multiple initiators to address a single target (in a fail-over configuration)