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... Intel Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Four-port Low Profile Serial ATA RAID Controller Technical Product Specification, Version 1.0 November 2002 Order Number: 251526-001 ...
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... Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. The Intel SRCS14L RAID controller may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request. ...
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... RAID Controller Drive Limitations (Host, Array, Logical, and Physical) .20 4.2 Utilities and Tools ................................................................................................21 4.3 RAID Features.....................................................................................................22 4.3.1 RAID Level Support................................................................................22 4.3.2 Caching ..................................................................................................22 4.3.3 Hot Fix (Spare) Disks .............................................................................24 4.3.4 Auto-detection of Hot-Plug Disk Drives in a Non-Intelligent Drive Enclo- sure25 Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 3 ...
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... Electrical Specifications ...................................................................................... 13 7 Environmental Test Results ................................................................................ 13 8 Host Array Drive Statuses................................................................................... 19 9 Logical Drive Statuses ........................................................................................ 20 10 RAID Controller Drive Maximum Limitations (SRCS14L) ................................... 20 11 Utilities And Tools ............................................................................................... 21 12 Supported RAID Levels....................................................................................... 22 13 Supported Cache Settings .................................................................................. 23 14 Example of a 9GB Pooled Hot Fix Drive Selected to Protect Four Raid Array Drives ...
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... Serial AT Attachment SE Single Ended SCSI device. SCSI device type. Single Connector Attachment - 80-pin SCSI connector on hot-swappable SE and LVD hard SCA disks. SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Description 1 5 ...
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... Each term represents the physical PCB that integrates all the components of the RAID PCI add-in card. 1.3 Product Overview The SRCS14L is a PCI-based, low-profile, four-port SATA RAID controller. It utilizes the Intel 80303 Intelligent I/O processor, two Silicon Image* Sil3112A SATA controllers, and Intel Integrated RAID software. 1.4 ...
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... Variable data strip size configurable per array • 64MB of ECC SDRAM support • Read/write controller caching • Hot plug disk drive auto detection configurable for non-intelligent enclosures • PCI Hot plug support Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 7 ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Hardware 2.1 Physical Layout Figure 1. SRCS14L RAID Controller Physical Layout 167 mm 64-bit / 66MHz, universally keyed, 3.3 and 5 volt, PCI interface 2.2 Major Components ® 2.2.1 Intel 80303 The SRCS14L features the Intel and Memory Controller are particularly useful in RAID applications. For more information on the Intel 80303 memory controller unit, visit http://developer ...
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... ECC error correction. 2.2.4 SATA Controllers The SRCS14L has two Silicon Image Sil3112A SATA controllers, which each control two serial ports (four ports total). The Sil3112A can support data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gbps. See http:// www.siliconimage.com/products/sii3112.asp for more information. 2.2.5 ...
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... The SRCS14L provides four SATA signal connectors. 2.2.7 PCI Interface The SRCS14L has a 64-bit/66MHz PCI interface. The PCI connector is universally keyed for 3. signaling and is PCI 2.2 compliant. The controller is designed for optimal performance when inserted in a 64-bit/66MHz PCI expansion slot; however backwards compatible with all 33MHz PCI expansion slots ...
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... J4 - PCI bus speed: Leave this jumper in the default position (pins 2-3 to auto-negotiate 33/66 Mhz) unless instructed to do otherwise by customer support or a specification update. 2.2.9 Diagnostic Features The SRCS14L has LED indicators and audible beep sequences at startup to help you understand the status of the controller. Figure 3. LED Labels and Colors A:0 A:1 B:0 B:1 Table 3 ...
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... Storage Console to check the status of the RAID controller and array. Memory or firmware may have a problem. More details may be available from the boot message. If necessary, use the FRU utility to recover the firmware as described in Appendix A of the SRCS14L hardware guide. Technical Product Specification ...
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... The RAID controller supports hard disk drives connected to the 4 SATA ports. These hard drives must be compliant with the SATA specification 1.0. Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Features The 80303 processor: 100MHz, RISC 64-bit core 3.3V unbuffered, PC100, ECC SDRAM. 64MB embedded not upgradeable 3 ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Software 3.1 Software Architecture Overview Figure 4. RAID Software Stack Architecture Block Diagram Install PCI BIOS Programs The RAID software stack is composed of two major component groupings: the RAID firmware embedded in the Flash memory and a set of host resident drivers and utilities installed on the host system. All host-based software contains an OS dependent portion and an OS independent portion. This allows for a consistent ‘ ...
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... The SNMP Extension Agent is the interface between SNMP and the IIR Management Information Base (MIB). It interacts with the host resident MIB as well as the IIR HBA (via the IIR API) to respond to SNMP requests. Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Figure 4: RAID Software Stack Architecture Block Diagram ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 3.1.3 Common Layers 3.1.3.1 PCI BIOS The PCI BIOS is the Expansion ROM software as defined in the PCI specification. It performs IIR initialization from host system memory during POST. 3.1.3.2 IIR API The IIR API is a C++ class library consisting of OS-independent classes and methods. This layer encapsulates sequences of lower level C library API functions and builds OS independent data structures used for communicating with the HBA ...
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... Array drives are located at this level in the hierarchy. Array drives always consist of logical drives and consist of the following drive types: • RAID 0 drives • RAID 1 drives Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L (see array drives in Level 4 (see host 3). 17 ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L • RAID 4 drives • RAID 5 drives • RAID 10 drives You can manually create an array drive by using two or more logical drives that were manually created at level 2. This action combines the original host drives associated with each of the logical drives into a single host drive at a chosen RAID level ...
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... RW Expand RW Fail RW Error RO Patch Read Write RO = Read Only Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Drive Type Redundant Newly defined array prior to build RAID process starting. The initial process of configuring RAID redundancy information upon creation of drive. The array drive is fully operational, its ...
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... Each RAID array drive (up to two) can contain maximum of two host drives. This means that the SRCS14L controller has a maximum limitation of four host drives. Also, each array drive must have at least one host drive. A host drive can only be associated with (or reside on) a single array drive ...
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... Memory Test Parity Verify Check Surface: Physical Disks Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Description This is a text-based UI that allows full management and monitoring of the RAID controller and its subsystem. Consistent look and feel across all supported operating systems ...
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... Data striping. The SRCS14L can support only one Combination RAID 0 and 1, striped mirrors. The 10 SRCS14L does not support the addition of a hot Single Disk Chaining 4.3.2 Caching There are two levels or modes of caching related to the controller - each independent of the other: • ...
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... Read 7 Write • Read 8 Write • Read 9 Write _ Read 10 Write _ Read 11 Write • Read Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Cache Setting Controller Cache Delayed _ Cache _ •_ Write Delayed • Cache _ •_ Write Delayed _ Cache _ •_ Write Delayed • ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Table 13. Supported Cache Settings Disk Cache 12 Write • Read _ diabled/off Legend • enabled/on •_ either 4.3.3 Hot Fix (Spare) Disks There are two types of hot fix drives: • Private (dedicated): This type of hot fix drive is assigned to a specific RAID array drive. It cannot be used by any other RAID array drive configured on the controller. • ...
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... Note: For a migrated RAID array to be recognized by the new host operating system, the host system may need to be rebooted. Warning: RAID arrays set up with an SRCS14L controller cannot roam to computers that use other controllers (anything other than the SRCS14L). Unpredictable behavior may include, but is not limited to, data loss or corruption. ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L This is the simplest method. The user just creates a new host drive from available physical disk drives that are connected to the RAID controller (the assumption here is that there were disk drives that were already connected but unused or there were new disk drives inserted into open slots in a ...
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... PCI Hot Plug The controller supports the PCI hot plug specification for Windows. It supports the hot replace function only. Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L 27 ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Certifications and Supported Technologies 5.1 OS Certifications The product will be validated with the latest vendor OS certification test suites. Pre-submission tests will be passed and the certifications listed in submission process as required per OS. The pre-submission test will be run on the final gold production release candidate of the RAID software suite OS drivers and RAID firmware ...
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... CISPR 22:1993 laboratory limits accepted in accreditation lieu of ICES-003 required. Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Product Labeling tions FCC Class A statement on product, product packaging, or prominently located in the users manual, as follows: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity (DoC) European EN55022:1998 to the EMC Union Class A directive. No (EMC) (emissions) laboratory accreditation required. EN55024:1998 (immunity), consists of IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD), IEC 61000-4-3 (radiated immunity), IEC Same as EN55022 European 61000-4-4 (EFT), (EMI) Union ...
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... SATA 1.0 Specification 1.0 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 (for 48bit LBA support) Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Details http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/pnp/default.asp • The product supports booting from a CD-ROM based on the “El Torito” Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification, version 1.0, http:// www.phoenix.com/PlatSS/PDFs/specs-cdrom.pdf • ...
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... Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Technical Drawings and Diagrams Figure 5. Controller PBA Drawing, Front View Figure 6. Controller PBA Drawing, Back View 32 6 Technical Product Specification ...
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... Appendices 7.1 Referenced Documentation Table 18. Referenced Documentation SRCS14L Hardware Installation and User’s Guide Software Installation and User’s Guide 7.2 BIOS Boot Messages TBD. Technical Product Specification Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L Document Title 7 Order # 251554-001 273479-002 33 ...