Intel RSP3TD160 Installation manual

Intel® RAID Adapters
RSP3TD160, RSP3MD088, RSP3DD080
and RSP3WD080
Hardware User Guide
A document providing an overview of product features, specification data, and
hardware installation instructions
Rev 1.0
July 2017
Intel® Server Products and Solutions

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Safety Information
Important Safety Instructions
Read all caution and safety statements in this document before performing any of the instructions. See also
Intel Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information at
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/sb/g23122-
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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. Use only the described, regulated components specified in this guide. Use of other
products/components will void the UL listing and other regulatory approvals of the product and will most
likely result in noncompliance with product regulations in the region(s) in which the product is sold.
System power on/off: The power button DOES NOT turn off the system AC power. To remove all power
from the system, you must unplug the AC power cord from the wall outlet. Make sure the AC power cord is
unplugged before you open the chassis, add, or remove any components.
Hazardous conditions, devices and cables: Hazardous electrical conditions may be present on power,
telephone, and communication cables. Turn off the server and disconnect the power cord,
telecommunications systems, networks, and modems attached to the server before opening it. Otherwise,
personal injury or equipment damage can result.
Installing or removing jumpers: A jumper is a small plastic-encased conductor that slips over two jumper
pins. Some jumpers have a small tab on top that you can grip with your fingertips or with a pair of fine needle
nosed pliers. If your jumpers do not have such a tab, take care when using needle-nosed pliers to remove or
install a jumper; grip the narrow sides of the jumper with the pliers, never the wide sides. Gripping the wide
sides can damage the contacts inside the jumper, causing intermittent problems with the function controlled
by that jumper. Take care to grip with, but not squeeze, the pliers or other tool you use to remove a jumper,
or you may bend or break the pins on the board.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) and ESD protection: ESD can damage disk drives, boards, and other parts. We
recommend that you perform all procedures in this chapter only at an ESD workstation. If one is not
available, provide some ESD protection by wearing an anti-static wrist strap attached to chassis ground, any
unpainted metal surface on your server when handling parts.
ESD and handling boards: Always handle boards carefully. They can be extremely sensitive to ESD. Hold
boards only by their edges. After removing a board from its protective wrapper or from the server, place the
board component side up on a grounded, static-free surface. Use a conductive foam pad if available but not
the board wrapper. Do not slide board over any surface.

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1. Preface
1.1 About This Document
This document provides an overview of product features, specification data, and hardware installation
instructions for the Intel® Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) Adapters RSP3TD160, RSP3MD088,
RSP3DD080 and RSP3WD080
1.2 Document Organization
This document includes the following:
Chapter 1 – Product Overview – Provides a product overview of the features set and support specifications.
Chapter 2 – General Feature Overview – Provides a brief description for the features that are common for the
products covered by this guide.
Chapter 3 – Detailed Characteristics – Provides details on the characteristics for each of the products covered
by this guide.
Chapter 4 – Connectivity and Drive Support – Provides description of what drives are supported by the
products covered by this guide and the way to connect them.
Chapter 5 – Hardware Installation - Provides support for the installation of the product on the Intel systems
where they are supported.
Chapter 6 –Safety and Regulatory
Chapter 7 – Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 – Provides details of the Intel® RAID
Maintenance-Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 accessory option.
Appendix A. Glossary of Terms
Reference Documents and Online Articles
The following documents are available for download and will be useful to setting up and using the Intel RAID
adapter.
Document Title
Description
Intel® RAID Software User Guide for full
featured and entry level RAID
controllers
A document that provides information on RAID Card Setup and usage of supported
RAID utility software.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/server-
products/raid-products/000024126.html
What to Do when Unable to Enter BIOS
or Intel® RAID BIOS Console During
Boot for Intel® Server Boards
Article ID: 000059999. If the Intel or OEM logo screen displays during POST, the BIOS
entry or Intel® RAID BIOS console command prompts are not visible. To gain access to
these prompts, disable the logo screen.
12 Gbps SAS or 6G SATA Data Transfer
Controller Support for Intel® RAID
Controllers
Article ID# 000008025. A document that provides information on how and where the
controller supports 12-Gbps SAS (6G SATA) data transfers.

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1.3 Product Support Collaterals
In addition to this user guide, Intel provides documentation, device driver updates, and utilities that may be
necessary and/or useful for operation and support of this product. Additional product support collaterals can
be downloaded from the following Intel websites:
For product documentation, go to the following Intel website: http://www.intel.com/support/
For product device drives and other software utilities, go to the following Intel website:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com

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Table of Contents
1. Preface ..................................................................................................................................................i
1.1 About This Document ........................................................................................................................ i
1.2 Document Organization .................................................................................................................... i
1.3 Product Support Collaterals........................................................................................................... ii
1. Product Overview..............................................................................................................................7
2. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters General Features.......................................................................8
2.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.2 Benefits of the SAS Interface .........................................................................................................8
2.3 Benefits of the NVM Express (NVMe) interface.......................................................................8
2.4 Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Adapter Features.....................................................................................8
2.4.1 SAS Features......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.4.2 SATA III Features.................................................................................................................................. 9
2.4.3 NVMe Interface Features..................................................................................................................9
2.4.4 Usability Features................................................................................................................................9
2.4.5 Flexibility Features..............................................................................................................................9
2.4.6 Drive Roaming ...................................................................................................................................... 9
2.4.7Drive Migration.................................................................................................................................. 10
2.4.8 Safety Characteristics..................................................................................................................... 10
2.5 Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters Feature Set........................................................................... 11
2.6 Data Protection Features .............................................................................................................. 12
2.7 Fault Tolerance Features............................................................................................................... 13
2.8 Array Performance Features........................................................................................................ 13
2.9 Drive Support Limits....................................................................................................................... 14
2.10 Over temperature protection...................................................................................................... 14
2.11 UART Interface ................................................................................................................................. 14
2.12 Optional Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit (RMFBU)..................................... 15
3. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Adapters Detailed Characteristics....................................................... 16
3.1 Intel RAID Module RMSP3TD160F Description.................................................................. 16
3.2 Intel RAID Module RMSP3TD160F Dimensions................................................................. 17
3.2.1 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3TD160F Electrical, Thermal and Atmospheric Requirements. 18
3.2.2 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3TD160F Power Consumption. .............................................. 18
3.3 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3DD080F......................................................................................... 19
3.4 Intel RAID Module RMSP3DD080F Dimensions................................................................. 20
3.4.1 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3DD080F Electrical, Thermal and Atmospheric Requirements. 21
3.4.2 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3DD080F Power Consumption............................................... 21
3.5 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3MD088F ......................................................................................... 21
3.6 Intel RAID Module RMSP3MD088F Dimensions................................................................ 22
3.6.1 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3MD088F Electrical, Thermal and Atmospheric Requirements. 23
3.6.2 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3MD088F Consumption. ........................................................... 24

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3.7 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3WD080E......................................................................................... 24
3.8 Intel RAID Module RMSP3WD080E Dimensions ............................................................... 25
3.8.1 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3WD080E Electrical, Thermal and Atmospheric Requirements. 27
3.8.2 Intel RAID Adapter RMSP3WD080E Consumption............................................................ 27
4. Conectivity and Drive Support .................................................................................................... 28
4.1 Connectivity and Drive Support................................................................................................. 28
4.2 Connector Pinout ............................................................................................................................. 28
4.3 SAS/SATA Drive Support.............................................................................................................. 29
4.4 Intel® 12 Gb/s SAS 3.0 Expander Support............................................................................. 30
4.4.1 SAS Expander Configuration for the Intel® RMSP3TD160F RAID Module............... 30
4.5 NVMe Drive Support....................................................................................................................... 32
5. Hardware Installation.................................................................................................................... 34
5.1 RAID Adapter Installation ............................................................................................................. 35
5.1.1 Requirements..................................................................................................................................... 35
5.1.2 Packing List......................................................................................................................................... 35
5.2 RAID Adapter Installation ............................................................................................................. 35
5.2.1 Requirements..................................................................................................................................... 35
5.2.2 Packing List......................................................................................................................................... 35
5.2.3 Installation Instructions................................................................................................................. 35
6. Safety and Regulatory (Class A) .................................................................................................. 38
6.1 Product Safety Compliance ......................................................................................................... 38
6.2 Product EMC Compliance – Class A Compliance................................................................ 38
6.3 Product Environmental Compliance........................................................................................ 38
7. Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 ..................................................... 40
7.1 Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit AXXRMFBU7 ............................................... 40
7.2 FBU345 Specifications and Layout........................................................................................... 41
7.2.1 Extender Cable.................................................................................................................................. 43
7.3 Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit Installation................................................... 43
7.4 Monitoring the Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit........................................... 45
7.4.1 Monitoring the RMFBU with the Human Interface Infrastructure................................ 45
Appendix A. Glossary ....................................................................................................................... 48

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List of Figures
Figure 1 - Intel SAS RMSP3TD160F RAID adapter Layout .............................................................. 16
Figure 2 -
Intel RMSP3TD160F RAID adapter Dimensions ............................................................. 17
Figure 3 -
Intel SAS RMSP3DD080F RAID adapter Layout ............................................................. 19
Figure 4 -
Intel RMSP3DD080F RAID adapter Dimensions ............................................................. 20
Figure 5 -
Intel SAS RMSP3MD088F RAID adapter Layout ............................................................. 22
Figure 6 -
Intel RMSP3MD088F RAID adapter Dimensions ............................................................ 23
Figure 7 -
Intel SAS RMSP3WD080E RAID adapter Layout ............................................................ 25
Figure 8 -
Intel RMSP3WD080E RAID adapter Dimensions ........................................................... 26
Figure 9. Intel®
RMSP3TD160F RAID Adapter SFF-8643 connector ............................................ 28
Figure 10. Supported Intel® SAS expander options ..................................................................................... 30
Figure 11. RAID module RMS3PTD160 SAS port domain identification............................................. 31
Figure 12. SAS ports for the RES3FV288.......................................................................................................... 31
Figure 13. SAS ports for the RES3TV360.......................................................................................................... 31
Figure 14. Connecting the AXXCBL700HDCV to the backplane............................................................. 33
Figure 15. Connecting the AXXCBL700HDCV cable to the RAID adapter........................................... 33
Figure 16 RAID Adapter Installation (insert adapter in slot) ..................................................................... 36
Figure 17 RAID Adapter Installation (insert riser card)................................................................................ 37
Figure 18 RAID Adapter Installation (adapter installed)............................................................................. 37
Figure 19. FBU345 layout ........................................................................................................................................ 42
Figure 20. Extender cable pinout ......................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 21 - AXXRMFBU7 Mounting Assembly................................................................................................ 43
Figure 22 - RMFBU Assembly Installation ........................................................................................................ 44
Figure 23 - Connecting the RMFBU7 to the RAID adapter......................................................................... 44
Figure 24. HII Dashboard view screen................................................................................................................ 45
Figure 25. HII Hardware Components screen ................................................................................................. 46
Figure 26. HII Battery Management screen...................................................................................................... 46
List of Tables
Table 1. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapter comparative feature set............................................................. 11
Table 2- Data Protection Features....................................................................................................................... 12
Table 3. Fault-tolerant features ............................................................................................................................ 13
Table 4. Array performance features.................................................................................................................. 13
Table 5. SAS/SATA drive support limits............................................................................................................ 14
Table 6- UART Connector Pinout......................................................................................................................... 14
Table 7. SFF-8643 connector pinout.................................................................................................................. 29
Table 8. FBU345 specifications............................................................................................................................. 41

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1. Product Overview
The Intel® RAID adapters RSP3TD160, RSP3MD088, RSP3DD080 and RSP3WD080 are are part of the new
family of Intel® RAID adapters. This new family of Tri-Mode RAID adapters allow for creating RAID
configurations with SAS drives, SATA drives, or NVMe drives.
The Intel® RAID adapters RSP3TD160, RSP3MD088, RSP3DD080 and RSP3WD080 are high-performance,
intelligent adapters with RAID control capability. The Tri-Mode RAID Adapters provide reliability, high-
performance, and fault-tolerant drive subsystem management.
The Tri-Mode RAID adapters are based on the LSI SAS IC technology and proven MegaRAID technology.
Intel offers a family of Tri-Mode RAID adapters that address the needs for internal connectivity solutions as well
as low and high port count:
•RSP3TD160F – Full featured tri-mode RAID adapter with 16 internal ports
•RSP3MD088F– Full featured tri-mode RAID adapter with 8 internal and 8 external ports
•RSP3DD080F– Full featured tri-mode RAID adapter with 8 internal ports
•RSP3WD080E– Entry level tri-mode RAID adapter with 8 internal ports
NOTE: The Intel Tri-Mode adapters are designed to work on systems configured for optimized UEFI boot
mode. There is no built-in configuration utility for these adapters when the system is configured for legacy
boot mode. Some adapters like RSP3WD080E will not work when the system they are installed on is
configured for legacy boot mode.

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2. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters General Features
2.1 Overview
The Intel® Tri-Mode adapters include a SAS interface and an NVMe interface. Both share the same
connectors by multiplexing the data and sideband signals. As compared with the previous generation of Intel
RAID adapters, the new Tri-Mode family offers increased performance by reducing latency, increasing IOPS,
increasing queue depth and increasing cache memory. They also offer NVMe drive support to allow doing
hardware RAID using these new technology drives.
2.2 Benefits of the SAS Interface
SAS is a serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level device interface that leverages the proven SCSI protocol set.
SAS is a convergence of the advantages ofSATA, SCSI, and Fiber Channel and the mainstay of the enterprise
and high-end workstation storage markets.
The SAS interface uses the SCSI command set to ensure reliable data transfers while providing the connectivity
and flexibility of point-to-point serial data transfers. The serial transmission of SCSI commands eliminates
clock-skew challenges. The SAS interface provides improved performance, simplified cabling, smaller
connectors, and lower pin count and power requirements when compared to the original parallel SCSI.
SAS adapters leverage a common electrical and physical connection interface that is compatible with Serial
ATA (SATA) technology. The SAS protocols and the SATA III protocols use a common thin, 7-wire connector.
The SAS/SATA III connector and cable are easier to manipulate, allow connections to smaller devices, and do
not inhibit airflow. The point-to-point SATA III architecture eliminates inherent difficulties created by the legacy
ATA master-slave architecture while maintaining compatibility with existing ATA firmware.
2.3 Benefits of the NVM Express (NVMe) interface
NVMe (non-volatile memory express) is a storage protocol created to accelerate the transfer of data with
solid-state drives (SSDs) by utilizing multiple PCIe connections. Benefits are increased bandwidth (up to
8Gb/s per lane), lower latency, increased efficiency, lower CPU utilization with multiple long command
queues and lower power.
2.4 Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Adapter Features
Next is an explanation of the features of the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID Adapters.
2.4.1 SAS Features
Characteristics of the SAS interface.
•Supports the following:
o12 Gb/s, 6Gb/s, and 3Gb/s SAS data transfers per PHY.
oSMP communicating topology management information.
oSSP enabling communication with other SAS devices.
oSTP enabling communication with SATA devices through an attached expander.
•Provides a serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level storage interface.
•Simplifies cabling between devices.
•Provides a scalable interface that supports up to 240 devices through the use of expanders.
•Supports x2 through x8 wide ports that consist of two (2), four (4), or eight(8) PHYs within a
single port.
•Supports narrow ports consisting of a single PHY.
•Transfers data by using SCSI information units.

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2.4.2 SATA III Features
The SAS interface is compatible with SATA and it has the following characteristics.
•Supports the following:
oSATA III data transfers up to 6Gb/s.
oSTP data transfers up to 6Gb/s.
•Provides a serial, point-to-point storage interface.
•Simplifies cabling between devices.
•Eliminates the master-slave construction used in parallel ATA.
•Permits addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander.
2.4.3 NVMe Interface Features
The new NVMe interface has the following characteristics.
•Supports the following:
oData transfers of 8Gb/s per lane (32 Gb/s when 4 PCIe lanes are being used).
oPCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.2.
oActive State Power Management, states, by placing links in a power-saving mode
during times of no link activity.
•Supports PCIe Hot Plug.
•Supports error handling.
•Provides high bandwidth per pin with low overhead and low latency.
•Supports lane reversal and polarity inversion.
2.4.4 Usability Features
The Tri-Mode RAID adapters have the next usability characteristics.
•Drives spin-up sequencing control.
•Provides one (1) LED signal to indicate link activity for all PHYs for the the drive activity LED on
the chassis.
•Supports the internal SAS sideband signal SFF-8485 (SGPIO) interface.
Note: LED signals indicate an error condition or drive activity. RAID adapters support several blink patterns for
these LEDs, depending on the user configuration and storage enclosure. For information about the LED blink
patterns, contact the storage enclosure manufacturer.
2.4.5 Flexibility Features
The Tri-Mode RAID adapters have the next flexibility characteristics.
•Flash ROM interface, a non-volatile static RAM (NVSRAM) interface.
•Flexible programming interface to tune I/O performance.
•Permit mixed connections to SAS targets or SATA III targets.
•Leverage-compatible connectors for SAS connections and SATA III connections.
•Permit grouping of up to eight (8) PHYs into a single SAS-wide port.
•Permit programming of the World Wide Name.
2.4.6 Drive Roaming
Drive roaming occurs when once a VD is already set up, some or all of the drives that are part of this VD are
manually changed to different ports on the same adapter. When this happens, the adapter detects the RAID
configuration from the configuration data on the drives.
Configuration data is saved in both the NVRAM on the RAID adapter and on the drives attached to the adapter.
This feature maintains the integrity of the data on each drive, even if the drives have changed their physical
device ID. More information on how to use the drive roaming feature can be found on the Intel® RAID Software
User Guide for full featured and entry level RAID adapters.

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2.4.7 Drive Migration
The Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters allow to move one VD from one adapter to another, this is called Drive
Migration. In other words, Drive Migration is the transfer of a set of drives in an existing configuration from one
adapter to another. In order to achieve this, there are some conditions: 1) The drives must remain on the same
channel. 2) The drives must be reinstalled in the same order as in the original configuration. 3) The adapter to
which the drives are migrated cannot have an existing configuration.
Note: When drives are migrated, move only the drives that make up the virtual drive (not all of the drives in a
drive group), so that an NVRAM mismatch error does not occur (provided a configuration is on the destination
adapter). The NVRAM mismatch error appears only when all of the drives are moved to the other adapter.
Note: Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be supported at the same time.
More information on how to use the drive migration feature can be found on the Intel® RAID Software User
Guide for full featured and entry level RAID adapters.
2.4.8 Safety Characteristics
All the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID 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.

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2.5 Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters Feature Set.
The following table describes the feature set of the Intel Tri-Mode adapters
Table 1. Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapter comparative feature set
Feature
RSP3TD160F
RSP3MD088F
RSP3DD080F
RSP3WD080E
I/O Processor
Broadcom* SAS3516
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
Broadcom* SAS3516
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
Broadcom* SAS3508
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
Broadcom* SAS3408
PCIe* RAID On-Chip
(ROC)
RAID Levels
0,1,5,6,10, 50, 60
0,1,5,6,10, 50, 60
0,1,5,6,10, 50, 60
0,1,5,10
JBOD Mode or Pass-
thru mode
(SAS/SATA)
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Cache Memory
4 GB DDR4 at 2133
MHz
4 GB DDR4 at 2133
MHz
4 GB DDR4 at 2133
MHz
N/A
Form Factor
MD2 (PCIe card)
MD2 (PCIe card)
MD2 (PCIe card)
MD2 (PCIe card)
Drive Interface
Connectors 4 internal 2 internal, 2 external 2 internal 2 internal
PCIe* Interface
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
x8 PCI Express* 3.0.
PCIe Performance up
to 8 GT/s per lane
Data Transfer Rates
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
12, 6, & 3 Gbps per
port SAS, 6 & 3 Gbps
per port SATA and 8
Gbps per lane NVMe
Operating
Temperature
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Maximum ambient:
55°C
Operating System
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Microsoft Window*,
Linux* (SuSE*, Red
Hat*) Solaris*
FreeBSD*
Drive Types
SAS, SATA, NVMe
SAS, SATA, NVMe
SAS, SATA, NVMe
SAS, SATA, NVMe
Maximum NVMe
drives supported 4 2 2 2
Maximum SAS/SATA
devices supported*** 64 64 64 63
Maximum Virtual
Drives
64 (SAS/SATA/NVMe) 64 (SAS/SATA/NVMe) 64 (SAS/SATA/NVMe) 32 (SAS/SATA/NVMe)
Advanced array
configuration and
management
utilities
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for global
hot spares and
dedicated hot
spares
Yes Yes Yes Only global hot spares
Support for user-
defined strip sizes:
8, 16, 32, 64, 128,
256, 512, or 1024
KB
Yes Yes Yes No
Advanced array
configuration and
management
Yes Yes Yes No

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utilities offer these
capabilities:
•Online
capacity
expansion
•Online RAID
level migration
•Drive migration
•Drive roaming
•No reboot
necessary
after
expansion
•Media scan
User-specified
rebuild rate
(specifying the
percentage of
system
resources to use
from 0 percent
to 100 percent)
Yes Yes Yes No
Nonvolatile
random access
memory (NVRAM)
of 32 KB for storing
RAID system
configuration
information; the
MegaRAID SAS
firmware is stored
in flash ROM for
easy upgrade.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for RAID
Maintenance Free
Backup Unit
(RMFBU). Used to
save RAID Cache in
event of unexpected
power loss
Yes
Intel accessory
AXXRMFBU7 –
(Option)
Yes
Intel accessory
AXXRMFBU7 –
(Option)
Yes
Intel accessory
AXXRMFBU7 –
(Option)
No
Self-Encrypting Drive
Support
Yes (SAS and SATA)
TCG Enterprise only
Yes (SAS and SATA)
TCG Enterprise only)
Yes (SAS and SATA)
TCG Enterprise only No
SSD Cache Support
No
No
No
No
Snapshot Recovery
No
No
No
No
MTBF(hours)
Standard Warranty
3 years, AWR options
3 years, AWR options
3 years, AWR options
3 years, AWR options
** This setting is firmware dependent.
*** Devices include drives and expanders. Drives on Dual-ported backplanes count twice.
2.6 Data Protection Features
The next table describes the Data protection features of the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters.
Table 2- Data Protection Features
Feature
RSP3TD160F
RSP3MD088F
RSP3DD080F
RSP3WD080E
On-line Capacity Extension
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Distributed Sparing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

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Background Consistency Checking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patrol Read for Media Functionality
Yes Yes Yes Yes
S.M.A.R.T Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Enclosure Management
Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID Support Before Operating
System Loaded Yes Yes Yes Yes
Write Back Cache with optional
Protection Yes Yes Yes No
Intel® RAID Management Software
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hot-Spare Support, Global &
Dedicated Yes Yes Yes Only Global
2.7 Fault Tolerance Features
The next table describes the Fault-tolerant features of the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters
Table 3. Fault-tolerant features
Specification
RSP3TD160F
RSP3MD088
RSP3DD080F
RSP3WD080E
Support for SMARTAYes Yes Yes Yes
Drive failure detection Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic
Drive rebuild using hot spares Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic
Parity generation and checking Yes Yes Yes Yes
1 The Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) detects up to 70 percent of all
predictable drive failures. In addition, SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors,
heads, and drive electronics.
2.8 Array Performance Features
The next table describes the Array performance features of the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters
Table 4. Array performance features
Specification
RSP3TD160F
RSP3MD088F
RSP3DD080F
RSP3WD080E
PCI Express host data transfer rate 8GT/s per lane 8GT/s per lane 8GT/s per lane 8GT/s per lane
Drive data transfer rate 12Gb/s per lane 12Gb/s per
lane
12Gb/s per lane 12Gb/s per lane
Maximum scatter/gather I/O 80 elements 80 elements 80 elements 80 elements
Maximum size of I/O requests 6.4 MB in 64-KB strips 6.4 MB in 64-
KB strips
6.4 MB in 64-
KB
strips
6.4 MB in 64-
KB
strips
Maximum queue tags per drive As many as the drive
can accept
As
many as the
drive can
As many as the
drive can accept
As many as the
drive can accept
Strip sizes 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64
KB, 128 KB, 256 KB,
8 KB, 16 KB, 32
KB, 64 KB, 128
8 KB, 16 KB, 32
KB, 64 KB, 128
64K
Maximum number of concurrent
commands
255 255 255 ?

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2.9 Drive Support Limits
The next table describes the SAS/SATA drive support limits of the Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapterts
Table 5. SAS/SATA drive support limits
Specification
RSP3TD160F
RSP3MD088F
RSP3DD080F
RSP3WD080E
Maximum virtual drives per adapter
64
64
64
32
Maximum drive groups per adapter
64
64
64
32
Maximum virtual drives per drive group
16
16
16
16
Maximum drives per drive group
32
32
32
32
Maximum physical devices per adapter
64
64
64
64
Maximum hot spares per adapter
64
64
64
63
Maximum spans per virtual drive
8
8
8
8
Maximum enclosures
3**
3**
3**
2**
** This setting is firmware dependent.
2.10 Over temperature protection
The Intel® Tri-Mode RAID adapters are designed to operate at a maximum 55 degrees Celsius with a
minimum of 200 LFM air flow, this ensures the internal ROC IC will operate at less than 105 Celsius. If for any
reason there’s an overheating, the internal ROC over temperature protection circuitry will operate like this:
- If the ROC reaches 110 degrees Celsius, the over temperature LED is turned on, I/O is throttled and the
event “MR_EVT_CTRL_TEMP_ABOVE_OPTIMAL_RANGE” is be registered in the adapter’s log.
- if the ROC temperature goes down below 105 degrees Celsius (mostly due to I/O throttling), the over
temperature LED is turned off, the event “MR_EVT_CTRL_TEMP_WITHIN_OPTIMAL_RANGE” is registered in
the adapter’s log and I/O throttling is turned off.
- If the ROC reaches 116 degrees Celsius, the over temperature LED continues to lit, I/O continues to throttle,
the event “MR_EVT_CTRL_TEMP_CRITICAL ” is registered in the adapter’s log, then after 10 seconds of
operation the cache is flushed, pending I/Os are completed and the ROC enters into the “Montask” state, in
which state all I/Os stop except through the UART debugging interface.
2.11 UART Interface
The Intel® Tri-Mode RAID 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.
Table 6- UART Connector Pinout
Pin Function
1
UART_TX
2
Gnd
3
UART_RX
4
1.8 V
The default communication parameters are 115,200 b/s, 8-bit characters, no parity bit, one stop bit, and no