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Sas raid details, 1 overview, 2 hard disk drive controller – Artesyn RTM-ATCA-736x-DD Installation and Use (June 2014) User Manual

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Chapter 3

RTM-ATCA-736X-DD Installation and Use (6806800L82C)

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SAS RAID Details

3.1

Overview

This chapter provides detailed information on the RTM-ATCA-736X-DD SAS RAID capabilities.

3.2

Hard Disk Drive Controller

The RTM-ATCA-736X-DD includes an LSI SAS 1064e hard disk drive controller with the
following features:

Four-lane PCIe interface (full duplex 2.5 Gb/sec)

Four SAS ports (3.0 Gb/sec) with 1 port routed to each hard disk drive slot.

3.3

SAS Boot BIOS Features

The Boot BIOS for Intel/AMD-based platforms is stored on the flash device located on the
module.

The SAS boot BIOS supports the following features:

Support multiple SAS controllers

Apply global properties stored in flash

Selection and configuration for up to 256 adapters

Automatic INT13 drive mapping for SAS drives

SAS topology discovery, including expander traversal

Apply PHY transceiver properties