2 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User’s Guide
Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WG160
The Intel
®
RAID Controller RS2WG160 is an intelligent PCI Express* 2.0 compliant
interface RAID adapter with an integrated LSI* SAS2108 RAID-On-Chip chipset,
providing both a SAS controller and RAID engine. With 512MB RAM built onto the
board, eight independent phys supporting 6-Gbps and 3 Gbps SAS data transfers, the
onboard LSI* SAS2 x36 expander chip, and four SFF-8087 Mini SAS x4 internal
connectors, this controller supports up to 240 enterprise-class SAS or SATA devices and
64 logical drives. The PCI Express* connector fits into an x8 or x16 PCI Express* slot
capable of performance up to 5 Gbps per lane.
The RAID controller is designed to fit the following Intel
®
Server Boards and Systems:
• Intel
®
Server Board S5520UR
• Intel
®
Server Board S5500WB
• Intel
®
Server Board S5520HC/S5520HCT/S5500HCV
• Intel
®
Server system SC5650HCBRP
• Intel
®
Workstation Board S5520SC
• Intel
®
Workstation System SC5650SCWS
• Intel
®
Server Board S5500BC
• Intel
®
Server System SR1630BC
• Intel
®
Server System SC5650BCDP
• Intel
®
Server Board S3420GP
• Intel
®
Server Board S5000PSL
• Intel
®
Server Board S5000VSA
• Intel
®
Server System SR1690WB
• Intel
®
Server System SR1695WB
• Intel
®
Server system SR2612UR
• Intel
®
Server system SR1630GP/SR1630HGP
• Intel
®
Server System SR1600UR
• Intel
®
Server System SR2600UR
• Intel
®
Server System SR2625UR
• Intel
®
Server System SR1625UR
Note: Additional Intel
®
Server Boards and Systems may be supported. For the most up-to-date
list, see the Compatibility section under the link for this Intel
®
RAID Controller at
http://www.intel.com.