Intel® RAID Adapters RS3P4TF160F and RS3P4MF088F Hardware User Guide
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3.5
Safety Characteristics
All the tri-mode Intel RAID adapters meet or exceed the requirements of UL flammability rating 94 V0. Each
baseboard is also marked with the
supplier’s
name or trademark, type, and UL flammability rating.
3.6
Tri-Mode Intel® RAID Adapters Feature Set
The following table describes the feature set of the tri-mode Intel RAID adapters.
Table 1. Tri-Mode Intel® RAID Adapter Feature Set
Feature
Intel® RAID Adapter
RS3P4TF160F
Intel® RAID Adapter
RS3P4MF088F
I/O processor
Broadcom* SAS3916 PCIe
RAID on-Chip (ROC)
Broadcom SAS3916 PCIe
RAID On-Chip (ROC)
RAID levels
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
JBOD mode or pass-thru mode (SAS / SATA)
Yes
Yes
Cache memory
8 GB DDR4 at 2133 MHz
8 GB DDR4 at 2133 MHz
Form factor
MD2 (PCIe card)
MD2 (PCIe card)
Drive interface connectors
2 internal SFF-8654 female
(SlimSAS* 8i)
1 internal SFF-8654 female
(SlimSAS 8i),
2 external SFF-8644 female
PCI Express* interface
x8 PCIe 4.0.
PCIe performance up to 16
GT/s per lane.
x8 PCIe 4.0.
PCIe performance up to 16
GT/s per lane.
Data transfer rates
12, 6, and 3 Gbps per port
SAS, 6 and 3 Gbps per port
SATA and 16 Gbps per lane
NVMe
12, 6, and 3 Gbps per port
SAS, 6 and 3 Gbps per port
SATA and 16 Gbps per lane
NVMe
Maximum operating temperature
(chassis internal)
55 °C
55 °C
Operating system
Microsoft Windows*, Linux*
(SUSE*, Red Hat*)
Microsoft Windows, Linux
(SUSE, Red Hat)
Drive types
SAS, SATA, NVMe
SAS, SATA, NVMe
Maximum direct-attach NVMe* drives supported
4
0
3
Maximum NVMe* drives supported through switches
2
24
24
Maximum SAS / SATA devices supported
1
240
240
Maximum virtual drives
64
64
Advanced array configuration and management utilities
Yes
Yes
Support for global hot spares and dedicated hot spares
Yes
Yes
Support for user-defined strip sizes: 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 KB
Yes
Yes
Advanced array configuration and management utilities offer
these capabilities:
•
Online capacity expansion
•
Online RAID level migration
•
Drive migration
•
Drive roaming
•
No reboot necessary after expansion
•
Media scan
Yes
Yes
User-specified rebuild rate (specifying the percentage of system
resources to use from 0% to 100%)
Yes
Yes
Non-volatile 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
Support for Intel® RAID Maintenance Free Backup Unit (RMFBU).
Used to save RAID cache if an unexpected power loss occurs.
Yes
Intel accessory AXXRMFBU7
(option)
Yes
Intel accessory AXXRMFBU7
(option)
Self-encrypting drive support, SAS and SATA
TCG Enterprise only
TCG Enterprise only
Self-encrypting drive support, NVMe*
TCG Enterprise and OPAL
TCG Enterprise and OPAL
SSD cache support
No
No
