Intel® RAID Adapters RS3P4TF160F and RS3P4MF088F Hardware User Guide
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Feature
Intel® RAID Adapter
RS3P4TF160F
Intel® RAID Adapter
RS3P4MF088F
Snapshot recovery
No
No
Audible alarm for failure alert
No
No
MTBF(hours)
>3,000,000
>3,000,000
Standard warranty
3 years, AWR options
3 years, AWR options
Notes:
1
Devices include drives and expanders. Drives on dual-ported backplanes count twice.
2
This feature is not supported at
launch.
3
Due to NVMe clocking requirements, two cables must be connected between the RAID adapter and the backplane. Since
this adapter only has one internal connector, x4 direct-attach NVMe drives are not supported.
3.7
Secure Boot
The Intel RAID Adapters RS3P4TF160F and RS3P4MF088F include a hardware secure boot feature. This
provides advanced security, allowing only authenticated firmware to be executed. Intel provides the signed
firmware images using hardware secure boot transparent to customers, while providing confidence in the
security.
3.8
Data Protection Features
The next table describes the data protection features of the tri-mode Intel RAID adapters.
Table 2. Data Protection Features
Feature
Intel® RAID
Adapter
RS3P4TF160F
Intel® RAID
Adapter
RS3P4MF088F
Online capacity extension
Yes
Yes
Distributed sparing
Yes
Yes
Background consistency checking
Yes
Yes
Patrol read for media functionality
Yes
Yes
SMART support
Yes
Yes
Enclosure management
Yes
Yes
RAID support before operating system loaded
Yes
Yes
Write back cache with optional protection
Yes
Yes
Intel® RAID management software
Yes
Yes
Hot-spare support, global and dedicated
Yes
Yes
Self-encrypting drive (SED) support
Yes
1
Yes
1
Note:
1
This is a built-in feature, PFK is not required.
3.8.1
Self-Encrypting Drive Support
The Intel RAID Adapters RS3P4TF160F and RS3P4MF088F include support for self-encrypting drive (SED),
which provides protection for data at rest. This support is built-in and does not require to install any keys
(PFK) to enable it.
The SED support for SAS and SATA drives is only for drives compliant with the TCG Enterprise Storage
Security Subsystem Class. The SED support for NVMe drives is for drives compliant with the TCG Enterprise
or the OPAL Storage Security Subsystem Class.
Consult with the drive manufacturer the TCG Storage Subsystem Class for the drives to make sure it is
compatible.