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Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E
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A Full-Featured, High-End, Dual-Channel Ultra 320 RAID Controller with PCI Express* x8 Interface

The Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E offers an ideal storage solution for enterprises and workgroups that need to protect critical data while maintaining server performance and availability. This solution delivers easy extensibility, support for multiple levels of RAID, and the I/O throughput essential for large, mission-critical server systems.
Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E Features
Features Benefits
Intel® 80332 I/O processor at 500MHz Outstanding RAID performance resulting in high overall system performance.
Dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI with support for up to 30 hard drives Up to 320MB/sec I/O bandwidth (per SCSI channel) and I/O expandability.
PCI Express* x8 interface Outstanding data-transfer rates and increased performance and bandwidth as compared with RAID controllers based on PCI-X (up to 4x the I/O throughput of RAID controllers based on PCI-X 133MHz).
Support for up to 512MB of ECC SDRAM Data integrity, performance.
Optional Intel® Portable Cache Module (128MB DIMM with battery) Overall server reliability, availability, and flexibility.
Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 Flexibility for optimizing performance and fault tolerance in a variety of solutions.
Intel® RAID Software: Intel® RAID BIOS Console, Intel® RAID Web Console, and Intel® RAID Flash Utilities Ease of management and monitoring. This GUI-based tool provides a central, unified environment for simplifying the management of remote servers on a network and other critical monitoring and management activities.
Intel® Extended Memory 64 TechnologyΦ (Intel® EM64T) Sophisticated RAID features, high-performance I/O throughput, and reliable data protection.
Microsoft Server* Clustering Support High availability.
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Processors Intel® 80332 I/O Processor
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Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E Specifications
Hardware
Processor Intel® 80332 I/O processor: 500MHz, with hardware XOR.
Memory Support for up to 512MB of DDR 333 (product code SRCU42E ships with 128MB DIMM installed; product code SRCU42EBLK ships without DIMM).
PCI Express* Interface PCI Express* x8 interface.
SCSI LSI Logic* LSI53C1030 PCI-X to Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI Controller with support for up to 30 drives (15 per channel); each channel has one internal 68-pin connector (UHD LVD) and one external 68-pin connector (VHD LVD).
Form Factor Half-length, full-height PCI: 6.9" x 4.2" (175 mm x 107 mm).
Status Indicators Audible alarm, I¹C connector (enclosure management).
Key RAID Features
RAID Levels Supported 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50.
Reliability Optional Intel® Portable Cache Module provides up to 72 hours of cache data retention.
Scalability Online RAID-level migration and capacity expansion, without the need for reboot.
Configuration Flexibility Variable stripe size, variable cache options, drive coercion, array spanning, variable rebuild rate.
Availability Auto hot-spare, automatic rebuild, auto rebuild resume, drive roaming, controller migration, online capacity expansion, remote monitoring and management.
Operating System Support² Microsoft Windows Server* 2003 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft* Windows* 2000 Advanced Server, Novell* NetWare*, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux*, SCO* OpenServer*, SCO* UnixWare, SUSE* LINUX* Professional, SUSE* LINUX* Enterprise Server.
Power Requirements
DC Power Supply 25W.
+3.3 V 1.5 A maximum continuous current.
+12 V 1.4 A maximum continuous current (without battery).
1.6 A maximum continuous current (when battery is charging).
Environmental
Ambient Temperature Operating (dry bulb): 0°C to 55°C; non-operating (dry bulb): -40°C to +105°C.
Relative Humidity 5% to 90% non-condensing.
System Requirements Intel®-based server or equivalent with PCI Express* x8 slot.
Safety and EMC Regulatory Compliance (Class A)
(EMC regulatory compliance is based on integration with a validated Intel server board and configuration as outlined in the Intel® RAID Controller SRCU42E subassembly guide.).
Country and District Certification
(Safety and/or EMC)
Regulatory Marks
(Safety and/or EMC)
Australia/New Zealand Not applicable / AS/NZS 3548 Class B C-Tick
Canada CSA/UL 60950 / ICES-003 Class B ETL / ICES
Europe EN60950 / CE Directive 73/23/EEE/EN5022 Class B / EN5024 / CE Directive 89/336/EEC CE
International IEC 60950 / CISPR 22 Class B Not Applicable
Korea Not applicable / RRL MIC
Japan Not applicable / Class B (Verification only) VCCI
Taiwan Not applicable / CNS 13438 Class B BSMI
United States UL60950 / FCC Class B ETL / FCC
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