Intel® RAID Expander RES2CV360/240

Narrow 36 or 24 port expander board for systems with more

than eight drives

Key Advantages:

• Low-cost alternative to high port count RAID cards.

Provides a more economical solution when compared to an

alternative solution with a high port count card. Plus, it offers

greater flexibility since the RES2CV360/240 can be teamed

with a wide variety four or eight port SAS RAID card/modules

to deliver features that are best suited to a customer’s needs.

• Inside-the-box design flexibility. With a narrow form factor

design, the card can be mounted on a chassis wall or ducting.

Power is obtained by using a power cable with a standard

4-pin power connector.

• Excellent performance. Overall solution performance using a

RES2CV360/240 is on par with Intel’s SAS-2 high port count

RAID with transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port. While today’s

high port count RAID cards typically include an expander on

the card, a RES2CV360/240-based solution separates the

expander from the RAID card for high performance with more

system design flexibility.

current SAS-2 RAID products including the Intel® Integrated

RAID Module RMSCB080 for full hardware RAID functionality.

Intel’s SAS-2 RAID product line to ensure ease of deployment

and backed by a three year warranty. (Extended five year

warranty also available.)

Product Overview:

For a low-cost, value-added alternative to high port count RAID

cards, select the Intel® RAID Expander RES2CV360/240 to achieve

excellent performance and higher returns on investment. As the

perfect complement for Intel’s SAS-2 generation RAID cards, the

RES2CV360/240 offers ultimate flexibility for architecting a high

drive count (>8 drive) storage solution in any sized system. The

card has a designated mounting spot in Intel’s new R2xxx series

2U chassis (when using 2.5” drives) and can be mounted to a

chassis wall or air-duct in other chassis.

The RES2CV360/240, powered by an LSI* SAS2x36/24 36 or 24-

port SAS-2 expander, enables the connection of up to 32 or 20

directly attached SAS or Serial ATA (SATA) devices, and provides

table routing to support connections for up to 1024 SAS addresses.

Each expander phy is individually configurable and performs SAS

and SATA transfers based on the speed of the host or target

at either 6.0Gb/s, 3.0Gb/s or 1.5Gb/s. The RES2CV360/240

supports management functions such as discovery and enclosure

management, and can be cascaded to accommodate as many

drives as the associated SAS/RAID card allows.

All Intel RAID solutions are validated across multiple platforms

with Intel® boards, chassis and systems. Customized training, as

well as Intel service and support, make Intel the one source for

customers seeking data protection, increased productivity and

simplified IT.

PRODUCT BRIEF

Intel® RAID Expander RES2CV360/240