Storage Options Available on Intel® Server Boards S5000

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09/15/2021

All Intel® Server Boards S5000 provide SATA 3Gbps support (imsm driver). SAS models also provide SAS/SATA 3Gbps support (mpt driver) for JBOD (native mode, no RAID). The SATA support is provided through the ESB component of the S5000 chipset.

All Intel® Server Boards S5000 provide optional Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (0, 1, 10) for SATA drives enabled through a BIOS setting. SATA support was first enabled in BIOS 54. Use the Mass Storage setting Enable SATA as RAID. Drivers (ESRT2) are updated frequently on Intel support.

SAS models provide optional Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (0, 1, 10) for SAS or SATA drives enabled through a BIOS setting. SAS RAID requires BIOS 59 or later. Use the SAS BIOS page to enable SAS option ROM. Drivers (ESRT2) are updated frequently

ROMB models provide optional Intel® Integrated RAID (0, 1, 5, 10, 50) for SAS and SATA through the AXXRAK18E RAID activation key and add-in RAM. Drivers (ir3) and firmware (ir3_fw) are updated frequently

Staggered spin-up is required to support more than 6 drives, which first appeared in BIOS 59 and Hot Swap Controller firmware 2.02.

For boards that support Embedded RAID 5, this option is available and enabled through the AXXRAKSW5 RAID activation key accessory. This option requires the latest BIOS and drivers available at Intel support.

To see if your specific Intel® Server Board supports AXXRAK18E/AXXRAKSW5 RAID activation key, see Spare Parts and Configuration Guide for your Intel® Server Board.