Intel Storage System SSR212CC SSR212CC User Manual

Product codes
SSR212CC
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Features
Benefits
Support for up to 12 hot-swappable 1.5 or 
Easily add up to 6 TB of raw storage (with 500 GB HDDs) without system 
3.0 Gbps SATA drives in a 2U form factor
downtime for future storage capacity needs. SATA drives currently provide
higher capacity at a lower cost than SCSI or Fibre Channel drives 
Intel® Xeon® processor
Processing performance to meet the demanding needs of storage virtualization
Dual 1 Gb Ethernet Network 
Provide fast access to iSCSI or network attached data
Interface Connections
Two Intel® RAID Controller SRCS28Xs
Hardware support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50
Raw Storage Capacity
Expandable to 3.0 TB  using twelve 
250 GB drives
Expandable to 4.8 TB using twelve 
400 GB drives
Expandable to 6.0 TB using twelve 
500 GB drives
Drive Bays
12 Serial ATA (SATA) Hot Pluggable
Hard Disk Drive 
3.5” SATA I or SATA II
NOTE: For specific drive family and 
capacities supported, please refer to 
the SSR212CC Tested Hardware and
OS List (THOL)
Processor
Low Voltage Intel® Xeon® processor 
2.8 GHz with 800 MHz system bus 
and 1 MB L2 cache
Memory Capacity
Expandable to 12 GB maximum
Memory Type
Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory (SDRAM), DDR2-400,
Registered, ECC
DIMM Slots
Six 184-pin DIMM sockets
Enclosure Controller
On-board Vitesse* VSC055 
micro-controller
Temperature Sensor
Two temperature sensors located 
on the backplane  allow drive cage 
temperature monitoring by 
enclosure management
SATA Compliance
SATA 1.5 Gb/s, 3.0 Gb/s
Intel® Storage System SSR212CC Specifications
Lower Storage Costs
The Intel® Storage System SSR212CC features SATA disk 
technology, which is less expensive than Fibre Channel or SCSI 
drives and simplifies cabling. Additionally, SATA storage offers 
software transparency and scalability to help lower upgrade costs.
Flexible Software Solutions
Intel has engaged with storage software providers to ensure the 
availability of a variety of software solutions. These include applications
that allow the Intel Storage System SSR212CC to be configured as 
a SAN, a DAS or a NAS system. To see the growing list of industry
software solutions optimized for the Intel Storage System
SSR212CC, visit: 
www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ssr212cc
Operating Systems Support
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 4.0
• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003*
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition*
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition*
Note: These operating systems are supported as of May 2006. 
See the Intel Storage System SSR212CC Tested Hardware and
Operating System List (THOL) for a complete and up-to-date OS list.
Windows Server 2003 supported with limited enclosure management.