64-bit/133MHz PCI-X
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Serial ATA II
Hardware RAID Controller
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RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD
(single disks)
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Auto Hot Plug wi th SES Enclosure Management
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Global or Dedicated Hot Spare (Hot Fix) drives
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Hardware RAID is totally independent from the
host and operating system
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Integrated acoustic alarm
Versatile Connectivity Capabilities
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Supports four or eight internal independent
SATA II ports, depending on the controller type
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Connection of one hard drive per port (point-to-
point configuration)
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Up to 300MB/sec bandwidth per port
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Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
PCI-X Bus Specification
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64-Bit/133MHz PCI-X bus interface with up to
1064MB/sec. bandwidth
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Backwards compatible with PCI-X/100MHz,
PCI-X/66MHz and PCI 64-Bit/66MHz interfaces
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Needs one 3,3 Volt PCI/PCI-X slot
New RAID Controller Architecture, Processor-
and Memory Technology
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Integrated ROC (RAID-on-Chip) ASIC, 200MHz,
Integrated XOR engine for optimized parity
computation
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Completely offloading the host CPU
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Supported DDF (Disk Drive Format) is the Adaptec*
Metadata Format (AMF) that allows interchanging
of RAID arrays between the new ICP controllers
(not compatible with former GDT controllers)
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Supports 64-bit AMD*64 and Intel* EM64T
systems
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Onboard 256MB/64-Bit ECC DDR memory ,
intelligent multi-level cache algorithm
Intelligent Battery Backup Unit (optional)
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RAID cache holds cached data and stores it even
in the case of power failure, at system/controller
restart all data in cache will be written to the
hard drives
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Lithium ion battery with type./min 72-hours cache
memory protection
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One-year warranty on the battery with appropriate
handling (see manual)
Operating System Support
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Windows* XP; Windows* 2000 Server, Advanced
Server and Professional; Windows* Server 2003,
Standard and Enterprise; Windows* XP
Professional x64 Edition; Windows* 2003 x64
Edition
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Linux: Red Hat* Advanced Server 3.0, SuSE* 9.1,
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9
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Novell* NetWare* 6.5
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Additional operating systems projected
High Configuration Flexibility
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ROM -resident setup fur configuration und
maintenance (CTRL+<A>)
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Flexible capacity setting
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Full capacity utilization of mixed size drives
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RAID arrays exceeding 2 TB
are supported
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Simultaneous operation of several disk arrays,
multiple arrays even on the same disk
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Online capacity expansion (with scheduling)
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Enhanced Online RAID Level Migration
(1->0<->10<->5<->5EE, 1->5<->6)
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Complete disk array migration
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The RAID Arrays from other ICP controllers may
easily be migrated without reconfiguration -
Array Roaming (Not possible with ICP RAID
controllers of the GDT series)
Integrated RAID Software
ICP Storage Manager (ISM)
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ICP RAID Configuration Utility – installation
and monitoring software, available for Windows*,
Linux* and Netware* operating systems, remote
access, connection to the common management
of the Adaptec* products
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Support for S.M.A.R.T exceptions notification
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Software updates based on Flash-RAM technology
incl uding recovery function. Latest firmware,
drivers and tools available at
www.icp-vortex.com
Delivery Contents
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ICP Disk Array Controller with integrated
256MB ECC DDR memory
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Quick Installation Guide
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CD-ROM with tools, drivers and
comprehensive manual
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Three-year warranty for controllers
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Lifelong ICP hotline support
ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH
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Konrad-Zuse-Str. 9
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D-74172 Neckarsulm
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Germany
ICP Support Hotline
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T el: +49-7132-9620-900
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E-Mail: [email protected]
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http://www.icp-vortex.com
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