Mylex AcceleRAID 170, Installation Manual

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Product Description
1-2 AcceleRAID 170 Installation Guide
Controller Features
Features of the
AcceleRAID 170
controller include:
• One QLogic ISP 10160A chip to support one Ultra 160 SCSI LVD
channel
• Intel i960RM RISC processor operating at 100MHz
• 32MB, 64MB, and 128MB ECC cache DIMM module
• PCI 2.2 compliant
• 1MB, 8-bit flash EEPROM for BIOS and code
• Built-in configuration utilities (in BIOS)
• Write-through and write-back cache support
• PCI Hotplug capability allows the AcceleRAID 170 to be swapped
with a replacement without powering down the system
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Caution
Be sure the motherboard you are using supports
PCI Hotplug before attempting to use this feature,
or serious damage to the controller and/or the
motherboard could result. (The motherboard must be
PCI 2.2 compliant if using PCI Hot Plug.)
Channel Capabilities
15 Ultra 160 SCSI devices per channel
Controller Capabilities
• 15 physical drives in the drive group (array)
• 32 total logical drives on the controller
• Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 50, and JBOD