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Compaq ProLiant 5000 Servers Reference Guide
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Chapter 9
Compaq SMART-2
SCSI Array Controller
The Compaq SMART-2 Array Controller, a dual-channel 32-bit SCSI array
controller with advanced features, is standard on many Compaq ProLiant 5000
Servers and also available as an option. The SMART-2 Controller supports
Fast-Wide SCSI-2 as well as Fast-SCSI-2 hard drives and is available in both
PCI and EISA system interfaces. The Compaq Array Configuration Utility,
included with the SMART-2 Controller, provides for easy setup and changes
to the drive arrays.
SMART-2 Array
Controller Features
Here are some of the features of the SMART-2 Array Controller option board.
Refer to the following section for an explanation of these features.
Available in 32-bit PCI and EISA Bus-master interfaces
Support for Fast-Wide SCSI-2 and Fast-SCSI-2 hard drives
Dual SCSI channels on a single board support up to 14 drives
Separate Fast-Wide SCSI-2 port connectors: one internal, one external
Removable battery-backed 4-MB Array Accelerator Read/Write Cache
with ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) memory
Support for RAID 5, 4, 1, and 0 fault tolerance options
Multiple logical drives per drive array
Automatic performance tuning
Performance monitor
Read-ahead caching
Tagged command queuing