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Hardware Installation and User’s Guide
Hardware Specifications and Features
Hardware Specifications and Features
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This chapter covers all the hardware specifications associated with the IIR controller and
its components. The accompanying
Software Guide
covers all software features.
3.1
IIR Controller Hardware Features
This section provides a summary of the key features, configuration options and support
interface technology supported by the IIR controller.
3.1.1
Key Features
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10
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Supports up to four hard drives connected to the four SATA ports on the controller
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Online RAID level migration and capacity expansion without reboot
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RAID array roaming
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Instant availability and background initialization
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Automatic rebuild with private (dedicated) or pooled (global) hot fix (spare) drives
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Variable data strip size configurable per array
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64MB of ECC SDRAM support
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Read/write controller caching
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Hot plug disk drive auto detection configurable for non-intelligent enclosures
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PCI Hot plug support
Table 3-1. Hardware Architecture
Component
Features
I/O Microprocessor
The 80303 processor: 100MHz, RISC 64-bit core
Cache Memory
3.3V unbuffered, PC100, ECC SDRAM. 64MB
embedded not upgradeable
Flash Memory
3.3v, 32Mb (4MB) flash memory chip is used to store the
RAID firmware
I/O interface (PCI)
PCI 2.2 compliant, universally keyed for 3.3 and 5 volt
PCI slots
PCI Transfer Rate
528 MB/sec (Burst) DMA to PCI and local buses
PCI Signaling
+5 or +3.3 volt
SATA controllers
Two Silicon Image Sil3112A SATA controllers, which
each control two serial ports (four ports total) with
speeds up to 1.5 Gbps
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