Features
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The Intel RAID Controller SRCU42X supports the following operating systems:
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Microsoft* Windows* XP
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Microsoft* Windows* 2000
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Microsoft* Windows Server* 2003
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Microsoft* WIndows* 2003, 64-bit
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Novell* NetWare* 6.x
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Red Hat* Linux* 8.0
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Red Hat* Linux* 9.0
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Red Hat* Enterprise Server* 2.1
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Red Hat* Advanced Server 3.0
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Red Hat* Linux 2.1, 64-bit
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Red Hat* Linux 3.0, 64-bit
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SCO* OpenServer* 5.0.7
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SCO* UnixWare* 7.1.3
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SuSE* Linux* 8.2
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SuSE* SLE 8
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SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 8.0, 64-bit
Note:
The operating systems supported by this controller may not be supported by
your server board. Please refer to the tested OS list for your server board.
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Features
Features of the Intel RAID Controller SRCU42X includes:
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Support for hard disk drives with capacities greater than 8 Gbytes
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Online RAID level migration
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RAID remapping
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No reboot necessary after expansion (for NT 4.0: if virtual sizing is enabled)
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More than 200 Qtags per array
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Hardware clustering support on the board
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User-specified rebuild rate
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Wide Ultra320 LVD SCSI performance up to 320 Mbytes/s
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Support for up to 1 Gbyte of double data rate (DDR) SDRAM; a 32-, 64-, 128-, 256, or
512-Mbyte, or 1-Gbyte DIMM can be installed.
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Support for a 64-bit PCI host interface (note that the SRCU42X is a PCI-X controller)
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The SRCU42X controller has two internal and two external SCSI connectors
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Support for RAID levels 0 (striping), 1 (mirroring), 5 (striping and parity data across all
drives), 10 (mirroring and striping), and 50 (RAID 5 and striping)
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Advanced array configuration and management utilities
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Battery backup for up to 72 hours (depending on the type and amount of memory
installed)
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Support for up to 14 SCSI drives per channel on storage system with SAF-TE enclosures
(SCSI accessed fault-tolerant enclosures): 15 SCSI drives per channel for other
configurations
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32 Kbyte x 8 NVRAM for storing RAID system configuration information; the firmware
is stored in flash ROM for easy upgrade
