MegaRAID Ultra

Series 428 - MegaRAID Ultra - 3 Fast-20 Channels
Up to 40 MB/s DTR per Channel
Supports Two External Channels
* Up to 128 MB Cache - Write Through or Write Back * RAID Levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, & 50 * PCI Bus Master Burst DTR of 132 MB/s * MegaRAID "Power Console" GUI RAID Manager

CONTROLLER SPECIFICATIONS

Intel i960CA 32 bit RISC Processor @ 33 MHz

      PCI 2.1 Compliant

PCI Bus Master with Burst Data Transfer Rate

     of 132 MB/s

4, 8, 16, 32, 64 or 128 MB Cache

     using Two 72 pin Industry Standard SIMMs

          - Write Through or Write Back on a Logical Array Basis

          - Adaptive Read-Ahead

AMIBIOS® RAID Firmware on Flash EPROM

Non-volatile RAM Stores RAID Configuration

Tone Generator Provides Audible System Warnings

Full Length PCI Footprint (12.3" x 4.2")

SCSI SPECIFICATIONS

Three Symbios Logic 53C770 (FAST-20) or 53C720 (Fast/Wide) SCSI Processors

Single Ended SCSI Bus with Active Termination

Automatic Termination Disable via Cable Detection

Three Different SCSI Connectors for Flexibility:

      - 68 pin Internal High Density for 16 bit Devices

      - 50 pin Internal Header for 8 bit Devices

      - 68 pin External Ultra High Density for Two Channels - Supports 8 or 16 bit Devices

(120 pin External Ultra High Density for 3 Channels- 3 Channel Fast/Wide Model Only)

Supports up to 15 Devices per Channel

RAID Levels 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 30 & 50 Supported

Supports up to Four MegaRAID Controllers per System

Supports Disconnect/Reconnect

Tagged Command Queuing

Supports Scatter/Gather

Multi-Threading of up to 256 Commands Simultaneously

Multiple Rebuilds and Consistency Checks with Transparent and User Definable Priority

Variable Stripe Size for All Logical Drives

Supports up to 6 Non-disk Drives per Adapter

RAID MANAGEMENT

MegaRAID Power Console GUI RAID Manager

     - User Friendly Graphical User Interface

     - Create and Manage Multiple Disk Arrays

     - Control and Monitor Multiple RAID Servers from Any Network Node or Remote Location

     - Client Server Strategy, Provides Error Statistics Logging and On-line Maintenance

Hot Key "Boot-Up" Configuration Through BIOS

Non-GUI RAID Manager also Available

MegaRAID General Alert Notification Module

     - Broadcasts Failure Alert Messages to Selected Users

     - Broadcasts Through Multiple Paths:

          ~ Pager

          ~ Program Execution

          ~ Audio Signal (.wav file)

          ~ Visual Icon

          ~ SNMP Trap

          ~ E-Mail

          ~ Native Log

FAULT TOLERANCE

Automatic Detection of Failed Drives

Automatic and Transparent Rebuild of Hot Spare Drives

Hot Swapping of New Drives without Bringing the System Down

Optional Module to Provide Battery Backed Cache

Support for OEM Storage Fault Bus

Support for SAF-TE Enclosure Management

Serial Communication Interface

SOFTWARE DRIVERS

Novell® NetWare® 3.1x and 4.x

      - HAM, DDFS and ASPI Driver

Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 and 3.5/3.51

      - Miniport Driver

SCO® UNIX® SVR 4.2 and SCO® ODT® 3.0 & 5.0

      - MSCSI Driver

OS/2® 2.x and Warp 3.x

      - ADD Driver

UnixWare® 2.0/2.01

      - PDI Driver

DOS 5.0 and Above

      - ASPI Support