Product Overview

Hardware RAID Controller

• RAID 0 = Data Striping
• RAID 1 = Disk Mirroring/Disk Duplexing
• RAID 4 = Data Striping with Parity Drive
• RAID 5 = Data Striping with Striped Parity
• RAID 10 = Data Striping and Disk Mirroring
• Hot Plug, Auto Hot Plug with SAF-TE/SES Support
• Private or Pool Hot Fix drives
• totally independent of host and operating system
  

Versatile Connectivity

• 1 or 2 Wide/Ultra160 SCSI channels with active, software-switchable multi-mode termination
• either SE (Single Ended) or LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signalling) operation
• maximum synchronous data transfer rate up to 160 MB/sec. per channel (LVDS)
• up to 15 devices per channel
• cable length up to 12 meters (LVDS) per channel
• 1 or 2 external VHD connectors
• backwards compatible to Wide/Ultra SCSI devices

Multi Processor RISC Architecture

• 100 MHz Intel i960® RS RISC I/O processor
• completely offloads the host CPU

Memory Technology

• SDRAM cache memory, non-buffered PC133 DIMM, from 32 MB to 128 MB, ECC support e.g. the ICP memory module with 128MB
• intelligent multi-level Cache Algorithm with adaptive Delayed Write and Read Ahead cache functions

Compatibility and Performance

• Bus Master DMA transfer rates up to 132 MB/sec
• PCI 2.2 compatible
• Scatte/Gather, Command Queuing
• SCSI-2/-3 protocol support

Driver Support

• Microsoft* Windows* NT / 2000 / XP; Novell* NetWare*; Linux*; FreeBSD* (32bit); SCO* OpenServer* / UnixWare*

Configuration Flexibility

• simultaneous operation of several disk arrays
• variable capacity configuration
• Online Capacity Expansion
• complete Disk Array Migration

Delivery Contents

• ICP Disk Array Controller (without RAM)
• User's Manual (Quick Installation Guide)
• ICP RAID Navigator and ICP RAID Console: installation and configuration programs as well as monitoring utilities
• CD-ROM with tools and drivers
• software updates with Flash RAM technology, easy download from this website