64-bit/66MHz PCI - Serial ATA
Hardware RAID Controller
●Supports RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10
●Hot Plug, Auto Hot Plug with SAF-TE support
●Private or Pool Hot Fix drives
●Hardware RAID is totally independent of the host and
operating system
●Integrated acoustic alarm
Versatile Connectivity Capabilities
●Supports four internal independent SATA 1.5 channels
●Data transfer rate up to 150MB/sec. per channel
●Connection of one hard drive per channel (point-to-
point configuration making cabling redundant)
●Cable length up to one meter
●No termination and no configuration of the hard
drives required (advantage over SCSI and PATA with
master/slave)
●Optional “ATA/SATA Converter Kit” to connect up to
four parallel ATA (IDE) hard disks
Multiprocessor RISC Architecture
●64-bit Intel* 80303 I/O processor, > 100 MIPS
●“Hardware XOR Engine”, integrated coprocessor for
optimized RAID 4/5 operations
●Completely offloading the host CPU
Optimum in Memory Technology
●Integrated 128MB PC133 ECC SDRAM
●Intelligent multi-level cache algorithm with adaptive
delayed write and read ahead functions
PCI Bus Specifications
●64-bit/66MHz PCI bus interface with up to 528MB/sec.
data throughput
●Backwards compatible with 32-bit/33MHz,
64-bit/33MHz and 32-bit/66MHz PCI slots,
as well as PCI-X slots
●Supports 5 Volt and 3.3 Volt PCI slots
●Supports PCI Hot Plug functions under Windows*
2000 and Novell* NetWare* (OS driver, and PCI Hot
Plug system needed for “hot replacement”)
High Configuration Flexibility
●ROM-resident setup (ICP RAID Console) with
integrated “Express Setup” function (CTRL+<G>)
●Simultaneous operation of several disk arrays
●Flexible capacity setting
●Online capacity expansion
●Online RAID level migration
●Complete disk array migration
●Controller switch and controller upgrade without
reconfiguration
●Automatic adaptation to changes in SATA configuration
Integrated RAID Software
●ICP RAID Console - installation and monitoring
software, available for all supported operating
systems with the same look & feel, text-based
graphical interface, remote access via TCP/IP and
IPX/SPX protocols
●ICP RAID Navigator - GUI tool for all Windows* opera-
ting systems above Windows* 95, context-sensitive
online help, remote access to Windows*, Unix*,
Linux* and NetWare* servers
●Support for messaging and online diagnosis
●Software updates based on Flash-RAM technology,
making Internet downloads easier from
www.icp-vortex.com
Operating System Support
●Windows* XP/2000/2003, Novell* NetWare*, SCO*,
OpenServer*/OpenUnix*/UnixWare*, Linux* and
FreeBSD*
Delivery Contents
●ICP disk array controller in low profile PCI form factor
with 128MB integrated SDRAM
●Always standard full height PCI bracket assembled,
an additional bracket for low profile PCI slot is enclo-
sed
●User’s Manual and Quick Installation Guide
●CD-ROM with tools and drivers
●Three-year warranty
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