ICP vortex Corporation 64-Bit PCI Fibre Channel User manual

64-Bit PCI Fibre Channel
ICP Disk Array Controllers
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64-Bit PCI Fibre Channel
Hardware RAID Controller
●RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10 or Cluster Support
depending on controller model
●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 and Networking Capabilities
●2 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loops (FC-AL)
with onboard copper transceivers
●data transfer rates up to 100 MB/sec per loop
●cable length up to 25 meters with copper cable and
standard DB 9 connectors
●up to 126 devices per loop
●cable length up to 500 meters with fibre optic media
and MIAs (Media Interface Adapters)
●1 additional Wide/Ultra SCSI channel supporting up
to 15 SCSI devices with a data transfer rate up to
40 MB/sec, dual connector system (50 pin and 68 pin)
Multi-processor RISC Technology
●100 MHz Intel i960®RN RISC I/O CPU
●hardware XOR engine for RAID 4/5 operations
Memory Equipment
●64-Bit Cache RAM, 64 MB ECC-SDRAM module
●automatic Cache RAM detection
PCI Bus Specifications
●full Bus Mastering
●operation in 32-Bit and 64-Bit PCI Bus Master slots
●transfer rates of 132 MB/sec in a 32-Bit slot and
264 MB/sec in a 64-Bit slot
●PCI 2.2 compatible
Driver Support
●MS-DOS, Windows 9x/NT/2000, Novell NetWare,
SCO Unix, UnixWare, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD
Configuration Flexibility
●simultaneous operation of several disk arrays
●variable capacity configuration
●Online Capacity Expansion
●Online RAID Level Migration
●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 www.icp-vortex.com
Number of Fibre Channel
Arbitrated Loops (FC-AL)
ICP Controller
Maximum Synchronous
Data Transfer Rate
per FC-AL
PCB Size
Cache RAM in MB,
ECC-SDRAM Module
Number External
FC-AL Connectors
Cluster Support
RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10
Hot Fix/Hot Plug and
SAF-TE/SES Support
GDT7529RN 2 100MB/sec. yes upgradable 64 2 x DSUB9 PCI long
GDT7629RN 2 100MB/sec. yes yes 64 2 x DSUB9 PCI long
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