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MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide

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MegaRAID Express 500 Specifications

Parameter

Specification

Card Size

5.875" x 4.2" (half length PCI)

Processor

Intel i960RM™ 32-bit RISC processor @ 100 MHz

Bus Type

PCI 2.1

PCI Controller

Intel i960RM

Bus Data Transfer Rate

Up to 132 MB/s

BIOS

AMIBIOS MegaRAID BIOS

Cache Configuration

16, 32, 64, or 128 MB ECC through a 66MHz 72-
bit unbuffered 3.3V SDRAM.

Firmware

1 MB × 8 flash ROM

Nonvolatile RAM

32 KB × 8 for storing RAID configuration

Operating Voltage

5.00 V ± 0.25 V

SCSI Controller

One SCSI controller for 160 M Ultra and Wide
support.

SCSI Data Transfer

Rate

Up to 160 MB/s

SCSI Bus

LVD or single-ended

SCSI Termination

Active

Termination Disable

Automatic through cable and device detection

Devices per SCSI

Channel

Up to 15 wide or seven non-wide SCSI devices. Up
to 6 non-disk SCSI drives per MegaRAID Express
500 controller.

SCSI Device Types

Supported

Synchronous or Asynchronous. Disk and non-disk.

RAID Levels Supported

0, 1, 3, 5,10, 30, and 50

SCSI Connectors

One 68-pin internal high-density connector for 16-
bit SCSI devices. One ultra-high density 68-pin
external connector for Ultra and Wide SCSI.

Serial Port

3-pin RS232C-compatible berg

PCI Bridge/CPU

MegaRAID Express 500 uses the Intel i960RM PCI bridge with an embedded 80960JX
RISC processor running at 100 MHz. The RM bridge handles data transfers between the
primary (host) PCI bus, the secondary PCI bus, cache memory, and the SCSI bus. The
DMA controller supports chaining and unaligned data transfers. The embedded 80960JX
CPU directs all controller functions, including command processing, SCSI bus transfers,
RAID processing, drive rebuilding, cache management, and error recovery.