HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 - Manual (Page 6)

About this Guide
The RocketRAID 2320 SATAII Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information
about the functions and capabilities of the host adapter, and instructions for
installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the adapter.
Introducing the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter
The HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 is an 8-channel PCI-Express to Serial ATA II RAID
controller. The RocketRAID 2320 solution is aimed at enterprise storage applications,
NAS storage, workgroup and web servers, video streaming / video editing workstations,
back up, and security systems.
Product Features
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8 Channels PCI-Express to SATAII host adapter
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Supports up to 8 SATA/SATAII hard disk drives
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Up to 300MB/s per SATAII channel
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64-bit LBA support for drive capacity over 2TB
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Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
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Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
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Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
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Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD
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Single RAID cross-adapter (up to 16 disks per array)
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Staggered drive spin-up support
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S.M.A.R.T. monitoring of hard disk status for reliability
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SAF-TE Enclosure management
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Hot Swap and Hot Spare support
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Audible alarm
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LED support (disk activity and disk failure status)
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Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID configuration
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BIOS boot support (INT13)
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Command Line Interface for RAID management (CLI)
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Graphical RAID Management Software (RAID Management Console)
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Web-based RAID Management Software
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Automatic RAID rebuild
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SMTP support for email notification
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Windows/Win x64, Linux and FreeBSD support
Introduction
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