HighPoint RocketRAID 2224 - Manual (Page 5)

HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
About this Guide
The RocketRAID 2224 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 2224 Host Adapter
The HighPoint RocketRAID 2224 is a 4-channel Interrnal, single-channel external Infiniband, Serial ATA
II RAID controller. It utilizes a 64bit, 133MHz PCI-X interface. The RocketRAID 2224 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
y 4 Channel internal/ 1 channel external PCI-X to SATAII host adapter
y Supports up to 8 SATA/SATAII hard disk drives (4 internal, 4 external)
y PCI-X 64-bit, 66/100/133MHz PCI bus
y 64-bit LBA support for drive capacity over 2TB
y Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD
y Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
y Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
y Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
y
SAF-TE Enclosure management ready
y
Staggered drive spin-up support
y
S.M.A.R.T. monitoring of hard disk status for reliability
y
Hot Swap and Hot Spare support
y Audible alarm
y LED support (disk activity and disk failure status)
y Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID configuration
y BIOS boot support
y Command Line Interface for RAID management (CLI)
y Graphical RAID Management Software (RAID Management Console)
y Web-based RAID Management Software
y Automatic RAID rebuild
y
SMTP support for email notification
y
Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Mac OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD support
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