Toshiba Magnia 560S - Manual (Page 57)

Operating System Software Drivers
Features
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SCSI Termination
RAID Controller Kit-G uses active termination on the SCSI bus conforming to
Alternative 2 of the SCSI-2 specifications. Termination enable/disable is automatic
through cable detection.
SCSI Firmware
The RAID Controller Kit-G firmware handles all RAID and SCSI command processing
and also supports the features described in Table 4.7.
Table 4.7 SCSI Firmware
Feature Description
Disconnect/reconnect Optimizes SCSI bus seek.
Tagged command
queuing Multiple tags to improve random access
Scatter/gather Multiple address/count pairs
Multi-threading Up to 255 simultaneous commands with elevator sorting
and concatenation of requests per SCSI channel
Stripe size Variable for all logical drives: 2 KB, 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB,
32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
Rebuild Multiple rebuilds and consistency checks with user-
definable priority.
RAID Management
RAID management is provided by software utilities that manage and configure the
RAID system and RAID Controller Kit-G, create and manage multiple disk arrays,
control and monitor multiple RAID servers, provide error statistics logging, and
provide online maintenance. They include:
•
BIOS Configuration Utility
•
WebBIOS Configuration Utility
•
Power Console Plus
MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
The BIOS Configuration Utility () is used to configure and maintain RAID
arrays, format hard drives, and manage the RAID system. It is independent of any
operating system. See the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide for additional
information.