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Specifications, Raid controller specifications, Fibre channel pci card specifications – Apple Xserve RAID User Manual

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Specifications

RAID Controller Specifications

m 2 gigabit-per-second (Gb/sec.) fibre channel port

m Seven independent ATA-100 drive channels

m Minimum 128 megabytes (MB) of PC-100 SO-DIMM RAM

m Two 66 megahertz (MHz) PCI buses

m Hardware parity generation

m Support for RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 0+1

m RAID Now (RAID creation during initialization)

m Variable rebuild rate

m Tag command queueing

m Hot sparing

Fibre Channel PCI Card Specifications

m 2 Gb/sec. fibre channel communication per channel using dual controllers (one for each

group of seven drive modules)

m Fibre channel connection using either copper or optical cable; two copper cables

supplied with the Apple Fibre Channel PCI Card (sold separately)

m Cable connectors: HSSDC2 for the system’s controller modules; SFP for the host bus

adapter card