Dell PERC 4/DC - Manual (Page 53)

l Red Hat Linux
See the CERC and PERC RAID Controllers Operating System Driver Installation Guide for more information about the drivers.
SCSI Firmware
The RAID controller firmware handles all RAID and SCSI command processing and supports the features described in Table 2 -10 .
Table 2-10. SCSI Firmware Support
RAID Management Utilities
Software utilities enable you to manage and configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk arrays, control and monitor multiple RAID servers,
provide error statistics logging, and provide online maintenance. The utilities include:
l BIOS Configuration Utility
l Dell Manager for Linux
l Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager for Windows and Netware
BIOS Configuration Utility
The BIOS Configuration Utility configures and maintains RAID arrays, clears hard drives, and manages the RAID system. It is independent of any operating
system. See
"BIOS Configuration Utility and Dell Manager" for additional information.
Dell Manager
Dell Manager is a utility that works in Red Hat Linux. See "BIOS Configuration Utility and Dell Manager" for additional information.
Dell OpenManage Array Manager
Dell OpenManage Array Manager is used to configure and manage a storage system that is connected to a server, while the server is active and continues to
handle requests. Array Manager runs under Novell NetWare, Windows NT, and Windows 2000. Refer to Dell documentation and CDs at the Dell Support web
site at support.dell.com for more information.
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Feature PERC 4/SC and PERC 4/DC Description
Disconnect/reconnect Optimizes SCSI bus utilization
Tagged command queuing Multiple tags to improve random access
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.
NOTE: Using a 2 KB or 4 KB stripe size is not recommended.
Rebuild Multiple rebuilds and consistency checks with user-definable priority.
NOTE: You can run the OpenManage Array Manager remotely to access NetWare, but not locally.