Controller features, Controller features -2 – Avago Technologies eXtremeRAID 3000 User Manual
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Product Description
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eXtremeRAID 3000 Installation Guide
Controller Features
Features of the
eXtremeRAID 3000
controller include:
• Two Q-Logic ISP 2100A chips to support two Fibre loop channels at
100MB/s each
• One Q-Logic ISP 1080 chip to support one Ultra2 SCSI channel at
80MB/s
• StrongArm SA110 at 233MHz RISC processor
• BDIMM memory module with 32MB, 64MB, 128MB ECC SDRAM
with a Battery Backup Module (BBM)
• PCI 2.1 and 2.2 compliant (PCI 2.2 required to use hotplug feature)
• 1MB, 8-bit flash EEPROM for BIOS and code
• Built-in configuration utilities (in BIOS)
• Controller redundancy using a shared SCSI bus in a clustering
configuration
• Write-back cache support
Caution
If the clustering feature is enabled, write-back should
NOT be enabled. However, if clustering is disabled,
the write-back can be either on or off.
• PCI Hotplug capability allows the eXtremeRAID 3000 to be swapped
with a replacement without powering down the system
Caution
Be sure the motherboard you are using supports
PCI Hotplug before attempting to use this feature,
or serious damage to the controller and/or the
motherboard could result. (You must be PCI 2.2
compliant if using PCI Hot Plug.)