
Hardware Installation and User’s Guide 19
Hardware Specifications and Features
Hardware Specifications and Features
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This chapter covers all the hardware specifications associated with the ICP RAID
controller and its components. The accompanying Software Guide covers all software
features.
3.1 ICP RAID Controller Hardware Features
This section provides a summary of the key features, configuration options and support
interface technology supported by the ICP RAID Controller.
3.1.1 Key Features
• Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10
• Supports up to four/eight hard drives connected to the four/eigth SATA ports on the
controller
• Online RAID level migration and capacity expansion without reboot
• RAID array roaming
• Instant availability and background initialization
• Automatic rebuild with private (dedicated) or pooled (global) Hot Fix (spare) drives
• Variable data strip size configurable per array
• 128MB of ECC SDRAM support
• Read/write controller caching
• Hot Plug disk drive auto detection configurable for non-intelligent enclosures
• PCI Hot Plug support
Table 3-1. Hardware Architecture
Component Features
I/O Microprocessor The 80303 processor: 100MHz, RISC 64-bit core
Cache Memory
3.3V unbuffered, PC100, ECC SDRAM.128MB
embedded not upgradeable
Flash Memory
3.3v, 32Mb (4MB) flash memory chip is used to store the
RAID firmware
I/O Interface (PCI)
PCI 2.2 compliant, universally keyed for 3.3 and 5 volt
PCI slots
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