IBM 7000 Series, 8000 Series manual Before You Begin, Features

Before you Begin

Before You Begin

Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system. This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. To ensure your personal safety and protect your equipment and data, carefully read the information that follows the Features list before you begin installing.

Features

Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family (includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12)

The information in this manual also supports the following legacy products: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210.

•True Hardware RAID. Low CPU Utilization

•RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (7000-2 does not support RAID 5)

•Drive Support. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100, 66, 33

•Bus Type. PCI 64 bit / 33 Mhz (7000-2 is PCI 32 bit / 33 Mhz)

•Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Com- mand Line Interface

•BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant

•Windows Support. W98SE, WME, WinNT4 with SP6, Win2k with SP2, and WinXP

•Linux Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.)

•Performance. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion (R5Fusion is not available on 7000-2)

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