4 ADAC Ultra2 S466 Features

ADAC Ultra2 S466 is a family of high performance intelligent PCI-to-SCSI host adapters with RAID control capabilities. ADAC Ultra2 S466 has a SCSI channel that supports Ultra and Wide SCSI at data transfer rates up to 80 MB/s. The SCSI channel supports up to 15 Wide devices and up to seven non-Wide devices.

In This Chapter Topics described in this chapter include:

∙new features,

∙configuration features,

∙hardware architecture features,

∙array performance features,

∙RAID management features,

∙fault tolerance features,

∙utility programs, and

∙software drivers.

SMART Technology The ADAC Ultra2 S466 Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) detects up to 70% of all predictable drive failures. SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics.

Configuration on Disk Configuration on Disk (drive roaming) saves configuration information both in NVRAM on ADAC Ultra2 S466 and on the disk drives connected to ADAC Ultra2 S466. If ADAC Ultra2 S466 is replaced, the new ADAC Ultra2 S466 controller can detect the actual RAID configuration, maintaining the integrity of the data on each drive, even if the drives have changed channel and/or target ID.

Chapter 4 Features

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