Before you Begin
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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)