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•automatic failed drive detection
•automatic failed drive rebuild with no user intervention required
•hot swap manual replacement without bringing the system down
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•cache memory
Detect Failed Drive The MegaRAID firmware automatically detects and rebuilds failed drives. This can be done transparently with hot spares.
Hot Swap MegaRAID supports the manual replacement of a disk unit in the RAID subsystem without system shutdown.
Compatibility MegaRAID compatibility issues include:
•server management
•SCSI device compatibility
•software compatibility
Server Management As an SNMP agent, MegaRAID supports all SNMP managers and RedAlert from Storage Dimensions.
SCSI Device Compatibility MegaRAID supports SCSI hard disk drives,
Software | All SCSI backup and utility software should work with MegaRAID. Software that has been tested |
| and approved for use with MegaRAID includes Cheyenne®, CorelSCSI®, Arcserve®, and |
| Novaback®. This software is not provided with MegaRAID. |
Clustering Support LSI Logic provides
Summary
MegaRAID features were discussed in this chapter. In the next chapter, MegaRAID configuration is described.
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