Hardware Requirements
MegaRAID Express 500 can be installed in an IBM
Configuration Features
| Specification | Feature |
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| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, and 50. |
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| SCSI Channels | One |
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Maximum number of drives per channel | 15 |
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| Array interface to host | PCI 2.1 |
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| Drive interface | Fast and Wide, Ultra 160M SE and |
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| LVD |
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| Upgradable cache size | 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, or 128 MB |
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| Cache Function |
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| NRA, RA |
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| Multiple logical drives/arrays per | Up to 40 logical drives per controller |
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| controller |
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Maximum number of MegaRAID Express | 12 |
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| 500 controller per system |
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| Online capacity expansion | Yes |
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| Dedicated and pool hot spare | Yes |
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| Flashable firmware | Yes |
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| Hot swap devices supported | Yes |
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| Yes |
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| Mixed capacity hard disk drives | Yes |
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| Number of | One |
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| Number of | One |
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| Support for hard disk drives with | Yes |
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| capacities of more than 8 GB. |
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| Clustering support (Failover control) | No |
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| Online RAID level migration | Yes |
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| RAID remapping | Yes |
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| No reboot necessary after expansion | Yes |
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More than 200 Qtags per physical drive | Yes |
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Hardware clustering support on the board | Yes |
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| Yes |
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28MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide