Table 4.7

SCSI Firmware (Cont.)

 

 

 

Feature

 

Description

 

 

Multi-threading

Up to 255 simultaneous commands with elevator sorting

 

 

and concatenation of requests per SCSI channel

 

 

 

Stripe size

 

Variable for all logical drives: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or

 

 

128 Kbytes

 

 

 

Rebuild

 

Multiple rebuilds and consistency checks, with user-

 

 

definable priority

 

 

 

4.11 RAID Management

RAID management is provided by software utilities that manage and configure the RAID system and MegaRAID SCSI 320-2, create and manage multiple disk arrays, control and monitor multiple RAID servers, provide error statistics logging, and provide online maintenance. They include:

•MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility

•WebBIOS Configuration Utility

•Power Console Plus

•MegaRAID Manager

4.11.1MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility

The BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl><M>) is used to configure and maintain RAID arrays, format hard drives, and manage the RAID system. It is independent of any operating system. See the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide for additional information.

4.11.2 WebBIOS Configuration Utility

The WebBIOS Configuration Utility is an HTML-based utility used to configure and maintain RAID arrays, format hard drives, and manage the RAID system. It is independent of any operating system. See the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide for additional information.

RAID Management

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