Table Of Contents - Intel SRCU32 - RAID Controller User Manual

Contents
1 Introduction and General Information ........................................................ 13
Intended Audience.............................................................................................................. 13
RAID Levels ....................................................................................................................... 13
RAID 0 - Data Striping ............................................................................................... 13
RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring/Disk Duplexing ..................................................................... 14
RAID 4 - Data Striping with a Dedicated Parity Drive ................................................. 15
RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity .................................................................. 15
RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 .......................................................... 16
Chaining ............................................................................................................................. 17
Configuring a Chaining Set Using StorCon ................................................................ 17
Configuring a Chaining Set Using StorCon+ .............................................................. 17
Levels of Drive Hierarchy Within the Intel
Level 1....................................................................................................................... 18
Level 2....................................................................................................................... 18
Level 3....................................................................................................................... 18
Level 4....................................................................................................................... 19
Transparency of Host Drives .............................................................................................. 19
Using CD-ROMs, DATs, Tapes, etc........................................................................... 20
2 Getting Started.............................................................................................. 21
What is the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 Firmware?........................................................ 21
Standard Firmware .................................................................................................... 21
RAID Hardware Installation and Setup ............................................................................... 22
Minimum Hardware Requirements............................................................................. 22
Installing and Removing the SDRAM ......................................................................... 22
Installing the SDRAM ........................................................................................ 22
Removing the SDRAM ...................................................................................... 23
Install the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 in the Intel ® Server Board ........................ 23
Programming the FLASH Memory ............................................................................. 24
SCSI Termination ...................................................................................................... 24
Termination ....................................................................................................... 24
Setting the Termination Mode of the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 ................. 25
Configurable SCSI Parameters.................................................................................. 25
Choosing a Configuration .......................................................................................... 26
How Many Hard Drives Should Be Integrated Into the Disk Array? ................... 26
What Level of Redundancy is Needed?............................................................. 26
Are Hot Fix Drives Needed?.............................................................................. 27
Intel RAID Controller Hardware Features................................................................... 27
Architecture Features (HW)............................................................................... 27
Environmental Characteristics........................................................................... 28
Hard Drive Connectivity (SCSI Specifics) ........................................................................... 28
Supported Hard Drive Technology............................................................................. 28
Support for Non-Hard-Disk-Drive SCSI Devices (Non-Direct-Access Devices) .......... 29
Array Roaming Compatibility...................................................................................... 30
Number of Supported Devices .......................................................................... 30
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RAID Controller SRCU32 Firmware ................ 18
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