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Chapter 5. Intel ICH6R RAID
Introduction
VIA VT6410 IDE RAID
The VIA IDE RAID solution uses the VT6410 chip (a two-channel ATA 133
solution) as a RAID controller. The RAID software is a Windows-based
software utility. Its graphical user interface provides an easy way to configure
and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to the VT6410 controller.
Listed below are the main features and benefits of VIA IDE RAID:
1. Supports ATA 133 high performance hard disk drive.
2. Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB (48-bits LBA).
3. Dual independent ATA channels and maximum connection of four hard
disk drives allowed.
4. Supports Ultra DMA mode 6/5/4/3/2/1/0, DMA mode 2/1/0, and PIO mode
4/3/2/1/0.
5. Supports PCI Plug and Play. PCI interrupt sharing and coexists with
mainboard IDE controller.
6. Supports IDE bus master operation.
7. Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and JBOD.
8. 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support.
9. Bootable disk or disk array support.
10. Windows-based RAID configuration and management software tool.
(Compatible with BIOS)
11. Real-time monitoring of device status and error alarm with popup mes-
sage box and beeping.
12. Supports hot-swap failed disk drive in RAID 1 and 0+1 array.
13. Mirroring automatic background rebuilds support.
14. ATA SMART function support.
15. Event log for easy troubleshooting.
16. On-line help for easy operation for RAID software.
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