Raid Features; Raid Level Support; Caching; Supported Raid Levels - Intel SRCS14L - RAID Controller User Manual

Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L
Table 11. Utilities And Tools
Firmware
Firmware Update
Firmware Recovery
4.3

RAID Features

4.3.1

RAID Level Support

Table 12. Supported RAID Levels
RAID Level
0
1
4
5
10
Single Disk
Chaining
4.3.2

Caching

There are two levels or modes of caching related to the controller - each independent of the other:
•
Controller caching
•
Disk drive caching
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Utility that allows the updating of the
controller's firmware using:
• DOS utility for major updates (e.g.
major, 2.32.xx to 2.33.xx) or
• StorCon for minor updates (e.g. minor,
2.32.xx to 2.32.yz).
Utility to recover from corrupted firmware.
Description
Data striping. The SRCS14L can support only one
RAID O component.
Drive mirroring.
Data striping with dedicated parity drive.
Data striping with distributed parity.
Combination RAID 0 and 1, striped mirrors. The
SRCS14L does not support the addition of a hot
fix disk under RAID 10.
Disk Pass-Through to Host
Presented to host OS as a host drive.
Presented to host OS as a host drive.
Description
4 min, 4 max; drives must be added in
Technical Product Specification
Actions
• Is accessed via DOS utility
• Is accessed via the Storage
Console during boot up
(<Ctrl>+<G>) or from within
the host OS menu
Advanced Setup ->
Configure Controller ->
Firmware Update
Requires that the controller's J4
jumper be placed in the Reset/
Firmware Recovery mode and
the use of the DOS-based
firmware recovery utility.
Drives
Requirements
2 min, 4 max
2 min, 4 max
3 min, 4 max
3 min, 4 max
pairs
1
2 min, 4 max