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Page 6: Important Note
Important Note Using modern RAID Systems significantly increases data security and availability. Under no circumstances does it relieve you from a careful and daily backup on tape or a similar backup media. This is the only method to protect your valuable data against total loss (e.g., through fire or theft), accidental deletion, or any other destroying impacts. - Page 14 This page is intentionally left blank.
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Page 16: Raid Levels
(RAID 0, 1, or RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10). Order ICP Controller Number of Supported Number Name Ultra SCSI channels RAID Levels 7001 GDT6111RP 1 Narrow & Ultra 0, 1 7002 GDT6121RP 2 Narrow & Ultra 0, 1 7005 GDT6117RP 1 Wide & Ultra... - Page 17 The GDT6117RP and GDT6127RP can easily be upgraded to a GDT6517RP and GDT6527RP. Order the RAIDYNE Upgrade with part no. 8740. The GDT6111RP and GDT6121RP can easily be upgraded to a GDT6511RP and GDT6521RP. Order the RAIDYNE Upgrade with part no.
- Page 18 "Private" (i.e, for one Array Drive) or "Pool" (i.e., for several Array Drives) Hot Fix Drives. Online Capacity Expansion. Add one or several new disk drives to an existing Array Drive to expand its capacity. During the Expansion all data are redundant. Online RAID Level Migration.
- Page 19 GDTMON. Monitor program for the diagnosis (also remote) of ICP Controllers & Array Drives. The tool allows you to optimize existing configurations. Drivers for MS-DOS, Novell NetWare, SCO UNIX V/386, Interactive UNIX, UnixWare, Li- nux, Windows NT, Windows 95 and OS/2. ASPI-Managers for DOS, Windows and Novell NetWare.
- Page 20 Please read this Software License Agreement before opening the disk packaging and before starting to use the programs. Each loading of a program covered by this license agreement, each transmission within any existing network to another computer, as well as each copy on a mass storage system, regardless of what kind (floppy disk, hard disk etc.), represents a duplication of the program according to copyright regulations.
- Page 21 The ICP Controller should be installed by an authorized ICP vortex distributor. Precondition for the safe installation is an anti-static work place (earthed mat on the table with wrist bands connected to an earth). ICP vortex does not take any responsibility for damage aris- ing out of improper installation.
- Page 22 The i960Rx (TM) I/O processor is the first member of a new RISC CPU generation which was specifically designed for I/O applications. This CPU on a ICP Controller can reach a perform- ance of 30 MIPS and supervises all tasks of the SCSI devices, the RAID controlling and the communication with the PCI computer.
- Page 23 ICP Controller. According to the various product expansion levels of the GDT RP Series, two different firmware levels are available. Installed upon delivery are the Standard-Firmware (RAID 0, 1) GDT6111RP, GDT6121RP, GDT6117RP, GDT6127RP RAIDYNE-Firmware (RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 10) in...
- Page 24 Online changes of SCSI device parameters (SCSI protocol, Disk Cache, Tagged Queues, synchronous/asynchronous transfer, transfer rate) Online check of the parity information of RAID 4 and RAID 5 Array Drives Online capacity expansion of existing Array Drives Hot Plug and Hot Fix Saving all configuration data to floppy disk or hard disk Drivers for the following operating systems are available: ...
- Page 25 The ICP Controller PCB (Printed Circuit Board) has several jumpers. In the following illustra- tions, all jumpers are shown in their factory setting. No other jumpers except the TPA, TPB, TPC, TPD, TPE and S1 jumpers are user-serviceable and must remain in their displayed po- sition.
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