Hardware And Software Characteristics; Sata 150 Board Characteristics - LSI MegaRAID SATA 150 User Manual

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Hardware and Software Characteristics

Table 1.2

SATA 150 Board Characteristics

Feature
Number of Serial ATA Ports
Intelligent RAID Management
PCI Bus Width and Speed
PCI Data Transfer Rate
Supported RAID Levels
SDRAM Support
Cache Function
Hot Spare Pool
Hardware Exclusive-OR
Generation and Checking
Enclosure Management Support
2
Using the I C Interface
– Use a low-cost 7-pin connector with thin, flexible cables
– Use low voltage signaling levels to reduce current draw, EM
emission, and signal switching time
•
PCI Specification, Version 2.2:
– Backward compatible with previous implementations of the PCI
specification
– SATA 150-6 and SATA 150-4 boards conform to half-size PCI
form factor. SATA 150-2 board conforms to low-profile PCI form
factor.
Table 1.2 lists hardware and software characteristics of the SATA 150
storage adapters.
SATA 150-6
6
Yes, using the Intel
80302 processor
64-bit, 66 MHz
1
533 Mbytes/s
0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
64 Mbytes ECC
SDRAM
Write-back, Write-
through, Adaptive Read
Ahead, Non-Read
Ahead, Read Ahead,
Cache I/O, Direct I/O
Yes
Yes
Yes
SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics
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SATA 150-4
4
Yes, using the Intel
80302 processor
64-bit, 66 MHz
533 Mbytes/s
0, 1, 5, and 10
64 Mbytes ECC
SDRAM
Write-back, Write-
through, Adaptive Read
Ahead, Non-Read
Ahead, Read Ahead,
Cache I/O, Direct I/O
Yes
Yes
Yes
SATA 150-2
2
No
32-bit, 66 MHz
266.5 Mbytes/s
0 and 1
None
None
No
No
No
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