Logic MegaRAID Express User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction to RAID
- 3 RAID Levels
- 4 Features
- 5 Configuring MegaRAID Express 500
- 6 Hardware Installation
- Checklist
- Installation Steps
- Summary
- 7 Cluster Installation and Configuration
- Software Requirements
- Hardware Requirements
- Installation and Configuration
- Driver Installation Instructions under Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Network Requirements
- Shared Disk Requirements
- Cluster Installation
- Installing the Windows 2000 Operating System
- Setting Up Networks
- Configuring the Cluster Node Network Adapter
- Configuring the Public Network Adapter
- Verifying Connectivity and Name Resolution
- Verifying Domain Membership
- Setting Up a Cluster User Account
- Setting Up Shared Disks
- Configuring Shared Disks
- Assigning Drive Letters
- Verifying Disk Access and Functionality
- Cluster Service Software Installation
- Configuring Cluster Disks
- Validating the Cluster Installation
- Configuring the Second Node
- Verify Installation
- SCSI Drive Installations
- Configuring the SCSI Devices
- Terminating the Shared SCSI Bus
- 8 Troubleshooting
- A SCSI Cables and Connectors
- B Audible Warnings
- C Cluster Configuration with a Crossover Cable
- Glossary
- Index
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Hardware Requirements
MegaRAID Express 500 can be installed in an IBM AT®-compatible or EISA computer
with a motherboard that has 5 volt/3.3 volt PCI expansion slots. The computer must
support PCI version 2.1 or later. The computer should have an Intel Pentium, Pentium
Pro, or more powerful CPU, a floppy drive, a color monitor and VGA adapter card, a
mouse, and a keyboard.
Configuration Features
Specification Feature
RAID Levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, and 50.
SCSI Channels One
Maximum number of drives per channel 15
Array interface to host PCI 2.1
Drive interface Fast and Wide, Ultra 160M SE and
LVD
Upgradable cache size 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, or 128 MB
Cache Function Write-through, write-back, ARA,
NRA, RA
Multiple logical drives/arrays per
controller
Up to 40 logical drives per controller
Maximum number of MegaRAID Express
500 controller per system
12
Online capacity expansion Yes
Dedicated and pool hot spare Yes
Flashable firmware Yes
Hot swap devices supported Yes
Non-disk devices supported Yes
Mixed capacity hard disk drives Yes
Number of 16-bit internal connectors One
Number of 16-bit external connectors One
Support for hard disk drives with
capacities of more than 8 GB.
Yes
Clustering support (Failover control) No
Online RAID level migration Yes
RAID remapping Yes
No reboot necessary after expansion Yes
More than 200 Qtags per physical drive Yes
Hardware clustering support on the board Yes
User-specified rebuild rate Yes