User`s manual

AEC-6897/6897LP Manual
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Overview
ACARD AEC-6897 and AEC-6897LP are 4-channel PCI-to-IDE RAID adapters, and
are compatible with PCI-X interfaces on motherboards. They support RAID 0, 1,
0+1, 5 and JBOD. Among the two, AEC-6897LP is a low profile edition, that sup-
ports the standard 1U server. When used with ACARD ACS-4600 Tray, both AEC-
6897 and AEC-6897LP can support hot swap, and become more convenient for
system maintenance.
1.2 Features
n Supports PCI 64-bit/66Mhz
n PCI Bus bandwidth up to 533MB/s
n Supports up to 8 IDE hard drives
n Supports Hot Swap (with ACS-4600 tray, see Appendix D)
n Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD
n User-friendly Windows-based RAID Utility
n Notifies the abnormality of hard drive by email
n Supports ATA-133/100/66 hard drives
n Supports HDD spare function
n Supports Windows Storage Server 2003
n Expandable to more cards
Suitable Applications
l DVR systems
l Workstations
l File servers
l Mail servers
l Mainframe backup systems
l Digital audio & video recording/editing systems