User`s guide

RAID Configuration Features
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• Automatic firmware flashing
In a dual controller configuration, the firmware of the replacement controller is
automatically flashed to match the firmware of the surviving controller.
Features supported by release 6.0 are as follows:
• RAID controllers that make use of predictive failure analysis (PFA) on disk drives
• Rolling upgrade capability
• Support for up to 256 host nodes
• New drive sizing algorithm
JBOD Configuration Features
• 96 drive maximum configuration
• 1x16 (more storage) and 2x8 (more bandwidth) disk topologies
Availability Features
• Dual power feeds with dual power supplies
• Redundant cooling
• Battery back-up (BBU) maintains cache in case of power failure
• IRIX path failover
• Dynamic hot-sparing
• Non-disruptive component replacement
• Enclosure services interface (ESI) for SCSI enclosure services (SES)
Supported Platforms
• Software: SGI IRIX operating system 6.5.16 or later, SGI Linux Environment of 7.2
with SGI ProPack 2.1 and SGI Advanced Linux Environment 2.1 or later with SGI
ProPack 2.2 or later
• Hardware: SGI Altix series, SGI Origin 200, Origin 300, Origin 350, Origin 2000, and
Origin 3000 family servers. Silicon Graphics Octane, Silicon Graphics Octane2,
Silicon Graphics Fuel visual workstations and Silicon Graphics Tezro Workstations