Installation guide
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Introduction
Adaptec RAID Features – SCSI Only
Adaptec 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, and 3410S controllers support
■ Legacy SCSI drives (including hard disk, tape, CD-ROM,
CD-RW, and Magneto-Optical drives) and jukeboxes.
■ Active termination.
■ SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure) and SES
(SCSI Enclosure Services) for high-availability LAN (Local
Area Network) servers and storage subsystems.
RAID features are summarized in the table below:
Adaptec
2400A
Adaptec
2100S
Adaptec
3200S/3400S
1
1
The Adaptec 3200S and 3400S differ only in that the Adaptec 3400S has a
factory-installed daughter card that provides two additional channels.
Adaptec
3210S/3410S
PCI bus width 32-bit 32-bit 64-bit 64-bit
PCI bus speed 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 66 MHz
Cache,
standard
32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32/64 MB
Cache, max
capacity
128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 256 MB
Channels 4 1 2/4 2/4
Devices per
channel
1
2
2
The Adaptec 2400A supports ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives only.
15
3
15
3
15
3
Total devices 4 ATA hard
drives
15 SCSI
devices
30/60 SCSI
devices
4
30/60 SCSI
devices
4
Connectors,
internal
41 high
density
2/4 high
density
2 high
density
Connectors,
external
N/A 1 VHDCI
5
2/4 VHDCI
5
2/4 VHDCI
5
RAID 0, 1, 5,
0/1, JBOD
Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID 0/5 No Yes Yes Yes
Hot spare Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hot swap Yes
6
Yes Yes Yes
Audible alarm
7
No Yes Yes Yes
Battery module
option
No No Yes Yes