User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Controller Start-up
- Appendix A: Specifications
- Appendix B: Error Messages
- Appendix C: PCI Hot Plug
- Appendix D: Enclosure Management
- Warranty
Introduction
Manual No. DB11-000024-00 1-3
Controller Features
Features of the AcceleRAID 170LP controller include:
• One QLogic ISP10160A chip to support one Ultra 160 SCSI LVD
channel
• Intel i960RS RISC processor operating at 100MHz
• 16MB ECC SDRAM cache memory, soldered on board (fixed)
• PCI 2.2 compliant
• 1MB, 8-bit flash EEPROM for BIOS and code
• 32KB, 8-bit NVRAM for error log controller configuration
• Built-in configuration utilities (in BIOS)
• Write-through and write-back cache support
• PCI Hotplug capability allowing the AcceleRAID 170LP to be
swapped with a replacement without powering down the system
Caution
Be sure the motherboard you are using supports
PCI Hotplug before attempting to use this feature,
or serious damage to the controller and/or the
motherboard could result. (The motherboard must be
PCI 2.2 compliant to use this feature.)
Channel Capabilities
15 Ultra 160 SCSI devices per channel
Controller Capabilities
• 15 physical drives in the drive group (array)
• 32 total logical drives on the controller
• Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 50, and JBOD