Datasheet

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IBM ServeRAID-6 Ultra320 SCSI controllers at a glance
Feature ServeRAID-6M ServeRAID-6i
Part number(s)
32P0033 / 02R0988 71P8595
Number of independent SCSI
channels
2 0 (1 or 2 on server motherboard)
Processor Intel IOP321 @ 600MHz Intel IOP321 @ 400MHz
Cache memory 128MB / 256MB 128MB
Battery-backed cache Yes Yes
SCSI interface Ultra320 SCSI Ultra320 SCSI
SCSI data transfer speed
5
Up to 320MBps Up to 320MBps
Host bus interface 64-bit PCI-X 64-bit PCI-X
Host bus speed (max) 133MHz 133MHz
Number of drives supported Up to 28 Up to 14 or 28
Storage capacity Up to 2TB Up to 1TB or 2TB
RAID levels supported 0, 1, 5, 1E, 00, 10, 50, 1E0, 5EE 0, 1, 5, 1E, 00, 10, 50, 1E0, 5EE
IBM ^ xSeries systems
supported
x220, x225, x232, x235, x255, x330, x335,
x342, x345, x350, x360, x440, x445
x235, x345
Clustering support Yes No
Adapter failover Yes (with Windows® 2000) No
Logical Drive Migration Yes Yes
FlashCopy Yes Yes
External connectors 2 0
Internal connectors 2 0
ServeRAID management
features
ServeRAID Manager: easy-to-use interface that provides configuration, monitoring and maintenance
IPSSEND ServeRAID Command Line: allows you to perform many configuration functions from a
command-line interface
Operating systems supported
5
Windows NT®, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Linux, Novell NetWare, IBM OS/2®
Warranty
6
Three-year limited onsite warranty when installed in an xSeries server
RAID levels at a glance
RAID 0 1 1E 5 5EE 00 10 1E0 50
Known as Striping Mirroring
Striped
Mirroring
with an
odd or
even
number
of drives
Striping
with
striped
parity
Striping
with
striped
hot spare
and parity
Striping
across
multiple
RAID-0
arrays
Striping
across
multiple
RAID-1
arrays
Striping
across
multiple
RAID-1E
arrays
Striping
across
multiple
RAID-5
arrays
Fault tolerance No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Redundancy type None Duplicate Duplicate Parity Parity None Duplicate Duplicate Parity
Hot spare option No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Disks required 1 or more 2 3 or more 3 or more 4 or more 2 or more 4 or more 6 or more 6 or more