Installation guide

Introduction
Manual No. 771971 1-7
Enhance SCSI Performance
• Fast/Wide Ultra-SCSI channels provide high-performance data
transfers at up to 40 MB/second/channel
• PCI bus mastering provides up to 132 MB/second burst data rates
• Tag-queuing to the drives allows processing of up to 64
simultaneous multi-thread system commands or data requests
• User-defined performance-tuning through selectable cache write
policy, variable stripe width, and rebuild priority to optimize
controller performance during rebuild
• Disconnect/reconnect capability for enhanced performance and
SCSI bus optimization
Increase System Availability
• Built-in diagnostics provide controller and drive fault monitoring
during power-on and continuous operation
• Status alerts notify the administrator or user of critical conditions
• Supports SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures (SAF-TE)
protocol for integrated monitoring of enclosure power supplies, fans
and temperature
• Battery backup option protects data in the controller cache in the
event of a power interruption
Operating System Support
• Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and NT 4.0
• Novell NetWare 3.12 or 4.xx
• IBM OS/2 3.0 (WARP), and SMP
• SCO UNIX 3.2.4, ODT, and OSR 5.0
• SCO UnixWare v2.1
• MS-DOS 5.x, 6.x, and above
• Microsoft Windows 95 — for client Global Array Manager (GAM)
only