Compex Systems RAID Network Card User Manual


 
Configuring
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Terminal Port Configuration:
Speed setting values are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200,38400, 57600, and
115200.
Stop Bits values are 1 bit and 2 bits.
Note: Parity value is fixed at None.
Data Bits value is fixed at 8 bits.
JBOD/RAID Configuration
The RAID subsystem supports JBOD and RAID configuration.
Maximum SATA Mode Supported:
The 12 SATA drive channel can support up to SATA ll, which runs up to 300MB/s.
NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on native
Serial ATA hard drives. It allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a
drive at the same time. Drives that support NCQ have an internal queue where
outstanding commands can be dynamically rescheduled or re-ordered, along with
the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of
the workload. RAID subsystem allows user to choose the SATA Mode: SATA150,
SAT150+NCQ, SAT300, SATA300+NCQ.
Disk Write Cache Mode:
The RAID subsystem supports auto, enabled and disabled. When the RAID sub-
system with BBM (battery backup module) the auto option will Enable disk write
cache. Contrariwise, the auto option will Disable disk write cache.
Disk Capacity Truncation Mode:
This RAID subsystem use drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors
are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other. Drive truncation
slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant
units.
Multiples Of 10G: If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors; chances
are that the capacity varies slightly. For example, one drive might be 123.5 GB,
and the other 120 GB. This drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the
same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.
Multiples Of 1G: If you have 123 GB drives from different vendors; chances
are that the capacity varies slightly. For example, one drive might be 123.5 GB,
and the other 123.4 GB. This drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 1G uses the
same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.
No Truncation: It does not truncate the capacity.