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4 ADAC Ultra2 S466 Features
ADAC Ultra2 S466 is a family of high performance
intelligent PCI-to-SCSI host adapters with RAID control
capabilities. ADAC Ultra2 S466 has a SCSI channel that
supports Ultra and Wide SCSI at data transfer rates up to
80 MB/s. The SCSI channel supports up to 15 Wide
devices and up to seven non-Wide devices.
In This Chapter Topics described in this chapter include:
• new features,
• configuration features,
• hardware architecture features,
• array performance features,
• RAID management features,
• fault tolerance features,
• utility programs, and
• software drivers.
SMART Technology The ADAC Ultra2 S466 Self Monitoring Analysis
and Reporting Technology (SMART) detects up to 70% of
all predictable drive failures. SMART monitors the internal
performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics.
Configuration on Disk Configuration on Disk (drive roaming) saves
configuration information both in NVRAM on ADAC
Ultra2 S466 and on the disk drives connected to ADAC
Ultra2 S466. If ADAC Ultra2 S466 is replaced, the new
ADAC Ultra2 S466 controller can detect the actual RAID
configuration, maintaining the integrity of the data on each
drive, even if the drives have changed channel and/or
target ID.