IBM Version 8.30 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
ServeRAID features HostRAID
controller
ServeRAID-
8i/8k/8k-l
ServeRAID-
7K
ServeRAID- 7t ServeRAID-
6i/6i+
ServeRAID-
6M
ServeRAID- 5i
Comand-Line Tool Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPSSEND FlashCopy function
(Windows XP Professional,
Windows 2000, Windows
Server 2003, and Windows
NT only)
No No Yes No Yes Yes No
IPSMON (NetWare only) No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Copy Back No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Clustering (Windows 2000
and Windows NT only)
No No No No No Yes No
Failover (Windows 2000 and
Windows NT only)
No No No No No Yes (Windows
2000 only)
No
RAID level-1, RAID level-1E Yes (1 only) Yes Yes Yes (1 only) Yes Yes Yes
RAID level-0, RAID level-5 Yes (0 only) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID level-5E No No No No No No No
RAID level-5EE No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
RAID level-6 No Yes No No No No No
RAID level-x0 No Yes Yes Yes (10 only) Yes Yes Yes
ServeRAID features
Integrated RAID
controller ServeRAID-4 ServeRAID-3 ServeRAID-II
ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard No Yes Yes Yes
ServeRAID Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes
ServeRAID Mini-Configuration program No Yes Yes Yes
IPSSEND No Yes Yes Yes
IPSSEND FlashCopy function (Windows XP
Professional, Windows 2000, Windows Server
2003, and Windows NT only)
No Yes Yes Yes
IPSMON (NetWare only) No Yes Yes Yes
Copy Back No No No No
Clustering (Windows 2000 and Windows NT
only)
No Yes Yes Yes
Failover (Windows 2000 and Windows NT
only)
No Yes Yes Yes
RAID level-1, RAID level-1E Yes (1 only) Yes Yes Yes
RAID level-0, RAID level-5 No Yes Yes Yes
RAID level-5E No Yes Yes No
RAID level-5EE No Yes ( except 4H) No No
RAID level-6 No No No No
RAID level-x0 No Yes No No
IBM ServeRAID-3 hardware features: The following table lists the hardware
features for the IBM ServeRAID-3 controllers:
Feature ServeRAID-3HB ServeRAID-3H ServeRAID-3L
Arrays (max.) 8 8 8
Battery-backup cache Yes Optional No
Cache memory 32 MB 32 MB 4 MB
Hard disk drives
(max.)
45 45 15
Logical drives (max.) 8 8 8
Microprocessor 40 MHz 40 MHz 25 MHz
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