PCI-X Quad-Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID (FC 0649)

PCI-X Quad-Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID (FC 0649)

Frontier provides used and refurbished IBM SCSI RAID adapters. The PCI-X Quad channel Ultra 320 SCSI RAID adapter functions with the IBM System i models. Contact us today to purchase an IBM SCSI RAID adapter or simply request a quote. 866-226-6344

Features

• 64-bit, 3.3 volt
• Address support for up to 60, 16-bit SCSI physical disk drives on 4 independent internal SCSI buses.
• Four internal (only) U320 SCSI ports.
• Internally attached Ultra320 devices are designed to run at a data rate of up to 320 MB per second on systems that have internal backplanes that are capable of supporting Ultra320 speeds.
• Utilizes Low Voltage Differential (LVD) drivers and receivers. It can support single ended (SE) and LVD devices on SCSI bus 1, but LVD devices only on other SCSI busses.
• Up to 1.5 GB of compressed write cache, and up to 1.6 GB of compressed read cache
  • 390 MB/1.5 GB compressed write cache.
  • 415 MB/1.6 GB compressed read cache.

• Removable cache card with a concurrently maintainable battery. The removable transportable cache card can be used by service providers for cache data recovery procedures.
• PCI-X support
• RAID capability:
  • Supports RAID and non-RAID DASD, tape, and optical devices.
  • 0649 provides RAID 0, 10, 5, 6 capability. 5582 and 5583 provide RAID 5 or RAID 6 capability.
  • A minimum of 3 disk drives is required for RAID 5.
  • A minimum of 4 disk drives is required for RAID 6.
  • 574F Auxiliary Cache IOA is required for either RAID level.

Operating system or partition requirements

• IBM i:
  • IBM i V5R3 and V5R3m5
  • IBM i V5R4 with PTFs
• AIX
  • AIX 5L Version 5.2 with the 5200-10 Technology Level, or later
  • AIX 5L Version 5.3 with the 5300-06 Technology Level, or later
• Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 U4 , or later
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, or later