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Online changes of SCSI device parameters (SCSI protocol, Disk Cache, Tagged Queues,
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Online check of the parity information of RAID 4 and RAID 5 Array Drives

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Online capacity expansion of existing Array Drives

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Hot Plug and Hot Fix

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Saving all configuration data to floppy disk or hard disk

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MS-DOS

 3.3 to 6.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

Novell NetWare

 3.11,

3.12, 4.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

SCO UNIX System V/386

3.2v5.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

Interactive UNIX V/386

3.2v3, 3.2v4

No

Yes

Yes

SCO UnixWare 

2.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

IBM OS/2

 2.x, Warp 3,

Warp 4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows NT 

 3.5x, 4.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows 95

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linux 

1.2.13, 1.3.37,

1.3.97, 2.0.00, 2.0.18

No

Yes

Yes

QNX

 4.22

No

Yes

Yes

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The following table shows how various SCSI devices are integrated by different operating
systems. Please refer to the corresponding chapters of this User’s manual and the operating
system documentation for detailed installation information.

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ASPI

ASPI

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GDT

ASPI

ASPI

ASPI

ASPI/GDT

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GDT

UNIX

UNIX

UNIX

UNIX/GDT

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Win.NT or GDT

Win.NT

Win.NT

Win.NT

Win.NT

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OS/2 or GDT

ASPI

ASPI

ASPI

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GDT

GDT:

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MOD manual). In this case, they too can be configured with GDTSETUP). 

ASPI:

 Integration

by means of an ASPI interface.

 UNIX, OS/2, Win.NT:

 Supported by the operating system.

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Page 16: ... for the most different platforms and applications All ICP Controllers of the GDT RP Series are pure bred hardware solutions All functionality required for the sometimes very complex tasks is hardware implemented on the controller Thus RAID is fully independent of the computer system the host and the operating system Thanks to the wide operating system support and easy to use installation and main...

Page 17: ... Bit narrow Fast 20 Ultra 20 MB sec 16 Bit narrow Fast 10 MB sec 16 Bit narrow Fast 20 Ultra 20 MB sec 16 Bit wide Fast 20 MB sec 16 Bit wide Fast 20 Ultra 40 MB sec 5 5 1 1 8 8S SJ JU UD DG GH H The GDT6117RP and GDT6127RP can easily be upgraded to a GDT6517RP and GDT6527RP Order the RAIDYNE Upgrade with part no 8740 The GDT6111RP and GDT6121RP can easily be upgraded to a GDT6511RP and GDT6521RP ...

Page 18: ...and 3 channel Wide Ultra models the controllers provide both of the fol lowing internal connectors a standard 50 pin header for 8 Bit SCSI cables and a standard 68 pin receptacle for 16 Bit SCSI cables This saves money because no expensive adapters are required Can control up to 35 SCSI devices 7 per channel Hard disks Removable hard disks CD ROMs MODs DAT drives streamers etc Full SCSI 2 and SCSI...

Page 19: ...nt of ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH For this product a patent is registered at the Deutsches Patentamt in Munich with the official reference no 4121974 All special names and trademarks of manufacturers quoted in this manual are protected by copyright ICP Intelligent Computer Peripherals and RAIDYNE are registered trademarks of ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH Europe ICP vortex Computersysteme Gmb...

Page 20: ...that license 2 It is permitted to produce one single copy disk of the software for back up purposes only Furthermore it is permitted to copy the software onto the hard disk of one sin gle computer It is not permitted to duplicate the contents of the EPROMs and or Flash RAMs on the ICP Controller 3 The permanent conferring by sale or donation of the software is permitted The new proprietor must be ...

Page 21: ...Open the show box and take out the ICP Controller leaving it in its anti static bag the disk package and this manual WARNING Never take the GDT PCB Printed Circuit Board out of the anti static bag unless this is done at an anti static work place and the person handling the ICP Con troller is secured with wrist bands against electrostatic charge If these instructions are not observed the CMOS compo...

Page 22: ...ache size is flexible as different memory sizes can be obtained by using different SIMMs Thus the memory can be expanded to 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB or 64MB In addi tion it is possible to use an ECC SIMM 16MB An intelligent multi level cache algorithm ensures that a high hit rate cache hit is achieved Both look ahead and special delayed write cache functions are implemented With the GDT configuration pro...

Page 23: ...s 0 1 4 5 10 and security features such as Hot Fix or Hot Plug become available RAIDYNE is also capable of performing an on line capacity expansion of an existing array by adding one ore more new hard disks During expansion the array is fully operational Another feature of RAIDYNE is the online RAID Level Migration of an existing array e g from RAID 0 to RAID 5 R RQ QI IL LJ JX XU UD DW WL LR RQ Q...

Page 24: ...es SCO UnixWare 2 x Yes Yes Yes IBM OS 2 2 x Warp 3 Warp 4 Yes Yes Yes Windows NT 3 5x 4 x Yes Yes Yes Windows 95 Yes Yes Yes Linux 1 2 13 1 3 37 1 3 97 2 0 00 2 0 18 No Yes Yes QNX 4 22 No Yes Yes BBS 49 0 7131 5952 15 3 http www icp vortex com The following table shows how various SCSI devices are integrated by different operating systems Please refer to the corresponding chapters of this User s...

Page 25: ...alled TPA TPB TPC TPD or TPE jumper means that the ICP Controller sup plies the termination power on the SCSI cable of the corresponding SCSI channel The S1 Jumper has to be installed if the ICP Controller is operated with an EDO SIMM For opera tion with a Fast Page Mode SIMM the jumper must not be set The cooler on your ICP Controller may look different from the one on the following pages Dependi...

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