New Features Of Hp Netraid Series Adapters - HP D5970A - NetServer - LCII Installation And Configuration Manual

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New Features of HP NetRAID Series Adapters

New features of HP NetRAID Series adapters include:
Enhanced Array Spanning
Enhanced Configuration Replication
Support for Clustering
I O Support (HP NetRAID-3Si adapters only)
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Enhanced Array Spanning
The HP NetRAID Series adapters allow up to four arrays to be spanned together
as one logical drive, rather than the two-array maximum supported previously.
For example, HP NetRAID Series adapters can support a RAID 10 logical drive
with up to eight physical disks. HP NetRAID and HP NetRAID-3Si adapters
using all three channels can group up to 18 to 24 physical disks in a RAID 30 or
RAID 50 logical drive depending on the HP system and enclosure used.
Enhanced Configuration Replication in HP NetRAID Assistant Utility
When you save a configuration using the HP NetRAID Assistant utility, HP
NetRAID Series adapters now save both logical drive and adapter configuration
settings. (Adapter settings include such parameters as the Rebuild Rate, Power
Fail Safeguard, and Auto Rebuild.)
NOTE
The HP NetRAID Config and HP NetRAID Express Tools
utilities save logical drive settings only and do not save
adapter settings.
Support for Clustering
The HP NetRAID Series adapters can be used with HP NetServer clusters. HP
NetServer clusters provide reliable, increased-availability solutions for
applications where unplanned downtime is unacceptable. In all HP NetServer
configurations, both cluster nodes share the drives located in the external shared
storage cabinets using an HP NetRAID Series adapter located in each HP
NetServer node. For complete information on clustering, visit the HP NetServer
Clustering Solutions web site at
http://www.hp.com/netserver/products/
Introduction
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