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1. Introduction 1. Introduction 1. Introduction The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller is the product model name for ASUS PCI-to-SCSI RAID controllers specifically designed to provide RAID 0, 1, 3 or 5 capability to any host system equipped with Little Endian PCI Local Bus interface. All the RAID functions of an ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller are performed by a 486 CPU coupled with high-speed DRAMs and firmware in Flash Memory. In effect, it endows the host system with the high-performance and fault-tolerant disk storage operation of RAID technology. It is also an ideal solution for weaving several hard disks into one contiguous volume. The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller has a comprehensive drive failure management that allows automatic bad block reassignment when a bad sector is encountered during a write. Hot-swapping is supported through automatic detection of failed drives, followed by either automatic background rebuilding onto a spare if a spare is assigned or manual replacement of failed drive and manually initiated background rebuilding. And all these failure recovery operations are performed in a way transparent to the host. The controllers has been designed with the ease of integration and maintenance in mind. The major features are described in their corresponding Hardware Manaul. The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller already includes all the major operational requirements for a RAID subsystem. The final features of a fully-built RAID subsystem will, however, depend on the actual components used and the creativity of the integrator. This manual describes both the software drivers and utilities for All of ASUS PCI to SCSI RAID controllers. The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller will represent following products: • ASUS PCI-DA2000 • ASUS PCI-DA2100 ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series RAID Controllers Driver Installation 21

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ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series RAID Controllers Driver Installation
21
1.
Introduction
1. Introduction
1.
Introduction
The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller is the product model name for ASUS
PCI-to-SCSI RAID controllers specifically designed to provide RAID 0, 1, 3 or 5
capability to any host system equipped with Little Endian PCI Local Bus interface.
All the RAID functions of an ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller are performed
by a 486 CPU coupled with high-speed DRAMs and firmware in Flash Memory. In
effect, it endows the host system with the high-performance and fault-tolerant disk
storage operation of RAID technology.
It is also an ideal solution for weaving sev-
eral hard disks into one contiguous volume.
The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller has a comprehensive drive failure man-
agement that allows automatic bad block reassignment when a bad sector is encoun-
tered during a write.
Hot-swapping is supported through automatic detection of
failed drives, followed by either automatic background rebuilding onto a spare if a
spare is assigned or manual replacement of failed drive and manually initiated back-
ground rebuilding.
And all these failure recovery operations are performed in a way
transparent to the host.
The controllers has been designed with the ease of integration and maintenance in
mind. The major features are described in their corresponding Hardware Manaul.
The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller already includes all the major opera-
tional requirements for a RAID subsystem.
The final features of a fully-built RAID
subsystem will, however, depend on the actual components used and the creativity
of the integrator.
This manual describes both the software drivers and utilities for All of
ASUS PCI to
SCSI RAID controllers. The ASUS PCI-DA2000 Series Controller will represent
following products:
•
ASUS PCI-DA2000
•
ASUS PCI-DA2100