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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Supported controllers</A></H2>
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<P> One well-supported host-based hardware RAID controller (i.e, a
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controller for which there exists a driver under Linux) is one that is
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made by
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<A HREF="http://www.dpt.com">DPT</A>. However, there
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exist other host-based and SCSI-to-SCSI controllers which may work
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under Linux. These include the ones made by
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<A HREF="http://www.syred.com">Syred</A>,
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<A HREF="http://www.icp-vortex.com">ICP-Vortex</A>, and
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<A HREF="http://www.mylex.com">BusLogic</A>. See the
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<A HREF="http://linas.org/linux/raid.html">RAID solutions for Linux page</A> for more info.
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<P> If, in the future, there is support for other controllers, I will
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do my best to incorporate that information into this HOWTO. Please
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send me any such information you think is appropriate for this
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HOWTO.
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 DPT controllers</A>
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<P> This document is currently DPT-oriented. Essentially all the
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SmartRAID IV controllers are supported.
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 ICP vortex controllers</A>
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</H2>
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<P> ICP vortex has a complete line of disk array controllers which
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support Linux. The ICP driver is in the Linux kernel since version
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2.0.31. All major Linux Distributors S.u.S.e., LST Power Linux, Caldera
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and Red Hat support the ICP controllers as boot/installation
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controllers. The RAID system can easily be configured with their
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ROMSETUP (you do not have to boot MS-DOS for configuration!).
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<P> With the monitoring utility GDTMON it is possible to manage the
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complete ICP RAID system during operation (check transfer rates, set
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parameters for the controller and hard disks, exchange defective hard
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disks, etc.). Currently available are: 1 and 2 channel wide and ultra
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SCSI controller for RAID 0 and RAID 1 1, 2, 3 and 5 chn. wide and
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ultra SCSI controller for RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10 1 and 2 channel wide
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and ultra2 LVDS SCSI controller for RAID 0 and RAID 1 1, 2, 3 and 5
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chn. wide and ultra2 LVDS SCSI controller for RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10 1
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and 2 port Fibre Channel controllers for RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10 Pretty
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soon there will be also 64-bit controllers available.
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<P> ICP is transitioning the entry-level RS series from Ultra2 SCSI to
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Ultra160 SCSI. The drivers, firmware, features, capabilities etc
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remain the same. They are still 32 Bit cards with the i960RS
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processor working at 100MHz. The only difference is they will work at
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Ultra160 (data transfer rate of 160MB/sec) rather than Ultra2 (data
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transfer of 80MB/sec).
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<P> Effective immediately, the GDT7523RN units will become GDT8523RZ
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and the GDT7623RN units will become GDT8623RZ. The transition from
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33MHz on the PCI bus to 66MHz represents a huge potential performance
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increase. The new cards will have the new Intel 80303 "Zion"
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processor, allowing bus master transfer rates of up to 528MB/sec, and
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will take up to 256MB of ECC RAM on PC133 SDRAM Dimms.
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