Operating System Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
Debian Linux
Ubuntu Linux
Sun Solaris
FreeBSD
VMware ESXi
Benefits Ideal for entry-level 12 Gbps servers and workstations for redundant boot support and I/O intensive applications such as databases or video editing
Key Differentiators • True hardware Hybrid RAID
• Performance acceleration through 512 MB DDR3 (1600 MHz) cache
Key RAID Features
• Flexible Configuration: HBA Mode & Auto Volume Mode for automatic deployment
• Optimized Disk Utilization (Multiple Arrays per disk)
• Supported RAID levels: 0, 1, and 10
• Support for native 4K sector SAS and SATA devices in addition to 512byte sector devices
• Hybrid RAID 1 & 10
• Quick initialization
• Online Capacity Expansion
• Copyback Hot Spare
• Dynamic caching algorithm
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Background initialization
• Hot-plug drive support
• RAID Level Migration
• Hot spares - global, dedicated, and pooled
• Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
• SES and SAF-TE enclosure management
• Configurable stripe size
• Dual Firmware
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Multiple arrays per disk drive
• Dynamic sector repair
• Staggered drive spin-up
• Bootable array support
• Support for Tape Devices, Autoloaders
• MSI-X support for all device driver for all supported Operating Systems
• Secure boot support for the uEFI host bios
• USB image available, after shipping, on start.microsemi.com to boot maxView GUI from any USB device for enhanced GUI based setup and offline maintenance
Management Utilities Software
maxView Storage Manager
• Web based GUI Management Utility
• OS Support: Windows, Linux, Solaris VMware
• Remote configuration, monitoring & notification
• Remote firmware updates
• SMI-S Support
• SMTP
ARCCONF
• Command Line Interface
• SMI-S support for VMware
BIOS Configuration Utility (CTRL+A)
• BIOS level configuration utility
• Flashable BIOS support
uEFI BIOS Configuration Utility
• HII based configuration utility
• Flashable BIOS support
Event Monitor
• Lightweight event monitoring and logging tool
• Distributes adapter events and notifies user
• VMWare vSphere plugin
Data Transfer Rate 12 Gbps per port
Bus System Interface x8 PCIe 3.0
Form Factor MD2 – Low Profile