HighPoint RocketRAID 1720 - Manual (Page 6)

Introduction
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About this Guide
The RocketRAID 1720 SATAII Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information
about the functions and capabilities of the host adapter, and instructions for
installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the adapter.
Introducing the RocketRAID 1720 Host Adapter
The HighPoint RocketRAID 1720 is a 2-channel PCI to Serial ATA II RAID controller.
The RocketRAID 1720 solution is ideal for small business servers, NAS storage,
workgroup and web servers, back up, and security systems.
Product Features
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PCI 32bit@33/66 Mhz
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2 SATA II 3Gb/s ports
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Up to 2 SATA II or SATA I Hard Drives
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Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
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Backward compatible with RocketRAID 1640 RAID arrays
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Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
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Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
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Staggered drive spin up
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Hard Disk (Activity / Failed) LED chassis function
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BIOS Booting (INT13) to RAID array
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Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID access
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Write through and write back cache for RAID arrays
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Hot swap support
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Online array roaming
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S.M.A.R.T array monitoring for hard drive status and reliability
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64-bit LBA for RAID arrays greater than 2TB
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Low profile form factor for 1U chassis
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Web browser-base software (Web GUI)
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Command Line Interface (CLI)
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SMTP email notification for events and error reporting
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Remote array management through (Web GUI, RAID GUI and CLI)
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