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VERVIEW

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Fibre Channel Technology

Fibre Channel is a new industry-standard interconnect and high-performance serial I/O protocol that shatters the limitations of data transmission, storage

capacity, and cabling distances associated with SCSI. The RA4100 uses Fibre Channel and a modular design to deliver a highly scalable, reliable,

standards-based storage solution for explosive growth in the enterprise. The system integrates seamlessly into your Compaq ProLian

server environment

while protecting your SCSI HDD investment. For additional availability, Compaq has partnered with Microsoft and Novell to integrate support for

clustering.

The Smart Array Advantage

As an extension to the Smart Array controller product line, the RA4000 Controller delivers the benefits that you have come to expect from Compaq RAID

products.

Data Compatibility between generations of controllers means customers can upgrade from previous generation Smart Array products to get to higher

performance, capacity and availability. Unlike competitive products, successive generations of Smart Array products understand the data format of other

Smart Array controllers. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the Compaq Customer Support Center for details.

Consistent Configuration and Management Tools. All Smart Array products utilize a standard set of management and utility software. These tools

consistently lower the cost of ownership by reducing training and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain the Compaq server storage.

Configuration, management and diagnostic software tools includes: Array Configuration Utility, Array Diagnostic Utility, Compaq Insight Manager (CIM),

and Compaq SmartStart.

Snap Shot Backup and Restore. Compaq delivers the next step towards the Enterprise Network Storage Architecture vision with support for

StorageWorks Virtual Replicator. With this optional software, users can instantly create “snapshots” of production data to reduce backup and restore

windows from hours to minutes, pool storage for quick response to changing storage capacity needs, create “virtual volumes” of up to one terabyte and

enjoy policy-based automation to simplify system data and storage management.

Pre-Failure Warranty

means that CIM not only tells you when a drive is going bad, but allows you to replace drives before they fail.

Note: Pre-Failure Warranty allows for the replacement of designated drives in an RA4100 before they actually fail when using Compaq Insight Manger on

Compaq servers.

RA4100 Components

With the following components, your server’s storage capacity and performance can be scaled to new levels:

RAID Array 4100 Rack: Houses up to 12, 1-inch hot pluggable drives. Each array includes the RA4000 Controller, an integrated RAID controller based

on Compaq’s 6th generation Smart Array technology, with 64-MB (16-MB read,

48-MB user selectable read/write battery-backed) cache, a 2 meter Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable and GBIC-SW Kit to link your storage to the FC-AL

backbone.

RA4000 Redundant Controller: Based on Compaq’s sixth generation RAID technology, this redundant array controller adds a higher level of availability

not found previously in Compaq storage systems. Using this redundant controller requires software found on SmartStart 4.3 or later (for Netware or

Windows NT) and in the Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F200 Kit (for both non-clustered Windows NT and Microsoft NT Cluster Server). Clustered Netware

environments will be supported in SmartStart 4.4. Unixware is supported in SmartStart 4.4 or later. Utilizing technology developed for our SMART-2

family of array controllers, the RA4000 Redundant Controller fully supports Array Configuration Utility, Compaq Insight Manager, Pre-Failure Warranty,

and Fibre Channel Host Adapter failover.

FC-AL Switch 8: This is an 8-port, 12 Gigabit/second, non-blocking FC-AL Switch that is the core interconnect that enables an affordable RA4100 SAN

solution. As your connectivity needs grow the FC-AL Switch 8 can be expanded to a total of 11-ports using the FC-AL Switch 3-Port Expansion Module.

FC-AL Switch 3: This is a 3-Port Expansion Module that will expand your FC-AL Switch 8 to offer a total of 11-ports.

Fibre Channel Storage Hub 7: This is a non-intelligent, unmanaged Storage Hub which attaches up to six RA4100s to the Fibre Channel Host Adapter

for support of up to seventy-two 1-inch hard drives per server slot. Compaq recommends the Fibre Channel Storage Hub 7 for most configurations

because it provides the best value.

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