LSI Logic IDE MegaRAID i4 Series 511 | 4 Channel RAID Storage Controller | USED
Specifications
| All Returns Accepted | ReturnsNotAccepted |
| Number Of Ports | 4 Ports |
| Compatible Port | PCI |
| Internal Interfaces | PATA/IDE/EIDE |
| Brand | LSI Logic |
LSI Logic IDE MegaRAID i4 Series 511 | 4 Channel RAID Storage Controller | USED After years of repairing, tinkering, testing, proof-of-concepts, presentations, & DIY / hobbyist projects, the time has come to downscale and part with some of the equipment that is no longer needed. ** USED ITEM ** Item is used, but partially tested -- see pictures. Item comes **AS PICTURED** and does NOT include: Any Type of Follow-Up Support Powerful, Four-Channel IDE RAID Solution From LSI -- The Full-Featured MegaRAID i4 Offers Intelligent RAID Capabilities & Extensive OS Support in a Half-Size Form Factor High-Performance IDE RAID Solution Powered by a high-performance onboard microprocessor, the MegaRAID® i4 host bus adapter offers intelligent RAID capabilities designed for servers and workstations employing IDE hard drives. The MegaRAID i4 combines powerful data throughput, extensive fault tolerant capabilities, and easy-to-use management utilities to meet the highest demands of storage environments. Its half-size form factor is ideal for environments where space is at a premium. Full Featured RAID Capabilities The MegaRAID i4 delivers the most advanced fault tolerant capabilities required by the most demanding data storage environments including RAID 5 support for high performance yet low-cost data redundancy (data parity across RAID arrays). Hot-Swap and Hot-Spare drive capabilities offer increased data and application availability. Powerful Array Management Utilities From an easy-to-use pre-boot configuration utility for quick RAID setup to a powerful GUI-based online management, LSI Logic MegaRAID adapters lead the industry in software features and functionality. Adapter Specifications Universal 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI Half Size Form Factor Two IDE Controllers Four Internal IDE Connectors -> 2 Drives Per Channel Supports Up To EIGHT Drives All ATA Drive Modes Supported up to UDMA Mode 5 Intel i960 RS I/O Processor PCI 2.2 Compliant PCI Power Management PCI Hot Plug Support 16 MB of On-Board ECC SDRAM Cache Memory Multi-Controller Support BBS Support [ BIOS Boot Specification ] RAID Features FlexRAID Online Capacity Expansion Online RAID Level Migration 40 Logical Drives Per Controller & 8 Physical Drives Per Logical Array Background Initialization for Quick RAID 5 Setup Auto Resume During Array Rebuild or Reconstruction if the System Shuts Down RAID Levels -> 0 1 3 5 10 30 50 Variable Strip Size for ALL Logical Drives Supports Multiple Caching Policies on a Logical Drive Basis -> Write-Back / Write-Through Read Ahead -> Disable / Enable / Adaptive Cached / Direct I/O Fault Tolerance COD - Configuration on Disk & NVRAM Auto Detection of Failed Drives Automatic & Transparent Rebuild of Hot Spare Drives Hot Swapping New Drives Without Bringing the System Down -> Use with Hot Swap IDE Chassis | One Drive per Channel Hot Spare SMART Support Extensive OS Support Includes Windows ME Windows XP Windows NT Windows 2000 Linux NetWare Unix ... And More Online Management Utility Features Programmable Rebuild Rate by Logical Drive Configuration Wizard Event Monitoring by Severity Level User Friendly GUI SNMP Support Check Consistency of Redundancy Data Pre Boot Configuration Utility -> Array & Logical Drive Configuration Utility at the BIOS Level This Controller Model -> LSI Logic Series 511 REV C2 PBA # -> P5110006 0604EP897080044 BIOS Version -> 1.01 Dated Oct 24, 2001 Type -> IDE-511 Firmware Version -> N661 Testing The testing setup consisted of a BIOSTAR TA-7050M2 Motherboard booted from a SATA drive running a fully patched Windows 10 Operating System. The card was seated into a PCI slot without any drives attached and the system booted. Entered the controllers BIOS via Ctrl-H key combo | All aspects of the controller's BIOS reported and functioned properly. Allowing the system to continue booting into the host OS, the adapter was ** PARTIALLY ** recognized as Unidentified RAID Controller. Item is ** NOT ** Plug-N-Play compatible with Windows 10. Picture 1 shows: Front of Box Picture 2 shows: Right Side of Box Picture 3 shows: Back of Box Picture 4 shows: Bottom of Box with UPC Picture 5 shows: Box Contents | Card, 4 IDE Cables, Documentation & Software CD, Quick Setup Guide Picture 6 shows: Top of Card Picture 7 shows: Bottom of Card Picture 8 shows: Side View of Card | IDE Interfaces Picture 9 shows: Initial System Boot Picture 10 shows: Adapter Selection Screen of WebBIOS Interface Picture 11 shows: MegaRAID Configuration / Adapter Properties Page of WebBIOS Interface Picture 12 shows: Screenshot Spawned Properties Window of Device Manager's Other Devices : RAID Controller Miscellaneous Information Non-professionally taken pictures are of the actual item being shipped. Return Policy This item is being sold *AS IS* and as pictured. ** NO RETURNS ACCEPTED ON THIS ITEM ** Make certain this is an item you can make use of before bidding. 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