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ASUS PCI-DA2200 User’s Manual
6.2.2
Understanding Step by Step
The physical connection should be similar to the one shown above.
Install the ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller into a vacant PCI slot
in the host system, connect the drives to the SCSI channels on the
ASUS PCI-DA2200.
A Logical Drive consists of a group of SCSI drives. Drives in one
logical drive do not have to come from the same SCSI channel. Also,
each logical drive can be configured a different RAID level.
ASUS
PCI-DA2200
RAID Controller
…..
…..
Terminator
Terminator
SCSI cable
SCSI cable
Up to
15 drives
Up to
15 drives
Drive Channel 0
Drive Channel 1
ID 5
ID 0
ID 3
ID 2
ID 6
ID 1
ID 0
ID 14
4
GB
4
GB
2
GB
2
GB
4
GB
4
GB
2
GB
2
GB
RAID 5
8GB
RAID 0
6GB
Logical Drive 1
Logical Drive 0
Local Spare
Drive of LD1
Global
Spare
Drive