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QuickSpecs Compaq Smart Array 431 Controller
| Models |
| Smart Array 431 Controller |
| 127695-B21 127695-291(Japan)
- Data Compatibility
- Software Consistency
- Wide Ultra3 SCSI
- 64-bit Architecture
- 64-bit PCI Bus Design
- Single internal/external SCSI channel
- Online Capacity Expansion
- Online RAID level Migration
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| Overview |
The new Smart Array 431
Controller (SA-431) is an intelligent 64-bit array controller for entry level
hardware-based fault tolerance with support for up to 14 Wide Ultra3 SCSI hard drives. The
SA-431 provides one of the most cost effective alternatives to software-based RAID in the
market today, thus lowering entry-level server ownership costs. In addition, the SA-431 is
data compatible with all Wide Ultra3 and Wide Ultra2 drives and servers, offering an
unparalleled degree of investment protection. Designed and integrated with Compaq
entry-level and workgroup servers, this product provides worry-free data protection and
gives the customer a single point of contact for all server data storage issues.
The SA-431 has two major advantages over previous generations of entry-level Smart Array
controllers:Advantage Number1: The SA-431 is the first Wide Ultra3 offering in
Compaq’s LVD Family of products. Because Wide Ultra3 is data compatible with Wide
Ultra2 drives and servers, the SA-431 can offer customers unparalleled investment
protection for their Wide Ultra2 and Ultra3 products.
Advantage Number2: The SA-431 achieves greater ease of use through:
- Online Capacity Expansion:
Increases fault tolerant logical drive capacity
- Online RAID Level Migration:
Reduction of downtime during reconfiguration
Note: Online Capacity Expansion and Online
RAID Level Migration are new features for Smart Array entry-level controllers. In order to
utilize these features when upgrading or migrating from previous generation Smart Array
controllers, the customer must perform a backup of the existing data and recreate logical
drives using the Smart Array 431 controller. For details, see User Guide.
The SA-431 is ideal for entry-level and workgroup
Compaq ProLiant servers or in any ProLiant server where hardware RAID is needed at an
entry-level price point. The SA-431 controller provides the best performance and capacity
for RAID array controllers in the entry-level and workgroup server space. |
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| The Smart Array Advantage
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| Compaq’ s innovative design
and integration work for the Smart Array family of products adds customer value unmatched
in the industry. Large scale use of Smart Array products creates much lower cost of
ownership than many competitive server storage products. The Compaq Smart Array family
brings unparalleled return on invested dollars due to these product family benefits: Data
Compatibility between all models of Smart Array Controllers means customers can
upgrade their Smart Array products to get to higher performance, capacity and
availability. Unlike competitor’s products, successive generations of Smart Array
products understand the data format of other Smart Array controllers.
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-XE, Array Configuration Utility, Array
Diagnostic Utility, Compaq Insight Manager (CIM), and Compaq SmartStart.
Snapshots and Storage Pools. 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 failing drives before they actually fail. Pre-Failure
Warranty is available on all Compaq Prosignia and Compaq ProLiant servers using
Compaq Insight Manager 2.1 or higher, and covers Pentium® processors, ECC
memory and server hard drives (except the 535 MB Fast-SCSI-2 hard drive) using Compaq IDA,
IDA-2, Compaq SMART SCSI Array controllers, Compaq SMART-2 Array Controllers or Compaq
Smart Array Controllers. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the Compaq
Customer Support Center for details. |
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| Key Features |
Compatibility: with all
Wide Ultra2 and Wide Ultra3 LVD family products. In addition, a seamless upgrade to next
generation Compaq high performance and high capacity mainstream Wide Ultra3 Smart Array
controllers.
New features for entry-level controllers: Online Capacity Expansion; Online RAID
Level Migration; Online Spare Support
Software consistency: As with all Smart Array family products: ACU-XE, ACU, CIM,
ADU and SmartStart
Wide Ultra3 SCSI: up to 160 MB/s SCSI bandwidth
New High Performance 64-bit Architecture
64-bit PCI Bus Design
Up to 254.8-GB of storage per server slot
New 16-MB Cache Performance Engine: Compaq has utilized 16-MB of the controller
cache to create a high performance engine and optimize data throughput
Note: 16-MB of DRAM used for code, transfer
buffers, and non-battery backed read cache
Pre-Failure Warranty support for hard disk drives (requires CIM)
Note: Pre-Failure Warranty is available on all
Compaq Prosignia and Compaq ProLiant servers using Compaq Insight Manager 2.1 or higher,
and covers Pentium® processors, ECC memory and server hard drives (except the 535 MB
Fast-SCSI-2 hard drive) using Compaq IDA, IDA-2, Compaq SMART SCSI Array Controllers,
Compaq SMART-2 Array Controllers or Compaq Smart Array Controllers. Certain restrictions
and exclusions apply. Consult the Compaq Customer Support Center for details.
Full Compaq line-up of OS and server support (Windows NT® 4.0; Windows 2000;
NetWare™ 3.2, 4.2, 5; SCI OpenServer 5; SCO UNIX™ 2X; OS/2 (not supported at
announcement); Linux) |
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| Product Highlights |
| Data Compatibility |
| Data compatibility between all
models of Smart Array Controllers means customers can upgrade their 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, providing investment protection for your Compaq storage solution. |
| Performance |
Compaq’s New High
Performance Architecture sets new boundaries of industry performance expectations!
- Wide Ultra3 SCSI
- New High Performance 64-bit Architecture
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| Capacity |
Given the rapid growth of user
data, the SA-431 is a perfect companion to rapid expansion:
- Single SCSI channel supports up to 14 disk drives
- Up to 1-TB of external storage
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| Availability |
Provides increased server uptime
by providing advanced storage functionality:
- Online RAID Level Migration (between any RAID level)
- Global Online Spare
- Pre-Failure Warranty
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| Ease of Use |
Consistency and Upgradability
make the Smart Array family unique in the industry:
- Consistent configuration and management software tools
- Common data formatting between generations of products
- Data migration between servers and external storage enclosures
Note: Applies to all Smart Array Controller
attached storage.
Online Capacity Expansion
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| Compatibility |
| Servers |
For up to date compatibility,
please see the following URL for complete Smart Array 431 compatibility and support
information.
http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/comp.html |
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| Software Components |
| All Smart Array products have a
single consistent configuration tool Array Configuration Utility (ACU), and a single
consistent management tool Compaq Insight Manager (CIM) for the entire storage solution.
This reduces the cost of training for each successive generation of product and takes much
of the guess-work out of trouble-shooting field problems. Other software tools that are
consistent, generation to generation, are the Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) and Compaq
SmartStart. These tools consistently lower the cost of ownership by reducing training and
technical expertise necessary to install and maintain the Compaq server storage. |
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| Compaq Insight Manager |
- Powerful server and server options/storage manager tool
- Monitors over 1200 server parameters
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| Configuration Utilities |
- Compaq Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
- Powerful configuration utility for all Smart Array controllers
- Provides a graphical view of Compaq drive array configurations
- Easy to use Wizards for configuration
- Runs online on NT 4.0 and Netware
- Compaq Array Configuration Utility XE (ACU-XE)
- Powerful Web based configuration utility for all Smart Array controllers
- Provides a graphical view of Compaq drive array configurations
- Allows for management of multiple arrays over a secure internet connection from
anywhere in the world
- Easy to use Wizards for configuration
- Runs online on NT v4.0, Windows 2000 and NetWare
- New Options ROM Configuration Capability
- Rapid configuration of SA-431 upon initial install of the OS
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| Specifications |
| Protocol |
Wide Ultra3 SCSI |
| SCSI Electrical Interface |
Low Voltage
Differential (LVD) |
| Drives Supported |
Up to 14 Wide Ultra3
and Wide Ultra2 SCSI hard drives
Note: The SA-431 will support all Wide Ultra2
and Wide Ultra3 servers, storage enclosures, and hard disk drives. The SA-431 does not
support Single Ended SCSI devices (Wide Ultra SCSI-3 and previous generations of the SCSI
protocol). |
| SCSI Port Connectors |
Single
External/Internal SCSI port |
| Data Transfer Method |
64-Bit PCI bus-master |
| Maximum Transfer Rate on
System Bus (peak) |
266 MB/s |
| Simultaneous Drive Transfer
Channels |
One |
| Channel Transfer Rate |
160 MB/s per channel |
| Software Upgradable Firmware |
Yes |
| Cache Memory |
16-MB of DRAM used
for code, transfer buffers, and non-battery backed read cache |
| Logical Drives Supported |
32 |
| SCSI Hard Drives |
Distributed Data Guarding (RAID
5) |
Yes |
|
Drive Mirroring (RAID 1) |
Yes |
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Drive Striping (RAID 0, 1+0) |
Yes |
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Automatic Data Recovery |
Yes |
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| Options |
| Hard Drives |
Wide Ultra3
SCSI Universal Drives – Hot Plug |
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36.4-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 15,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
232916-B22 |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 15,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
188122-B22 |
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9.1-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 15,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
188120-B22 |
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72.8-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
232432-B22 |
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36.4-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
176496-B22 |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
142673-B22 |
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9.1-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
142671-B22 |
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Wide Ultra3
SCSI Drives – Non-Hot Plug |
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36.4-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1.6˛ ) |
142676-B21 |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
142674-B21 |
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9.1-GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
142672-B21 |
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Wide Ultra2
SCSI Drives – Hot Plug |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
128418-B21 |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 7,200
Drive (1˛ ) |
388144-B21 |
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9.1-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
328939-B22 |
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9.1-GB Wide Ultra 2 SCSI 7,200
Drive (1˛ ) |
123065-B22 |
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4.3-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
328938-B21 |
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4.3-GB Wide Ultra 2 SCSI 7,200
Drive (1˛ ) |
349513-B21 |
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Wide Ultra2
SCSI Drives – Non-Hot Plug |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1.6˛ ) |
328943-B21 |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
128419-B21 |
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18.2-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 7,200
Drive (1˛ ) |
388143-B21 |
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9.1-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
328942-B21 |
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9.1-GB Wide Ultra 2 SCSI 7,200
Drive (1˛ ) |
349526-B21 |
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4.3-GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI 10,000
rpm Drive (1˛ ) |
328941-B21 |
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4.3-GB Wide Ultra 2 SCSI 7,200
Drive (1˛ ) |
349525-B21 |
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Note:
This is a list of supported hard disk drives (note that some drives may be
discontinued). |
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| Software |
SANWorks
Virtual Replicator |
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Note:
For additional Virtual Replicator ordering information refer to http://www.compaq.com/products/StorageWorks/
swvr/swvrorderinfo.html. |
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License & Media (CD-ROM) |
191802-B21 |
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License Only |
388932-B21 |
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| Storage Enclosures |
Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4314T |
190210-001 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4314T (Int’l) |
190210-B31 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4314T (Japan) |
190210-291 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4314R |
190209-001 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4314R (Int’l) |
190209-B31 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4314R (Japan) |
190209-291 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4354R |
190211-001 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4354R (Int’l) |
190211-B31 |
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Compaq StorageWorks Enclosure
Model 4354R (Japan) |
190211-291 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure Model 4214R |
103381-001 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure Model 4214R (Int’l) |
103381-B31 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure Model 4214R (Japan) |
103381-291 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure Model 4214T |
124875-001 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure Model 4214T (Int’l) |
124875-B31 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure Model 4214T (Japan) |
124875-291 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure 4254R |
138151-001 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure 4254R (Int’l) |
138151-B31 |
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Compaq StorageWorks
Enclosure 4254R (Japan) |
138151-291 |
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Note:
This is a list of supported Storage Enclosures (note that some storage enclosures may
be discontinued). |
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