Before you Beginwww.3ware.com 13Before You BeginCongratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controlleras your RAID data storage and management system. This userguide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing andconfiguring your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. To ensure yourpersonal safety and protect your equipment and data, carefullyread the information that follows the Features list before youbegin installing.FeaturesEscalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family (includes 7000-2,7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12)The information in this manual also supports the following legacyproducts: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8),and 7210.• True Hardware RAID. Low CPU Utilization• RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (7000-2 does notsupport RAID 5)• Drive Support. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100, 66, 33• Bus Type. PCI 64 bit / 33 Mhz (7000-2 is PCI 32 bit / 33 Mhz)• Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Com-mand Line Interface• BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant• Windows Support. W98SE, WME, WinNT4 with SP6, Win2kwith SP2, and WinXP• Linux Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in OpenSource.)• Performance. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking,R5Fusion (R5Fusion is not available on 7000-2)
