Subject: Re: Mylex DAC960PL on AS1200
To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Magnus_B=E4ckstr=F6m_Ringman?= <b@chalmers.se>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/03/2005 15:59:24
On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Magnus B=E4ckstr=F6m Ringman wrote:
>>   The controller has a limit of 32GB per logical unit.  You can =
create
>> one large RAID5 set, but you have to create multiple 32GB logical=20
>> drives.
>> (And there is also a limit of 8 logical drives.)
>
> This is true for versions 2.x of the firmware.  Major version 3 does=20=

> away
> at least with the 32G limit.
> If you have a unit with two flash chip sockets you can upgrade to v3,=20=

> with
> some effort.  You'll have to obtain a second flash chip (they're Intel
> N28F001BX 128k units in PLCC44 packages, about US$10) and bring the
> firmware image from Mylex' .zip file onto them using an eprom burner.

   I think those are actually 32-pin PLCCs.

         -Dave

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