AEC-6880M True Hardware RAID
Ultra ATA-133 Adapter for Mac

AEC-6880M is a high-performance, dual-channel, PCI, Plug and Play, Ultra ATA-133 RAID adapter. It supports true Hardware RAID 0,1. The easy-to-use RAID utility helps quickly create and manage your RAID subsystem and the 48-bit LBA (Logical Block Addressing) technology supports all capacity ATA/IDE drives.

• Add up to four ATA/IDE drives to your desktop.
• RAID 0, RAID 1 compatible.
• Break the 128GB formatted capacity barrier per drive in your:
  • G4 tower prior to the Mirrored Drive Door G4
  • G3 Beige or Blue & White
  • PowerMac 9x00, 8x00, 7x00 system

Features

• True Mac OS X support
• A standalone PCI-to-IDE RAID controller
• At a normal mode as IDE devices extension
• OS X, OS 8.5, OS 9 all on same firmware
• Designed for G4, G3, 9x00, 8x00 and 7x00 PowerMac Systems
• Supports capacity larger than 137GB Hard disk

RAID Functions

• Supports true Hardware RAID 1 (Mirroring), RAID 0 (Striping)
• Capable of booting from standard and RAID volume

Specifications

• DIP Switch setting for RAID 0 mode, RAID 1 mode or normal mode
• Coexist with on-board IDE controller
• Open Firmware interface
• Max. 4 IDE devices

IDE Bus

• Dual independent channel of IDE bus
• Supports Ultra ATA133/100/66/33 hard disk
• Supports 48-bit addressing with Big Drive technology
• Data transfer rate up to 133MB/s per channel

PCI Bus

• 32-bit PCI Bus Master for 133MB/s of data transferring rate
• Supports Scatter / Gather function
• Automatic FIFO threshold selection
• Low command overhead
• True PCI Plug and Play

OS Compability

• Mac OS X
• Mac OS 8.5, OS 9 and higher