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by robsand

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Does anyone know where to fine hardware emulation
software??
I want to emulate a (PERC2)PowerEdge Raid Controller2 on my laptop.
I want to find some software that, when it is installed on a computer it is seen by the system as a piece of hardware.
What I want to do is practise setting up RAID combinations on my laptop before I deploy them.

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by thechas

Start with the IC manufactures for the chips on the card.

You should be able to get models for different ICs.

You may need to run a ciruit simulation software package for the mfg models, such as Spice.

Then, comes the hard part, emulating the BIOS for the PERC2 card. You will need to download the BIOS and install it in the model.

Many emulation packages require a hardware interface that is a PCI card, so you may need to use a desktop, and not a laptop.

A resource is www.chipcenter.com

Chas

by thechas

The more I think about this, why go to all the hassle?

Why not just setup a test machine with the RAID card and drives?

Even if you are able to implement the RAID card in memory, how are you planning to implement having the multiple drives connected to the card?

The performance slowdowns that you will see emulating all of the hardware will give you very misleading estimates of performance of you RAID configurations.

Chas

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