Index

A

ACU

creating arrays, 1

creating bootable arrays, 1

initializing disk drives, 1

managing arrays, 1

rescanning disk drives, 1

secure erasing disk drives, 1

advanced data protection, 1

Alarm Control setting, 1

Array Background Consistency Check setting, 1

Array Configuration Utility. See ACU

array migration, 1

Array-based BBS Support setting, 1

arrays

creating (ACU), 1

creating bootable arrays, 1, 2

managing with ACU, 1

arrays (bootable), 1, 2

audible alarm, 1

automatic failover, 1

Automatic Failover setting, 1

B

backplane connections, 1, 2

BBS Support setting, 1

BIOS RAID Configuration utility, 1 - 2

BIOS-based event log, 1

bootable arrays

creating, 1, 2, 3, 4

C

CD-ROM Boot Support setting, 1

connectors, 1, 2

controllers

Alarm Control setting, 1

Array Background Consistency Check setting, 1

Array-based BBS Support setting, 1

array-level features, 1

Automatic Failover setting, 1

BBS Support setting, 1

CD-ROM Boot Support setting, 1

data protection, 1

Drive’s Write Cache setting, 1

event log, 1

modifying general settings, 1

modifying settings with -Select utilities, 1

Physical Drives Display During POST setting, 1

Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting, 1

Runtime BIOS setting, 1

specifications, 1

standard features

copyback, 1

CRC Checking setting, 1

creating bootable arrays, 1

D

direct-attach connections, 1, 2

disk drive segments, 1

disk drives

connecting to SAS controllers, 1

connections, 1

failure recovery

multiple arrays, 1

multiple disk drives, 1

RAID 0 arrays, 1

with hot spare, 1

without hot spare, 1

formatting, 1

identifying, 1

initializing, 1

recovering from failure, 1

rescanning, 1

SAS, 1

SAS identifiers, 1

secure erasing, 1

types of connections, 1

verifying, 1

distributed spare drives, 1

drive requirements, 1

Drive’s Write Cache setting, 1

driver and operating system installation, 1, 2

driver installation, 1 - 2

drivers

installing on Linux, 1

installing on Solaris, 1

installing on VMWare, 1

installing on Windows, 1

installing with Linux, 1, 2

installing with VMWare, 1

installing with Windows, 1

E

end devices, 1

event log, 1

expander connections, 1

expander devices, 1

F

failed disk drives, 1

multiple arrays, 1

multiple disk drives, 1

RAID 0 arrays, 1

without hot spare, 1

formatting disk drives, 1

H

hot spares

distributed spare drives, 1

hot-spares, 1

I

initializing disk drives, 1

installation

disk drives (SAS), 1

driver, 1 - 2

driver and Linux, 1, 2

driver and operating system, 1, 2

driver and VMWare, 1

driver and Windows, 1

existing operating system, 1

SAS backplane, 1

SAS direct-attach, 1

with operating system, 1

L

links (SAS), 1

Linux

driver installation, 1

OS installation, 1

Linux installation, 1

logical drives

disk drive segments, 1

distributed spare drives, 1

mirrored data, 1

non-redundant, 1

parity, 1

RAID 1, 1

RAID 10, 1

RAID 1E, 1

RAID 5, 1

RAID 50, 1

RAID 5EE, 1

RAID 6, 1

RAID 60, 1

RAID segments, 1

striping data, 1

M

Manage, 1

mini-SAS

direct connection, 1

internal cable, 1

overview, 1

SAS to SATA cable, 1, 2

mirroring, 1

N

non-redundant logical drives, 1

O

online expansion, 1

operating system installation, 1, 2

P

parity, 1

Phy Rate setting, 1

phys, 1

Physical Drives Display During POST setting, 1

R

RAID, 1

distributed spare drives, 1

mirrored data, 1

non-redundant logical drives, 1

parity, 1

RAID 0, 1

RAID 1, 1

RAID 10, 1

RAID 1E, 1, 2

RAID 5, 1

RAID 50, 1

RAID 5EE, 1, 2

RAID 6, 1, 2

RAID 60, 1, 2

striping data, 1

RAID controllers. See controllers

RAID segments, 1

recovering from disk drive failure, 1

Red Hat

driver installation, 1

OS installation, 1

Redundant Array of Independent Disks. See RAID

Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting, 1

replacing failed disk drives, 1

requirements, 1

drive, 1

rescanning disk drives, 1

Runtime BIOS setting, 1

S

4-wide ports, 1

backplane connections, 1, 2

comparison to parallel SCSI, 1

connectors, 1

description, 1

direct-attach connections, 1, 2

disk drive identifiers, 1

disk drives, 1

edge expanders, 1

end devices, 1

expander connections, 1

expander devices, 1

fanout expanders, 1

link speed, 1

links, 1

narrow connectors, 1

narrow ports, 1

phys, 1

ports, 1, 2

SAS address, 1

SAS cards, 1

SAS devices, 1

SAS domain, 1

terminology, 1

transceivers, 1

wide connectors, 1

wide ports, 1

SAS Address setting, 1

SAS controllers

connecting disk drives, 1

CRC Checking setting, 1

modifying with -Select utilities, 1

Phy Rate setting, 1

SAS Address setting, 1

SAS devices, 1

SATA

SATASelect, 1

SCSI

comparison to SAS, 1

secure erasing disk drives, 1

segments, 1

-Select utilities, 1

applying changes, 1

exiting, 1

opening, 1

Serial ATA. See SATA

serial attached SCSI. See SAS, xi

SerialSelect, 1

Solaris

driver installation, 1

Solaris OS

patches, 1

supported versions, 1

specifications, 1

striping, 1

SUSE

driver installation, 1

SUSE installation, 1

system requirements, 1

T

technical specifications, 1

terminology

SAS, 1

V

verifying disk drives, 1

VMWare

driver installation, 1

OS installation, 1

W

Windows

driver installation, 1

OS installation, 1

Windows 2003 OS

supported versions, 1