Software tools overview – Adaptec 48300 User Manual

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Introduction

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Software Tools Overview

The Adaptec SAS HostRAID controller includes the following tools to
configure and manage your storage devices:

Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) Utility—BIOS-based utility
that contains the following components:

Array Configuration Utility (ACU)—Storage management
utility. Used to create, configure, and manage arrays. Also
available as a DOS-based executable (see below). For details, see

Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on page A48

.

SerialSelect Utility—Device management utility. Used to verify
the hardware configuration of the HostRAID controller and the
drives. For details, see

Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration

Utility on page A55

.

Disk Utilities—Drive management utility. Used to format and
verify drives. For details, see

Using the Adaptec RAID

Configuration Utility on page A58

.

Adaptec Storage Manager—Storage management application with a
graphical user interface (GUI). Used to create, configure, and
manage arrays. For details, see

About Adaptec Storage Manager on

page 37

.

HRCONF Command Line Utility—command line program used to
create and manage arrays.

Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU)—DOS utility. Used to update, save, or
verify the HostRAID controller firmware, BIOS, and Adaptec RAID
Configuration Utility versions. For details, see

Adaptec Flash Utility

(AFU) on page B60

.

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