Adaptec SATA AND SCSI RAID CONTROLLERS - Manual (Page 27)

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Introduction
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Software Tools Overview
The Adaptec RAID controller includes the following tools to
configure and manage your storage devices:
■ Adaptec Storage Manager —Storage management application
with a graphical user interface. Used to create, configure, and
manage arrays. For details, see Chapters
4 and 5 .
■ 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
Appendix A .
– SATASelect and SCSISelect—Device management utility.
Used to verify the hardware configuration of the controller
and the drives. For details, see
page A-9 .
– Disk Utilities—Drive management utility. Used to format
and verify drives. For details, see page A-15 .
■ Array Configuration Utility (ACU) for DOS —DOS utility.
Used to create, configure, and manage arrays. Also available as
part of the ARC utility (see above). For details, see
Appendix B .
■ Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) —DOS utility. Used to update, save,
or verify the controller firmware, BIOS, and ARC versions. For
details, see
Appendix C .