Dell Serial Attached SCSI 6iR Integrated and Adapter - Manual (Page 5)

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Contents
1 CAUTION: Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . 9
SAFETY: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System . . . . . . . 9
SAFETY: Protecting Against
Electrostatic Discharge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
RAID Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
RAID Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Integrated Striping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Integrated Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 SAS 6/iR Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the SAS 6/iR Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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