Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H800 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
1 Safety Instructions
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General Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
When Working Inside Your System
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Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . 12
Battery Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Overview
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PERC H700 and H800 Card Descriptions . . . . . . . . . 15
PCI Architecture
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Operating System Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
RAID Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Summary of RAID Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RAID Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Storage Controller Features
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Physical Disk Power Management . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the SMART Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Initializing Virtual Disks
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Background Initialization of Virtual Disks . . . . . 25
Full Initialization of Virtual Disks
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Fast Initialization of Virtual Disks
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