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Contents
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Board components and features
Controller specifications and attributes........................................................................................................ 4
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Installation and configuration procedures
Overview of the installation process ........................................................................................................... 5
Installing the controller and drives .............................................................................................................. 5
Preparing the server ............................................................................................................................ 5
Installing the controller board ............................................................................................................... 5
Assigning the boot controller ..................................................................................................................... 7
Creating a bootable array ........................................................................................................................ 7
Appendix A: Electrostatic discharge
Preventing electrostatic discharge............................................................................................................... 9
Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge .................................................................................. 9
Appendix B: Regulatory compliance notices
Federal Communications Commission notice ............................................................................................. 10
FCC rating label ............................................................................................................................... 10
Class A equipment ............................................................................................................................ 10
Class B equipment ............................................................................................................................ 10
Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only ................................ 10
Modifications ................................................................................................................................... 11
Cables............................................................................................................................................. 11
Canadian notice (Avis Canadien) ............................................................................................................ 11
European Union regulatory notice ............................................................................................................ 11
BSMI notice........................................................................................................................................... 11
Japanese notice ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Korean notices ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Appendix C: Using the RAID Configuration Utility
Creating arrays ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Managing arrays................................................................................................................................... 14
Viewing array properties ................................................................................................................... 14
Making an array bootable ................................................................................................................. 14
Deleting an array.............................................................................................................................. 14
Managing failover drive assignments................................................................................................... 15
Initializing drives.................................................................................................................................... 15
Rescanning drives .................................................................................................................................. 16
Appendix D: About RAID
Types of volumes and arrays ................................................................................................................... 17
Simple volume .................................................................................................................................. 17
Spanned volume ............................................................................................................................... 17
RAID 0 ............................................................................................................................................ 17
RAID 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 18
RAID 5 ............................................................................................................................................ 18
RAID 10 .......................................................................................................................................... 19
RAID 50 .......................................................................................................................................... 20
Glossary
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