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Contents 3
Contents
CAUTION: Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RAID Levels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RAID Terminology
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Integrated Striping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Integrated Mirroring
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 SAS 6/iR Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Hardware Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the SAS 6/iR Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a Driver Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the Driver During Windows Operating System Installation
. . . . . 20
Installing a Windows Driver for a New SAS 6/iR Controller
. . . . . . . . . . 20
Updating an Existing Windows Driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing From the Dell Operating System Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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