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About This Guide

3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions
for configuring and maintaining your 3ware 9550SX controller.
This guide assumes that you have already installed your controller in your
system. If you have not yet done so, see 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID
Controller Quick Install Guide for instructions.

How this Guide is Organized

There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same configuration and
maintenance tasks for your 3ware RAID controller. This manual includes
instructions for performing tasks using two tools: one at the BIOS level
(3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one that runs in a browser (3ware
Disk Manager 2, or 3DM 2). You can also perform many tasks at the
command line, using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). The CLI is
described in a separate manual, available from the 3ware software CD and
from 3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI
Guide.
Basic information about using the two tools (3BM 2 and 3DM 2), such as
starting the tool, navigating between screens, and so forth, is described in sec-
tions about each of those tools: "3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2)" on
page 55 and "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" on page 65.
Step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks are organized by tasks
throughout other sections of this guide. For example, the instructions for
"Creating a New Unit" on page 125 include information about how to create a
unit from 3DM, followed by how to create a unit from 3BM.
Table 1: Chapters in this Guide
Chapter
1. Introduction
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Description
Provides an overview of product features for
the 3ware 9000 series controllers. Includes
system requirements and an introduction to
RAID concepts and levels.
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