LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 Zero-Channel RAID Controller Series 520 Hardware Manual page 5

Audience
Organization
Preface
This book is the primary reference and Hardware Guide for the LSI Logic
®
MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 Controller. It contains instructions for installing
the MegaRAID controller and for configuring RAID arrays. It also contains
background information on RAID.
The MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 controller supports single-ended and low-
voltage differential (LVD) SCSI devices on an Ultra320 and Wide SCSI
channel with data transfer rates up to 320 Mbytes/s.
This document is intended for people who need to install the MegaRAID
SCSI 320-0 Controller in a server and then create and configure RAID
arrays.
This document has the following chapters and appendixes:
·
Chapter 1, Overview, provides an overview of the MegaRAID SCSI
320-0 and basic SCSI features.
·
Chapter 2, Introduction to
concepts.
·
Chapter 3, RAID
the factors to consider when choosing a RAID level.
·
Chapter 4, Features, explains the features of the MegaRAID® SCSI
320-0.
·
Chapter 5, Configuring Physical Drives, Arrays, and Logical
Drives, explains how to configure SCSI physical drives, arrays, and
logical drives.
MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 Hardware Guide
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RAID, introduces important RAID
Levels, describes each supported RAID level and
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