About This Guide; What You Need To Know Before You Begin; Terminology Used In This Guide - Intel RES3FV288 Hardware User's Manual

1 About This Guide

This Installation and User's Guide explains how to install and configure your RAID Expander RES3FV288 in a RAID
system.

1.1 What You Need to Know Before You Begin

You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA)
technology.
You should also be familiar with RAID controllers, modules, expanders, and related support devices.

1.2 Terminology Used in this Guide

Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this guide are known to computer users by multiple names. This guide
uses these terms:
Expander Card (also known as adapter, board, or I/O card)
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Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive)
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Solid State Drive (also known as SSD or non-rotating storage media)
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Enclosure (also known as storage enclosure, JBOD enclosure, or expander)
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