About This Guide - Adaptec RAID 3085 Installation And User Manual

About This Guide

In this chapter...
What You Need to Know Before You Begin .......................................................................... 12
Terminology Used in this Guide............................................................................................ 12
How to Find More Information ............................................................................................ 12
This Installation and User's Guide explains how to install your Adaptec
also describes the utilities included in your controller kit, and provides a basic overview of
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) technology.
These RAID controller models are described in this Guide:
SAS Controllers
Adaptec 3085
Adaptec 3405
Adaptec 3805
Adaptec 31205
Adaptec 31605
Adaptec 4000
Adaptec 4800SAS
Adaptec 4805SAS
SATA Controllers SCSI Controllers
Adaptec 2420SA Adaptec 2130SLP
Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2230SLP
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RAID controller. It