How This Guide Is Organized; What You Need To Know Before You Begin; Terminology Used In This Guide - Adaptec 5405 User Manual

How This Guide is Organized

This User's Guide is divided into three sections:
Part I: Getting Started—Follow the instructions in this section to install Adaptec Storage
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Manager and build your storage space. (For a definition of 'storage space' and other terms
used in this User's Guide, see
Part II: Using Adaptec Storage Manager—Once your storage space is built, refer to this
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section for help protecting, modifying, monitoring, and troubleshooting your storage
space and its components.
Part III: Quick Reference—Refer to this section for quick answers to common questions
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about Adaptec Storage Manager. A comparison of RAID levels is also included.

What You Need to Know Before You Begin

This User's Guide is written for advanced computer users who want to create a storage space
for their data. Advanced knowledge of storage networks is not required, but you should be
familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and DAS and Redundant Array of
Independent Disks (RAID) technology.
If you are using Adaptec Storage Manager as part of a complex storage system, such as a SAN,
you should be familiar with network administration terminology and tasks, have knowledge of
Local Area Network (LAN) and SAN technology, and be familiar with the input/output (I/O)
technology—such as Serial ATA (SATA) or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)—that you are using on
your network.
Note:
Because this User's Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products, some of the features and
functions described may not be available for your controller or enclosure.

Terminology Used in this Guide

Because this User's Guide provides information that can be used to manage multiple Adaptec
RAID products in a variety of configurations from DAS to SAN, the generic term "storage
space" is used to refer to the controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage
Manager.
For efficiency, the term "components" or "component" is used when referring generically to
the physical and virtual parts of your storage space, such as systems, disk drives, controllers,
and logical drives.
Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this User's Guide are known to computer users
by multiple names. In this User's Guide, this terminology is used:
Controller (also known as adapter, HBA, board, or card)
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Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive)
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Logical drive (also known as logical device)
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System (also known as a server, workstation, or computer)
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Enclosure (also known as a JBOD, storage enclosure, or disk enclosure)
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Note:
For more terminology information, see the
page 11.)
Glossary on page
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173.
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