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Appendix B
Electrostatic Discharge
Preventing Electrostatic Damage............................................................................................. B-1
Grounding Methods................................................................................................................. B-2
Appendix C
Specifications
Wide SCSI Connector Pin Assignments.................................................................................. C-2
Appendix D
Things You Should Know
Smart Array 3200 Controller Option Kit Contents ..................................................................D-2
SCSI Termination....................................................................................................................D-3
SCSI IDs....................................................................................................................... ...........D-3
SCSI Cabling................................................................................................................... ........D-4
SCSI Cable Connectors ...........................................................................................................D-5
Migrating to/from Other Controllers .......................................................................................D-6
Appendix E
Understanding Drive Arrays
What is a Drive Array?............................................................................................................ E-1
Drive Arrays................................................................................................................... .. E-3
Logical Drives .................................................................................................................. E-4
Drive Array Benefits ............................................................................................................... E-5
Data Protection ................................................................................................................. E-5
Performance Enhancement .................................................................................................... E-11
Distributing Data and Data Striping ............................................................................... E-11
User Selectable Stripe-Size ............................................................................................ E-13
Array Accelerator ........................................................................................................... E-14
Concurrent I/O Request Servicing.................................................................................. E-17
Optimized Request Management.................................................................................... E-17
Bus Master Data Transfers ............................................................................................. E-18
Adding Storage Capacity....................................................................................................... E-18
Online Capacity Expansion or Extension ....................................................................... E-21
Disk Drive Upgrades ...................................................................................................... E-21
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