Adaptec 133U2 - AAA RAID Controller User Manual page 162

Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide
availability through the use of data redundancy, so that data
remains available even in the event of a disk failure.
B
blink
A command which blinks the drive lights of all of the disks in a
selected array or of the single selected disk.
bootable array
An array configured as the boot device.
bridge controller
Connects a Fibre channel-to-SCSI or SCSI-to-SCSI external
intelligent RAID array controllers to bridge the host I/O
interface to multiple backend device channels.
bus
A set of conductors which connect the functional units in a
computer.
C
CI/O
Stands for Comprehensive Input/Output. Refers to Adaptec's
CI/O Array Management Software.
cache
An intermediate storage area providing faster access for some
portion of data.
capacity
The total usable disk space available in an array, in MBytes.
channel
Any path used for the transfer of data and control information
between storage devices and a storage controller or I/O
adapter.
clustering
The concept of using independent computer systems working
together as a single logical system. Clustering is usually
implemented to address both availability and scalability.
compatible container
Containers created by FAST that are one of the RAID types that
CI/O recognizes (and can display) but cannot fully manage.
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