Overview; Chapter 1 Overview; Sas Technology - Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 Software User's Manual

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SAS Technology

Chapter 1

Overview

This guide documents the utilities used to configure, monitor, and
maintain MegaRAID
RAID control capabilities and the storage-related devices connected to
them. This guide explains how to use the MegaRAID Storage Manager™
software, WebBIOS, and Command Line Interface (CLI). In addition, it
documents SAS technology, Serial ATA (SATA) technology, Solid State
Disk (SSD) technology, configuration scenarios, and drive types.
This chapter consists of the following sections:
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Section 1.1, "SAS Technology"
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Section 1.2, "Serial-attached SCSI Device Interface"
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Section 1.3, "Serial ATA II Features"
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Section 1.4, "Solid State Drive Features"
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Section 1.5, "Dimmer Switch Feature"
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Section 1.6, "UEFI 2.0 Support"
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Section 1.7, "Configuration Scenarios"
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Section 1.8, "Technical Support"
The MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers are high-performance intelligent
PCI Express-to-SCSI/Serial ATA II controllers with RAID control
capabilities. MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers provide reliability, high
performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. They are
an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage of workgroup,
departmental, and enterprise systems. MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers
offer a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a server.
MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
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Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controllers with
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