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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide
storage management software
overview
Your Adaptec RAID controller includes the following software
tools to manage your storage subsystem:
Storage Manager Pro—The Graphical User Interface
(GUI) through which you interact with the storage
subsystem. It provides an intuitive graphical interface that
enables you to do such things as create and manage RAID
arrays, set up security levels for users and administrators,
establish the means of notifying users of disk failures, etc.
Storage Manager Pro is supported under the following
operating systems:
Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95/98
Novell NetWare 4.2; 5.x
Red Hat Linux 6.x
FreeBSD
In summary, Storage Manager Pro is Adaptec's primary
RAID management tool. For details, refer to the Adaptec
Storage Manager Pro Software User's Guide.
Storage Manager—Older storage management software
that provides the same basic functionality as Storage
Manager Pro, but has the advantage of supporting the
following additional operating systems:
Windows Me
SuSE Linux 6.4 and 7.0
SCO UNIX
Furthermore, Storage Manager provides additional
features, such as DMI agents, that are not yet available in
Storage Manager Pro. Use Storage Manager if you require
these additional operating systems, or if you require a
feature that has not yet been incorporated into Storage
Manager Pro. Keep in mind however, that the advantage of
Storage Manager Pro over Storage Manager is its newer
GUI, and its consistent look and feel across operating
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