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What's a SAS Port?............................................................................................ 83
What's a SAS Address?...................................................................................... 83
What's a SAS Connector? ................................................................................. 83
What do SAS Cables Look Like?....................................................................... 83
How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS? .......................................................... 84
What are the SAS Connection Options?.......................................................... 84
Direct-attach Connections ......................................................................... 84
Backplane Connections .............................................................................. 84
SAS Expander Connections........................................................................ 85
How is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI? ....................................................... 86
B Understanding RAID
Understanding Drive Segments ....................................................................... 88
Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0)..................................................................... 88
RAID 1 Arrays ................................................................................................... 89
RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays.................................................................................. 89
RAID 10 Arrays ................................................................................................. 90
RAID 5 Arrays ................................................................................................... 91
RAID 5EE Arrays............................................................................................... 92
RAID 50 Arrays ................................................................................................. 93
RAID 6 Arrays ................................................................................................... 94
RAID 60 Arrays ................................................................................................. 94
Selecting the Best RAID Level .......................................................................... 95
C Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
Introduction to the ARC Utility....................................................................... 97
Running the ARC Utility .................................................................................. 97
Navigating the ARC Utility ........................................................................ 97
Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays................................................. 97
Creating a New Array ................................................................................. 97
Managing Existing Arrays .......................................................................... 98
Initializing Disk Drives............................................................................... 99
Rescanning Disk Drives.............................................................................. 99
Secure Erasing Disk Drives....................................................................... 100
Managing Global Hot Spares ................................................................... 100
Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs .............................................. 100
Creating a New JBOD............................................................................... 100
Managing Existing JBODs........................................................................ 101
Using the ACU to Manage the MaxIQ Pool.................................................. 101
Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings........................................... 101
Opening SerialSelect.................................................................................. 102
Applying Changes and Exiting................................................................. 102
Modifying Your Controller's Configuration........................................... 102
Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives........................................................... 104
Locating Disk Drives....................................................................................... 104
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