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controllers (continued)
Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88
resetting 68
Runtime BIOS setting 87
SAS cables 16, 31, 43, 71, 73
setting boot controller 35, 44
specifications 105
standard features 17, 31, 36
troubleshooting 66
updating firmware 91
upgrading firmware 18
D
direct-attach connections 41, 71, 90
disk drives 17, 31, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 66, 67, 70, 71, 82,
83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90
connecting to controllers 37, 40, 41
connections 90
external 37, 40, 41, 42
failure recovery 66, 67
multiple arrays 66, 67
multiple disk drives 67
RAID 0 arrays 67
with hot spare 66, 67
without hot spare 66, 67
formatting 82, 85, 89
identifying 71, 90
initializing 83, 85, 86
recovering from failure 66
rescanning 85
SAS identifiers 41, 70, 71
secure erasing 85
stopping a secure erase 85
solid state 17, 31, 41
types of connections 90
uninitializing 85, 88
verifying 82, 85, 89
DKMS 48, 50
drive requirements 31
Drive's Write Cache setting 87
driver and operating system installation 35, 47, 48, 59
driver disk 48
driver installation 35, 43, 44, 48, 59
drivers 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 59, 61
installing on FreeBSD 59, 61
installing on Solaris 59, 61
installing on Windows 59
installing with FreeBSD 48, 55
installing with Linux 48, 49, 50, 52
installing with VMware 48, 49, 55, 56
installing with VMware 4.1 49
installing with Windows 48, 50
drivers Debian 49
installing with Linux 48, 49, 50, 52
drivers Ubuntu 49
installing with Linux 48, 49, 50, 52
Dynamic Kernel Module Support 48, 50
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E
electrostatic discharge 104
end devices 69
event log 90
expander connections 69, 71, 72, 73, 90
expander devices 69
external devices 37, 40, 41, 42
F
failed disk drives 66, 67
multiple arrays 66, 67
multiple disk drives 67
RAID 0 arrays 67
without hot spare 66, 67
firmware 91, 95
creating floppy disks 91, 95
firmware upgrades 18
flashing controllers 68
floppy disks for firmware update 91, 95
formatting disk drives 82, 85, 89
FreeBSD 48, 55, 59, 61
driver installation 59, 61
OS installation 48, 55
H
hard disk 14
hard disk drive 14
hard drive, See disk drive
HBA mode 85, 88
HBA Mode 88
HDA mode 68
HDA mode jumper 68
HII interface 44, 82
hot spares 17
Human Interaction Infrastructure Interface (HII) 44, 82
hybrid RAID 17, 41
I
I2C connector specifications 96
initializing disk drives 83, 85, 86
installation 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48,
49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 59, 66, 68, 71
backplane 41
controllers 36, 66
creating a driver disk 48
direct-attach 41, 71
disk drives 37, 40, 41
driver 35, 43, 44, 48, 59
driver and FreeBSD 48, 55
driver and Linux 48, 50, 52
driver and operating system 35, 47, 48, 59
driver and VMware 48, 49, 55, 56
driver and Windows 48, 50
existing operating system 35
external devices 37, 40, 41, 42
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