About This Guide; What You Need To Know Before You Begin; Terminology Used In This Guide; How To Find More Information - Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Expander Card Installation And User Manual

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About This Guide

This Installation and User's Guide explains how to install and configure your SAS Expander Card
AEC-82885T in a RAID system.

What You Need to Know Before You Begin

You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial
ATA (SATA) technology.
You should also be familiar with RAID controllers, modules, expanders and related support devices.

Terminology Used in this Guide

Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this guide are known to computer users by multiple
names. This guide uses these terms:
• Expander Card (also known as expander, expander board)
• Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive)
• Solid State Drive (also known as SSD or non-rotating storage media)
• Enclosure (also known as storage enclosure, JBOD enclosure, or expander)

How to Find More Information

You can find more information about your SAS Expander Card and the software and utilities included
with it by referring to this document:
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Expander Card Installation and User's Guide (this guide)—Describes how
to set up and install your SAS Expander Card and connect internal and external storage devices.
Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc.
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