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IntroductionIn this Chapter
The Adaptec
®
Storage Accelerator (ASA) 7211 iSCSI storage adapter is
a PCI Host Bus Adapter (HBA) that enables servers and storage
systems to be used in iSCSI SANs using an Ethernet interconnect. The
adapter provides efficient, high-performance TCP/IP and iSCSI
protocol offload, with throughput up to 2Gigabits/sec at full duplex.
Read This First 1-2
Adaptec iSCSI Adapter Features 1-2
Kit Contents 1-2
Adapter Illustrations 1-3
System Requirements 1-4
Using the Adaptec iSCSI Installation CD 1-5
About the Documentation 1-6
Overview of the Installation Process 1-7
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