Hardware features ........................................................................................................................
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Main components on the board ..................................................................................................................
Controller specifications .............................................................................................................................
Overview of the installation procedure ............................................................................................
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Quick installation procedure (Windows or Linux)...........................................................................................
Installing the controller hardware....................................................................................................
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Before beginning the installation .................................................................................................................
Preparing the server...................................................................................................................................
Installing the controller board......................................................................................................................
Connecting storage devices......................................................................................................................
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Connecting internal storage ............................................................................................................
Connecting external storage ...........................................................................................................
SAS cable part numbers .................................................................................................................
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Updating the firmware ................................................................................................................
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Methods for updating the firmware (Windows® or Linux®) ..........................................................................
Configuring an array ..................................................................................................................
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Utilities available for configuring an array ..................................................................................................
Comparing the utilities .............................................................................................................................
Using ORCA...........................................................................................................................................
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Using ACU.............................................................................................................................................
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Installing device drivers and Management Agents ..........................................................................
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Systems using Microsoft® Windows®........................................................................................................
Installing device drivers ..................................................................................................................
Installing the Event Notification Service ............................................................................................
Installing Management Agents ........................................................................................................
Systems using Linux®...............................................................................................................................
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Upgrading or replacing controller options .....................................................................................
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Replacing or adding a battery ..................................................................................................................
Replacing the cache module or controller ...................................................................................................
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Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives .....................................................................................
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Identifying the status of a hard drive ..........................................................................................................
Recognizing hard drive failure ..................................................................................................................
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Effects of a hard drive failure ..........................................................................................................
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Compromised fault tolerance ..........................................................................................................
Recovering from compromised fault tolerance....................................................................................
Replacing hard drives ..............................................................................................................................
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Factors to consider before replacing hard drives................................................................................
Automatic data recovery (rebuild)....................................................................................................
Upgrading hard drive capacity .......................................................................................................
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Moving drives and arrays ........................................................................................................................
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Adding drives .........................................................................................................................................
Diagnosing array problems..........................................................................................................
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Controller board runtime LEDs...................................................................................................................
Battery pack LEDs....................................................................................................................................
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