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Hardware features ........................................................................................................................

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Main components on the board ..................................................................................................................

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Controller specifications .............................................................................................................................

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Overview of the installation procedure ............................................................................................

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Quick installation procedure (Windows or Linux)...........................................................................................

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Installing the controller hardware....................................................................................................

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Before beginning the installation .................................................................................................................

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Preparing the server...................................................................................................................................

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Installing the controller board......................................................................................................................

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Connecting storage devices......................................................................................................................

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Connecting internal storage ............................................................................................................

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Connecting external storage ...........................................................................................................

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SAS cable part numbers .................................................................................................................

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Updating the firmware ................................................................................................................

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Methods for updating the firmware (Windows® or Linux®) ..........................................................................

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Configuring an array ..................................................................................................................

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Utilities available for configuring an array ..................................................................................................

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Comparing the utilities .............................................................................................................................

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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®........................................................................................................

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Installing device drivers ..................................................................................................................

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Installing the Event Notification Service ............................................................................................

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Installing Management Agents ........................................................................................................

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Systems using Linux®...............................................................................................................................

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Installing Management Agents ........................................................................................................

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Upgrading or replacing controller options .....................................................................................

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Replacing or adding a battery ..................................................................................................................

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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 ..........................................................................................................

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Recognizing hard drive failure ..................................................................................................................

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Effects of a hard drive failure ..........................................................................................................

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Compromised fault tolerance ..........................................................................................................

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Recovering from compromised fault tolerance....................................................................................

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Replacing hard drives ..............................................................................................................................

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Factors to consider before replacing hard drives................................................................................

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Automatic data recovery (rebuild)....................................................................................................

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Upgrading hard drive capacity .......................................................................................................

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Moving drives and arrays ........................................................................................................................

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Adding drives .........................................................................................................................................

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Diagnosing array problems..........................................................................................................

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Controller board runtime LEDs...................................................................................................................

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Battery pack LEDs....................................................................................................................................

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