Intel 273561-003 manual About This Guide, Customer Support Contact Information, Document Formats

Getting Started

Clustering Guide

Clustering is applicable only for those RAID controllers that support this feature. See the Hardware Guide to determine if clustering is supported.

The Intel® Integrated RAID Controller Clustering Guide, or Clustering Guide, describes how to set up clustering configurations using IIR Controllers and IIR controller software.

Information on Operating Systems, Cluster functionality, and other system details may be found in their corresponding system manuals.

1.1.1Document Formats

All documents, with the exception of the quick start poster, are provided on the CD-ROM in both PDF and HTML format:

•HTML—To view online HTML documents, Click Documentation from the autorun menu or open <cdromdrive>:\docs\index.htm.

•PDF—Portable Document Format (PDF) documents can be opened, viewed, and printed with Adobe* Acrobat Reader* (not provided on the CD-ROM).

1.2About This Guide

This guide contains three sections:

Chapter 1, Getting Started

This chapter covers how to use the different user documents in the user documentation set, customer support contact information should you need support for this product, and regulatory and license agreements covering this product.

Chapter 2, Hardware Installation

This chapter contains the procedures for installing the IIR controller into a computer system.

Chapter 3, Hardware Specifications and Features

This chapter covers all the hardware specifications associated with the IIR controller and its components and any optional RAID features that are supported by the RAID Software. The Software Guide covers in detail all software features.

1.3Customer Support Contact Information

[Provided by RAID vendor]

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