Cautions and Warnings

WARNINGS

This guide is for qualified technical personnel with experience installing and configuring PCI adapter cards.

Read and adhere to all warnings, cautions, and notices in this guide and the documentation supplied with this product.

CAUTION

Take precautions to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage before handling the Intel®Server RAID Controller U3-1L Low Profile Adapter Card.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage adapter card components. Perform the described procedures only at an ESD workstation. If no such station is available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the computer chassis.

Intended Audience

To use this product you should be experienced in configuring computer equipment. For example, you should be able to install and configure your OS to recognize peripherals and you should be able to use software utilities to configure and troubleshoot those installed components.

Introduction

The Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1L Low Profile (SRCU31L) includes an Intel i960®I/O processor, firmware and the Intel®Integrated RAID software with an easy to use HTML interface.

This guide provides Intel Integrated RAID software installation information and provides a set of instructions to install and configure the SRCU31L. For detailed information on installing and configuring the SRCU31L, see Chapter 2, “Advanced Installation Steps” in the SRCU31L User’s Manual .

Product Check List

The following hardware and software components are supplied with the standard shipping package:

Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1L Low Profile (SRCU31L) adapter card

Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1L Low Profile Software CD

Intel Server RAID Controller LinuxSoftware CD

Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1L Low Profile Quick Start Guide

Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1L (SRCU31L)

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Quick Start Guide