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About This Guide
In this chapter...
What You Need to Know Before You Begin.......................................................................... 13
Terminology Used in this Guide............................................................................................ 13
How to Find More Information ............................................................................................ 13
This Installation and User’s Guide explains how to install your Adaptec
®
by PMC
™
RAID
controller. It also describes the utilities included in your controller kit, and provides a basic
overview of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID)
technology.
These RAID controller models are described in this guide:
● Adaptec RAID 5085
● Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z
● Adaptec RAID 5445/5445Z
● Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/5805Z/5805ZQ
● Adaptec RAID 51245
● Adaptec RAID 51645
● Adaptec RAID 52445
● Adaptec RAID 2045
● Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q
● Adaptec RAID 2805
● Adaptec RAID 6405/6405E/6405T
● Adaptec RAID 6445
● Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q/6805E/6805T/6805TQ