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Contents
A CAUTION: Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . 11
SAFETY: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System
. . . . . . 12
Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
. . . . . . 12
SAFETY: Battery Disposal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Scope of the User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PERC 6 and CERC 6/i Controller Descriptions
. . . . . . 15
PCI Architecture
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operating System Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
RAID Description
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Summary of RAID Levels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RAID Terminology
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2 About PERC 6 and CERC 6i
Controllers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PERC 6 and CERC 6i Controller Features . . . . . . . . 21
Using the SMART Feature
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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