Dell Sas 6ir Manual

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connections. These connections fan out from the switch, leading directly to the 
devices where the data needs to go. Every device has its own dedicated 
connection, so devices no longer share bandwidth like they do on a normal bus.
PHY
The interface required to transmit and receive data packets transferred across 
the serial bus. Each PHY can form one side of the physical link in a connection 
with a PHY on a different Dell-qualified SATA device. The physical link 
contains four wires that...

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ROM
Read-only memory (ROM), also known as firmware, is an integrated circuit 
programmed with specific data when it is manufactured. ROM chips are used 
not only in computers, but in most other electronic items as well. Data stored in 
these chips is nonvolatile i.e., it is not lost when the power is turned off. 
Data stored in these chips is either unchangeable or requires a special operation 
such as flashing to change.
RPM
RPM, short for Red Hat Package Manager is a package management...

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SCSIport
SCSIport driver is a Microsoft® driver for Windows® XP storage architecture, 
delivering SCSI commands to the storage targets. The SCSIport driver works 
well with storage using parallel SCSI.
Serial Architecture
Serial architectures have emerged to deliver higher performance by allowing 
more bandwidth per device pathway than their parallel counterparts. 
Serial architecture connections consist of a single pair of transmission signals 
that contain an embedded clock for...

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Storport
The Storport driver has been designed to replace SCSIport and work with 
Windows 2003 and beyond. In addition, it offers better performance for storage 
controllers, providing higher I/O throughput rates, improved manageability, and 
an upgraded miniport interface.
Stripe Element
A stripe element is the portion of a stripe that resides on a single physical disk.
Striping
Disk striping writes data across all physical disks in a virtual disk. Each stripe 
consists of consecutive virtual...

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Index
B
BIOS, 35
Configuration Utility, 3 6
fault code messages, 3 5
POST messages, 3 5
C
Configuration Utility
functions performed, 3 6
navigating, 3 7
overview, 3 6
starting, 3 6
D
driver diskette, 24
drivers
installation, 2 3
Microsoft operating system 
installation, 2 5
E
electrostatic discharge. See ESD
ESD, 10
F
firmware
update utility, 5 5
updating, 5 5
I
installation
driver, 2 3
SAS 6/iR Adapter, 1 9
Integrated RAID
configuration, 37, 42
create new virtual disk, 3 8
creating IM, 4 3...

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M
Manage Array, 41
P
PCI-E connector, 11
R
RAID, 11-12
RAID 0, 1 2
RAID 1, 1 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 23
creating a driver diskette, 2 9
installing with the driver update 
diskette, 30
S
safety instructions
for preventing ESD, 1 0
SAS 6/iR
BIOS, 3 5
features, 1 5
overview, 1 1
SAS 6/iR Adapter, 1 1
SAS 6/iR Adapter installation, 19
specifications, 1 5
troubleshooting, 4 9
SCSI
controller, 1 1
T
troubleshooting, 49
BIOS boot order, 49
BIOS error messages, 5 2
Configuration Utility error...

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