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Glossary
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3BM. 3ware BIOS Manager. The 3ware BIOS (Basic Input Output
System) manager is a basic interface used to view, maintain, and manage
3ware controllers, disks, and units, without having to boot the operating
system. It is available for download from ww.3warecom/downloads as
part of the firmware image. For 9000 Linux and FreeBSD users, it is
included in the driver.
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3DM. 3ware Disk Manager. The 3ware disk manager is a web-based
graphical user interface that can be used to view, maintain, and manage
3ware controllers, disks, and units. It is available for download from
ww.3ware.com/downloads.
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A-Chip . AccerATA chip. Automated data port to handle asynchronous
ATA disk drive interface.
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Array. One or more disk drives that appear to the operating system as a
single unit. Within 3ware software (3BM and 3DM) arrays are typically
referred to as units.
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Array Roaming.
The process of swapping out or adding in a configured
unit without having to shut down the system. This is useful if you need to
move the unit to another controller.
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Background rebuild rate . The rate at which a particular controller
initializes, rebuilds, and verifies redundant units (RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID
10, RAID 50).
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CLI
. Command Line Interface. The 3ware CLI is a text program, rather
than a GUI (graphical user interface), for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.
It has the same functionality as 3DM, and can be used to view, maintain,
and manage 3ware controllers, disks, and units.
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Configuration
. The RAID level set for a unit.