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TeraPac User Operation and Maintenance Guide
Very Important Information!
RAID Arrays in general – and RAID controllers in particular – can be somewhat tricky to work
with. It is very easy to lose your data – and your operating system – if you execute an incorrect
sequence of commands. Thus, unless you are very experienced in the use of the MegaRAID
SCSI controller card and its BIOS-level setup utility, it is strongly recommended that you follow
the step-by-step instructions provided in this manual.
In particular, note that once you have a MaxPac and TeraPac that have been mated (power-up
and initialized) together – which is the way a new MaxPac/TeraPac combo arrive when you
purchase them together – you should never subsequently power-up the MaxPac without having
the TeraPac connected to it. (In the unfortunate event that you do power-up the MaxPac without
having the TeraPac connected to it, see Chapter 5 in this manual for details on how to recover
from this situation.)
Documentation Conventions
Icons
The information icon is used to annotate important information.
The exclamation icon is used to annotate cautionary information.
Fonts
Italics
font is used for emphasis, book titles, commands, and path and file names.
Bold
may be used to emphasize text, highlight menu items, and denote the titles of dialog boxes.
Menu > Command
identifies the path used to select a menu command.
Courier
font is used for program listings and for any text messages that the software displays
on the screen.
Note:
describes important information, warnings, or unique commands.
“Select” means click the left mouse button on the indicated item.
“Click-left” (or just “click”) means click the left mouse button on the indicated item.
“Click-middle” means click the middle mouse button on the indicated item.
“Click-right” means click the right mouse button on the indicated item.
“Double-click” means click twice consecutively with the left mouse button.
“Drag-left” (or just “drag”) means press and hold the left mouse button on the indicated item, then
move the cursor (pointer) to the destination and release the button.
“Shift-click-left” means press and hold the <Shift> key then click the left mouse button on the
indicated item.
“Ctrl-click-left” means press and hold the <Ctrl> key then click the left mouse button on the
indicated item.
