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disk drives (continued)
external
iv , 22
failure recovery v , 42–43
multiple arrays v , 42
multiple disk drives v , 43
RAID 0 arrays v , 43
with hot spare v , 42
without hot spare v , 42
formatting vi , 66
identifying vi , 67
initializing vi , 60
recovering from failure v , 42
rescanning vi , 60
SAS identifiers v , 46
secure erasing vi , 60–61
stopping a secure erase 61
solid state 4 , 12 , 20
types of connections 67
uninitializing vi , 61
verifying vi , 66
drive requirements 12
Drive's Write Cache setting 62
driver and operating system installation v , 28 , 32
driver disk v , 28
driver installation
drivers
v , 29 , 31–33
installing on Windows v , 33
installing with Linux v , 29
installing with VMware v , 31
installing with Windows v , 29
installing with XenServer v , 32
E
electrostatic discharge vii , 75
end devices 44
event log vi , 69
expander connections vi , 47
expander devices 44
external devices iv , 22
F
failed disk drives v , 42–43
multiple arrays v , 42
multiple disk drives v , 43
RAID 0 arrays v , 43
without hot spare v , 42
firmware vi , 70
creating floppy disks vi , 70
firmware upgrades iv , 5
flashing controllers v , 43
floppy disks for firmware update vi , 70
formatting disk drives vi , 66
H
hard disk 1
hard disk drive 1
hard drive, See disk drive
HBA mode vi , 61
HDA mode 43
HDA mode jumper 43
HII interface vi , 57
hot spares 4
Human Interaction Infrastructure Interface (HII) vi , 57
hybrid RAID 4 , 21
I
initializing disk drives vi , 60
installation iv–v , 14–16 , 20–22 , 28–29 , 31–33 , 36
backplane iv , 21
controllers iv , 16
creating a driver disk v , 28
direct-attach iv , 20
disk drives iv , 20
driver
driver and Linux
v , 29
driver and operating system v , 28 , 32
driver and VMware v , 31
driver and Windows v , 29
driver and XenServer v , 32
existing operating system iv , 15
external devices iv , 22
installation options iv , 14
solid state drives
with operating system
iv , 15
K
kit contents iv , 3
L
Linux v , 29
OS installation v , 29
low-profile bracket 3 , 14
installing 14
low-profile computer cabinet 12
M
maxCache cache settings 58
maxCache Solid State Drive iv–v , 21 , 43
failed v , 43
installing
maxView Storage Manager
26 , 39
creating arrays 26
installing 39
mini-SAS 20 , 46
direct connection 20
overview 46
mirroring 12
N
NCQ 4
non-redundant arrays vi , 49
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