Mylex AcceleRAID 170, Installation Manual

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G-8 AcceleRAID 170 Installation Guide
Gigabyte
2
30
(1,073,741,824) bytes. Abbreviated as G or GB.
Global Array Manager (GAM)
A Mylex RAID management utility that allows a system administrator to
configure, monitor, and manage network RAID storage from anywhere in
the world. GAM can communicate critical notification via e-mail, fax, pager,
SNMP or the launching of an application. GAM is everything needed to
manage Mylex PCI RAID Controllers, SCSI Host Adapters, and External
RAID Controllers.
HDM
Hardware Driver Module, a driver set required for SCSI adapters for use in
an I
2
O environment.
Host
Any computer system to which disks are attached and accessible for data
storage and I/O.
Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
An I/O adapter that connects a host I/O bus to the host’s storage memory
system.
Host I/O Bus
An I/O bus used to connect a host computer to storage systems or storage
devices.
Hot Plug
The process of adding or removing a device from a bus while transactions
involving other devices are occurring over the bus. See also
PCI Hot Plug.
Hot Replacement of Disks
The design of all Mylex controllers allows for the replacement of failed hard
disk drives without interruption of system service. In the event of a SCSI
drive failure on a properly configured system (where the data redundancy
features of the controller are used), the system generates a message to alert
the system operator.
When a replacement drive becomes available, the system operator can
remove the failed disk drive, install a new disk drive, and instruct the