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PREFACE ...........................................................................................1
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RADEMARKS
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BOUT THIS MANUAL
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Intended user................................................................................................... 2
Organization of the manual.............................................................................. 2
U
SING THIS MANUAL
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ONVENTIONS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................. 5
CHAPTER 1.........................................................................................8
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 8
O
VERVIEW
............................................................................................................ 8
K
EY FEATURES
...................................................................................................... 9
Hard drive hot swapping.................................................................................. 9
Automatic drive rebuilding............................................................................... 9
M
AKING SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING
................................................................... 9
What's in the box ............................................................................................. 9
What else you need .......................................................................................... 9
F
AMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH THE CONTROLLER
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Overview ........................................................................................................10
Front view ......................................................................................................10
Disk Activity Indicators...................................................................................11
Rear view .......................................................................................................11
CHAPTER 2.......................................................................................13
BEFORE YOU BEGIN ...................................................................13
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INSTALLATION PLANNING
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Introduction to RAID level ..............................................................................13
RAID 1 ...........................................................................................................14
B
ACKUP FUNCTION
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INSTALLATION NOTICES
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CHAPTER 3.......................................................................................17