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Hardware Installation and User’s Guide
Getting Started
the software and firmware For further information refer to the Optional Features section
of the appropriate hardware guide since not all features are applicable to all ICP RAID
Controllers.
Clustering Guide
The ICP RAID
Clustering Guide
, or
Clustering Guide
, describes how to set up clustering
configurations using ICP RAID Controllers and ICP RAID Controller software.
Information on Operating Systems, Cluster functionality, and other system details may be
found in their corresponding system manuals.
1.1.1
Document Formats
All documents, with the exception of the quick start poster, are provided on the CD-ROM
in both PDF and HTML format:
•
HTML
—To view online HTML documents, Click Documentation from the autorun
menu or open <cdromdrive>:\docs\index.htm.
•
—Portable Document Format (PDF) documents can be opened, viewed, and
printed with Adobe* Acrobat Reader* (not provided on the CD-ROM).
1.2
About This Guide
This guide may use the terms “ICP RAID Controller,” “RAID Controller,” and “the
controller” interchangeably. Each term represents the physical PCB that integrates all
components of the RAID PCI add-in card.
This guide contains three sections:
Chapter 1, Getting Started
This chapter covers how to use the different user documents in the user documentation set,
customer support contact information, and regulatory and license agreements covering
this product.
Chapter 1.5.1, Product Regulatory Compliance
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the ICP RAID Controller into a
computer system.
Chapter 3, Hardware Specifications and Features
This chapter covers all the hardware specifications associated with the ICP RAID
Controller and its components and any optional RAID features that are supported by the
RAID Software. The software guide
covers in detail all software features.
