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NOTICE ................................................................................................................. 1
TRADEMARKS........................................................................................................ 1
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ............................................................................................ 2
Intended user................................................................................................... 2
Organization of the manual.............................................................................. 2
USING THIS MANUAL.............................................................................................. 3
GUIDE TO CONVENTIONS ....................................................................................... 4
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CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................................... 7
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OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 7
KEY FEATURES ...................................................................................................... 8
Hard drive hot swapping.................................................................................. 8
Automatic drive rebuilding............................................................................... 8
MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING................................................................... 8
What's in the box ............................................................................................. 8
What else you need .......................................................................................... 8
FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH THE CONTROLLER ................................................. 9
Overview......................................................................................................... 9
Front view....................................................................................................... 9
Rear view .......................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 2 ..............................................................................................................11
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PRE-INSTALLATION PLANNING ..............................................................................11
Introduction to RAID levels.............................................................................11
RAID 0 ...........................................................................................................12
RAID 5 ...........................................................................................................13
PRE-INSTALLATION NOTICES .................................................................................14
CHAPTER 3 ..............................................................................................................15
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INSTALLATION FLOWCHART ..................................................................................15
