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Chapter 1: About This Guide ● 10 What You Need to Know Before You Begin You should be familiar with system hardware, data storage technology, and the input/output (I/O) technology-SCSI-used by your card. You should also be familiar with Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) concepts and technology. Terminology Used in this Guide Because you can use your SCSI card to manage data storage in a variety of configurations from DAS to SAN, the generic term "storage space" is used to refer to the disk drives and devices being managed with SCSISelect described in this Guide. Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this Guide are known to computer users by multiple names. This Guide uses these terms: ● Card (also known as Host Bus Adapter, or board) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Device (also known as a printers, tape drives, and so on.) How to Find More Information You can find more information about your SCSI card and the software and utilities included with it by referring to this document: ● Readme.txt-Includes updated product information and known issues; located on the SCSI Installation CD.

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Chapter 1: About This Guide
10
What You Need to Know Before You Begin
You should be familiar with system hardware, data storage technology, and the input/output
(I/O) technology—SCSI—used by your card.
You should also be familiar with Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and Storage Area Network
(SAN) concepts and technology.
Terminology Used in this Guide
Because you can use your SCSI card to manage data storage in a variety of configurations from
DAS to SAN, the generic term “storage space” is used to refer to the disk drives and devices
being managed with SCSI
Select
described in this
Guide
.
Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this
Guide
are known to computer users by
multiple names. This
Guide
uses these terms:
Card (also known as Host Bus Adapter, or board)
Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive)
Device (also known as a printers, tape drives, and so on.)
How to Find More Information
You can find more information about your SCSI card and the software and utilities included
with it by referring to this document:
Readme.txt
—Includes updated product information and known issues; located on the
SCSI Installation CD.