3Ware 9550SXU16MLB10 User Guide - Page 8

About This Guide Table 1: Sections in this Guide Section Introduction Getting Started 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) Configuring Your Controller Configuring Units Maintaining Units Maintaining Your Controller Troubleshooting Glossary Appendices Description Provides an overview of product features for the 3ware 9000 series controllers. Includes system requirements and an introduction to RAID concepts and levels. Provides a summary of the steps required to install and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Describes the basics of using 3BM. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of all the 3DM pages. Describes how to view details about the controller, check it's status, and change configuration settings that affect the controller and all associated drives. Describes how to configure new units and spares, change existing configurations, and set unit policies. Describes how to check unit and drive status, review alarms and errors, schedule background maintenance tasks, and manually start them, when necessary or desirable. Includes explanations of initialization, verify, rebuild, and self-tests. Describes how to update the driver, move a unit from one controller to another, and replace an existing 3ware controller with a new one. Also includes information about checking battery status on a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Includes definitions for terms used throughout this guide. Provides compliance and conformity statements, warranty information, and tells you how to contact technical support. 2 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide