Adaptec 51645 - About this Guide; What You Need to Know before You Begin

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About This Guide
In this chapter...
What You Need to Know Before You Begin.......................................................................... 11
Terminology Used in this Guide............................................................................................ 12
How to Find More Information ............................................................................................ 12
This Installation and User’s Guide explains how to install your Adaptec
®
RAID controller. It
also describes the utilities included in your controller kit, and provides a basic overview of
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) technology.
These RAID controller models are described in this Guide:
● Adaptec RAID 5085
● Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z
● Adaptec RAID 5445/5445Z
● Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Z
● Adaptec RAID 51245
● Adaptec RAID 51645
● Adaptec RAID 52445
● Adaptec RAID 2045
● Adaptec RAID 2405
What You Need to Know Before You Begin
You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and SAS and
Serial ATA (SATA) technology. (For an introduction to SAS, see page 67.)