Dell PowerVault MD1000 SAS Solution - 10 Appendix - B: Glossary; 11 Appendix - D: Revision History; 9 Appendix - A: References

A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ MD1000 SAS SOLUTIONS VER A00
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9. Appendix – A: References
1. SAS Protocol Specification
(http://www.t10.org/drafts.htm#SCSI3_SAS)
2. SFF-8470 Connector Specification
(
http://www.sffcommittee.com/ns/index.html)
3. Beyond The 2-TB SCSI Logical Unit
(http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/vectors/2004_2tblun.pdf)
10. Appendix – B: Glossary
Array – Collection of multiple physical disks to form a single logical volume
BBU – Battery Backup Unit
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
Cluster – Multi-initiator Environment with MSCS operating environment
HBA – Host Bus Adapter (non-RAID controllers)
Hot Plug – Insertion or removal of device without the need to quiescent I/Os
PERC – PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant Array of Independent Disks
SAS – Serial Attached SCSI
SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
U320 – Ultra 320 (320MB/sec through put)
11. Appendix – D: Revision History
Revision Description Date Modified By
A00 First Release 4/17/2006
SAS Solution
Core Team