294 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Ver-
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Glossary
• 3BM. 3ware BIOS Manager, used on PC machines. The 3ware BIOS
(Basic Input Output System) manager is a basic interface used to view,
maintain, and manage 3ware controllers, disks, and units, without having
to boot the operating system. 3BM is included with the controller and is
updated when the controller firmware is upgraded. The latest firmware
and code set is available for download from the 3ware web site:
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads
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3DM2. 3ware Disk Manager. The 3ware disk manager is a web-based
graphical user interface that can be used to view, maintain, and manage
3ware controllers, disks, and units. It is available on the 3ware CD that
came with your controller and can be downloaded from
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads.
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3ware. Named after the 3 computer wares: hardware, software and
firmware. A leading brand of high-performance, high-capacity Serial
ATA (SATA) and SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) RAID storage solutions.
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A-Chip. AccelerATA chip. Automated data ports to handle asynchronous
SATA or SAS disk drive interface.
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Array. One or more disk drives that appear to the operating system as a
single unit. Within 3ware software (3BM and 3DM2), arrays are typically
referred to as units.
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Array Roaming. The process of swapping out or adding in a configured
unit without having to shut down the system. This is useful if you need to
move the unit to another controller.
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Auto-Verify. A unit policy that automates the verify process. When
enabled, it performs verifies based on the Verify Schedule. It has two
modes, Advanced, which has up to seven scheduling slots per week, or
Basic, which has one.
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Background rebuild rate. The rate at which a particular controller
initializes, rebuilds, and verifies redundant units (RAID 1, RAID 5,
RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50).
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Boot volume size. The size to be assigned to volume 0 when creating a
unit through 3BM or CLI on a PC machine. Note that the resulting
volume does not have to be used as a boot volume. However, if the
operating system is installed on the unit, it is installed in volume 0.
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