User Guide

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Introduction

Storage Management Software Overview

Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID includes the following

software tools to manage your storage subsystem:

■ Adaptec Storage Manager – Browser Edition—Browser-based

storage management software that provides all of the creation,

management, and data logging needed to manage arrays.

Arrays may be set up and managed on systems using the

following operating systems:

■ Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows

■ Red Hat Linux 7.3 and 8.0

■ SuSE Linux 8.0 and 8.1

For details, see Chapters 3 and 4.

■ Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) Utility—Part of the

controller’s built-in BIOS code. You start ARC by pressing

Ctrl+A during BIOS startup. For details, see Appendix A,

Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility.

■ Array Configuration Utility (ACU)—A DOS/BIOS application

used to create, configure, and manage arrays. For details, see

Appendix A, Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility.