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BIOS Terminology
Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide
BIOS Terms and the PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, and CERC ATA100/4ch Controllers
BIOS Terms and the PERC 3/Si, 3/Di, CERC SATA1.5/6ch, and CERC SATA1.5/2s Controllers
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The terminology used by Storage Management can be different from the terminology used in the controller BIOS. The following sections show some of these
differences.
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BIOS Terms and the PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, and CERC
ATA100/4ch Controllers
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Table 16-1. Naming convention differences between Storage Management and PERC BIOS Configuration Utility
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BIOS Terms and the PERC 3/Si, 3/Di, CERC SATA1.5/6ch, and CERC SATA1.5/2s
Controllers
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Table 16-2.NamingconventiondifferencesbetweenStorageManagementandPERCBIOSContainerConfigurationUtility(CCU)
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Storage Management
PERC BIOS Configuration Utility for the 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, and CERC ATA100/4ch Controllers
Controller
Adapter
Virtual Disk
Logical Drive
Physical disk
Physical Drive
Reconfigure Virtual Disk
Reconstruct
Storage Management
PERC BIOS CCU for the 3/Si, 3/Di, CERC SATA1.5/6ch, and CERC SATA1.5/2s Controllers
Virtual Disk
Container
Physical disk
Drive
Check Consistency
Scrub
Stripe Size
Chunk Size
Concatenation
Volume
Concatenation of RAID 1
Volume
RAID 0
RAID-0 (Stripe)
RAID 1
RAID-1 (Mirror)
Diagnostics
Verify