User`s guide

Preface
This user’s guide explains how to configure and use the components of the Dell PERC 4/IM
(Integrated Mirroring™) RAID Controller on the Dell PowerEdge 1855.
Audience
This user’s guide assumes that you have some familiarity with installing and configuring software
programs and that you are familiar with computer storage devices in general. The people who benefit
from this document are end users who are using the IM software product to configure mirrored
volumes.
Organization
This document has the following chapters:
Chapter 1, Introduction to Integrated RAID, provides an overview of Integrated RAID, its features,
and its benefits.
Chapter 2, Integrated Mirroring Overview, provides an overview of the IM feature.
Chapter 3, Setting Up Integrated Mirroring, describes how to set up IM using the BIOS-based
configuration utility.
Conventions Used in This Manual
The first time a word or phrase is defined in this manual, it is italicized.
Hexadecimal numbers are indicated by the prefix “0x” —for example, 0x32CF. Binary numbers are
indicated by the prefix “0b” —for example, 0b0011.0010.1100.1111.