User Guide

Intel® Integrated RAID Solution User Guide iii
Preface
This is the primary user guide for the Intel
®
Integrated RAID Solution. It contains
configuration instructions and specifications.
Audience
The people who benefit from this document are:
• Engineers who are designing an Intel
®
Integrated RAID Controller.
• Anyone configuring an Intel
®
Integrated RAID Controller.
Organization
This document includes the following chapters and appendices:
• Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the Intel
®
Integrated RAID Solution.
• Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Intel
®
Integrated RAID features that support
the creation of mirrored volumes.
• Chapter 3 describes how to create mirrored volumes with the Intel SAS-3 BIOS
Configuration Utility (SAS3 BIOS CU).
• Chapter 4 provides an overview of the Intel
®
Integrated RAID features that support
the creation of striped volumes.
• Chapter 5 describes how to create striping volumes with the Intel SAS-3 BIOS
Configuration Utility (SAS3 BIOS CU).
• Appendix A describes how to use the command-line-driven SAS-3 Integrated RAID
configuration utility (SAS3IRCU) to create and manage Integrated RAID volumes
on Intel SAS-3 controllers.
Related Publication
This is the primary hardware guide for the Intel
®
Integrated RAID Solution family of
controllers. It contains configuration instructions and specifications to aid in the
configuration and use of this product.