Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e - Manual (Page 8)

viii 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
About this User Guide
This document provides instructions for configuring and maintaining RAID
units on LSI™ 3ware
®
9750 series RAID controller cards, using 3ware
software and firmware version 10.2.
This document assumes that you have already installed your 3ware RAID
controller and drives in your system and any enclosures, if you have them. If
you have not yet done so, refer to the installation guide that came with your
controller. If you do not have the printed copy, a PDF of the installation
document is available on your 3ware CD, or you can download it from:
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads .
There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same configuration and
maintenance tasks for your 3ware RAID controller. This manual includes
instructions for performing tasks using the following tools:
• 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM), which runs at the BIOS level
• 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM2™), which runs in a browser
You also can perform many tasks using 3ware’s command line interface
(CLI). The CLI is described in a separate document: 3ware SATA+SAS RAID
Controller Card CLI Guide, Version 10.2. Information from both this Users
Guide and the CLI Guide also are available in the 3ware HTML Bookshelf,
available in the 3ware Documentation folder and on your 3ware CD. (For
more information, see “Using the 3ware HTML Bookshelf” on page xi.)
Exceptions to this Document for Mac OS
Users
Mac OS users should be aware that the 3ware BIOS utility, 3BM, is not
supported for Mac OS. Mac users can make use of 3DM2 and CLI to manage
their 3ware RAID controllers and RAID units.
Sections throughout this documentation that describe how to accomplish tasks
using 3BM are not relevant for Mac users. In addition, the following two
chapters in this document are not relevant for Mac OS users: Chapter 2,
“First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM” and Chapter 4, “3ware BIOS
Manager (3BM) Introduction”.
Mac User Note: The 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) is not supported for
Mac
®
OS X.
See “Exceptions to this Document for Mac OS Users”.