# Introducing the ServeRAID Manager

You might want to review the following information before using the ServeRAID Manager:

- Using the ServeRAID Manager interface
- Configuring a ServeRAID controller: basic steps
- Configuring an enclosure: basic steps
- What's new in the ServeRAID Manager
- IBM ServeRAID publications
- Finding information on the World Wide Web

You can use the ServeRAID Manager to configure, administer, and monitor ServeRAID controllers and network-attached storage enclosures that are installed locally or remotely in your servers.

The first time you start the ServeRAID Manager, it displays only your local system. The local system is displayed in the Enterprise view "tree"; information about the system is displayed in the right pane, in the Physical and Logical device views.

Whenever you start the ServeRAID Manager after the first time, it displays an unknown system icon for any remote systems that you added. When the ServeRAID Manager connects with the remote systems, it updates the status in the tree.

For additional information, see the IBM ServeRAID publications on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD.

## More information

- Using the ServeRAID Manager in bootable-CD mode
- Working with systems in the ServeRAID Manager
- Monitoring systems over the network
- ServeRAID software features
- ServeRAID Manager concepts

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