6. GUI (GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE)
6. GUI (GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE)
GUI stands for Graphic User Interface, the GUI function offers user-friendly graphics in Windows operating systems for easy RAID array monitoring and storage management. After you install the TR-824 SATA RAID card and HDDs, create RAID arrays in BIOS configuration, execute ‘FDISK’ and ‘format’ command in DOS mode and install drivers for your operating system, you can take the following steps to install the GUI in Windows operating systems and execute GUI functions.
6.1 GUI Installation
You’d better set your screen display resolution rate as 800X600 or 1024X768 to avoid display abnormality during GUI setup.
1.After you power on your computer and bootup Windows, insert the CD into disk drive
2.Double-click on jre.exe under GUI directory to install Java 2 Runtime Environment. If you’re installing on a non-English OS, better choose Custom installation to specify program features. Always select the second option in the dropdown menu.
3.Double-click on Java SATARaid.exe under the GUI directory after the Java2 platform installation.
4.Follow on-screen instructions to complete installation.
Note: Do NOT install in the Start Up folder. Choose the Default folder (normally Accessories or Administrative Tools or something similar).