TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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1. INTRODUCTION | 5 |
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW | 5 |
1.1.1 Specifications: | 5 |
1.1.2 SATA Raid Features | 5 |
1.2 RAID EXPLAINED | 6 |
1.2.1 Disk Striping (RAID 0) | 6 |
1.2.2 Disk Mirroring (RAID 1) | 6 |
1.2.3 Combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 (RAID 0+1) | 6 |
1.2.4 Data Striping with Striped Parity (RAID 5) | 7 |
2. HARDWARE SETUP | 8 |
2.1 BOARD LAYOUT | 8 |
2.2 INSTALLING | 8 |
2.3 INSTALLING HARD DRIVES | 9 |
3. BIOS CONFIGURATION | 10 |
3.1 BASIC BIOS SCREEN INFORMATION | 10 |
3.2 BIOS FUNCTION | 10 |
3.2.1 Creating RAID Set | 10 |
3.2.2 Deleting RAID Set | 10 |
3.3.3 Rebuilding RAID1 set | 10 |
3.3.4 Resolving Conflict | 10 |
3.2.5 Low Level Format | 11 |
3.2.6 Logical Drive Info | 11 |
4. BUILDING DRIVER DISKETTES | 12 |
5. INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS | 13 |
5.1 WINDOWS SERVER 2003 INSTALLATION | 13 |
5.1.1 New Windows Server 2003 Installation | 13 |
5.1.2 Existing Windows Server 2003 Installation | 13 |
5.1.3 Confirming Windows Server 2003 Driver Installation | 13 |
5.2 WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION | 13 |
5.1.1 New Windows XP Installation | 13 |
5.1.2 Existing Windows XP Installation | 14 |
5.1.3 Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation | 14 |
5.3 WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION | 14 |
5.2.1 New Windows 2000 Installation | 14 |
5.2.2 Existing Windows 2000 | 14 |
5.2.3 Confirming Windows 2000 Driver Installation | 14 |
5.3 WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION | 15 |
5.3.1 New Windows ME Installation | 15 |
5.3.2 Existing Windows ME Installation | 15 |
5.3.3 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows ME | 15 |
5.4 WINDOWS NT4.0 INSTALLATION | 15 |
5.4.1 New Windows NT4.0 Installation | 15 |
5.4.2 Existing Windows NT4.0 Installation | 16 |
5.4.3 Removing the Driver from Windows NT4.0 | 16 |
5.5 WINDOWS 98 INSTALLATION | 16 |
5.5.1 New Windows 98 Installation | 16 |
5.5.2 Existing Windows 98 Installation | 17 |
5.5.3 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98 | 17 |
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