USER’S Guide, October | LSI D815-000319-00, ICH6R instruction

USER’S

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Embedded SATA Software RAID for ICH6R

October 2004

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LSI D815-000319-00, ICH6R manual USER’S Guide, October

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October USER’S Guide Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved Iii Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved Preface Package ContentsAudience Organization Notation Example Meaning and Use Conventions Used in This ManualFd1sp Preface Vii ViiiPreface RAID Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved Xii Xiii Xiv RAID Benefits Chapter OverviewImproved I/O Bios Features Product FeaturesIncreased Reliability Sata Ports Driver Features Manageability/Disk Console RAID Chapter RAID Levels RAID 0 Array RAID 10 Array RAID Levels Configuring Arrays Chapter Bios Configuration Utility Maximizing Fault Tolerance Configuration StrategiesAssigning RAID Levels Maximizing Logical Drive Performance Performing a Quick Configuration Starting the Bios Configuration Utility Configuring Arrays and Logical DrivesSelecting a Configuration Method Configuring Physical Arrays and Logical Drives Logical Drive Parameters Easy ConfigurationLogical Drive Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description Configuration Menu Screen New Configuration and View/Add Configuration Logical Drive Configuration Screen Aarray number-drive number. For example, Onlin Initializing Logical Drives Logical Drive Submenu Rebuilding Failed Disks Inserting a Previously Removed Drive from a RAID 1 Array Checking Data Consistency Using a Pre-loaded System Drive Using a Pre-loaded System Drive Bios Configuration Utility Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation Chapter Operating System Installation Updating the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Confirming the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation Linux Driver Installation DOS Driver InstallationObtaining the Driver Image File Using a Windows Operating System Preparing the Installation Disks for Linux Using a Linux Operating System Red Hat Linux Driver Installation on a New System SuSE Linux 9.0 Driver Installation on a New System SuSE 8.2 Driver Installation SuSE SLES8 Driver Installation Novell NetWare Driver InstallationNew Novell NetWare System Driver Installation Novell NetWare Driver Files Description Press Delete to remove the highlighted filename Existing Novell NetWare System Driver Installation Novell NetWare Driver Installation Operating System Installation General Description Chapter Hyper Configuration Utility Using HyperCFG Installing HyperCFG Options Description HyperCFG Options and Attributes This option is used to configures arrays for RAID 0, 1, HyperCFG Options and Attributes HyperCFG Options and Attributes $Filename Options RAID Information Configuration File Physical Drive Information Logical Array Information Return Codes on Error Conditions Return Codes on Error ConditionReturn Code Description Return Codes on Error Condition Hyper Configuration Utility Starting or Stopping Spy Service under Windows 2000, XP, or Chapter Spy Service Control Panel Screen Installing and Running Spy Service under Novell NetWare Installing Spy Service under Linux Spy Service Icon Uninstalling Spy ServiceStop monitor media error Erase error log Spy Service Icon Spy Service Problems and Suggested Solutions Chapter TroubleshootingProblems and Suggested Solutions Problem Suggested Solution Embedded Sata Software RAID Problem Report Form Embedded Sata Software RAID Configuration Embedded Sata Software RAID Problem Report FormSystem Information 4Troubleshooting Customer Feedback Good Average Fair Poor Reader’s Comments