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USER’S Guide October Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved Iii Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved Audience Package ContentsPreface Organization Fd1sp Conventions Used in This ManualNotation Example Meaning and Use 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 Improved I/O Chapter OverviewRAID Benefits Increased Reliability Product FeaturesBios Features Sata Ports Driver Features Manageability/Disk Console Chapter RAID Levels RAID RAID 0 Array RAID 10 Array RAID Levels Chapter Bios Configuration Utility Configuring Arrays Assigning RAID Levels Configuration StrategiesMaximizing Fault Tolerance Maximizing Logical Drive Performance Performing a Quick Configuration Selecting a Configuration Method Configuring Arrays and Logical DrivesStarting the Bios Configuration Utility Configuring Physical Arrays and Logical Drives Logical Drive Parameters and Descriptions Easy ConfigurationLogical Drive Parameters Parameter Description Configuration Menu Screen Logical Drive Configuration Screen New Configuration and View/Add Configuration Aarray number-drive number. For example, Onlin Initializing Logical Drives Rebuilding Failed Disks Logical Drive Submenu Checking Data Consistency Inserting a Previously Removed Drive from a RAID 1 Array Using a Pre-loaded System Drive Using a Pre-loaded System Drive Bios Configuration Utility Chapter Operating System Installation Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation Confirming the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation Updating the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Obtaining the Driver Image File DOS Driver InstallationLinux Driver Installation Preparing the Installation Disks for Linux Using a Windows Operating System Red Hat Linux Driver Installation on a New System Using a Linux Operating System SuSE Linux 9.0 Driver Installation on a New System SuSE 8.2 Driver Installation New Novell NetWare System Driver Installation Novell NetWare Driver InstallationSuSE SLES8 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 Chapter Hyper Configuration Utility General Description Installing HyperCFG Using HyperCFG HyperCFG Options and Attributes Options Description This option is used to configures arrays for RAID 0, 1, HyperCFG Options and Attributes HyperCFG Options and Attributes Options $Filename Configuration File RAID Information Logical Array Information Physical Drive Information Return Code Description Return Codes on Error ConditionReturn Codes on Error Conditions Return Codes on Error Condition Hyper Configuration Utility Chapter Spy Service Starting or Stopping Spy Service under Windows 2000, XP, or Control Panel Screen Installing Spy Service under Linux Installing and Running Spy Service under Novell NetWare Stop monitor media error Uninstalling Spy ServiceSpy Service Icon 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 System Information Embedded Sata Software RAID Problem Report FormEmbedded Sata Software RAID Configuration 4Troubleshooting Customer Feedback Reader’s Comments Good Average Fair Poor