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1.1 RAID Benefits 1-1
1.1.1 Improved I/O 1-1
1.1.2 Increased Reliability 1-2
1.2 Product Features 1-2
1.2.1 SATA Ports 1-2
1.2.2 BIOS Features 1-2
1.2.3 Driver Features 1-3
1.2.4 Manageability/Disk Console 1-4
2.1 RAID 0 2-1
2.2 RAID 1 2-2
2.3 RAID 10 2-3
3.1 Configuring Arrays 3-1
3.2 Configuration Strategies 3-2
3.3 Assigning RAID Levels 3-2
3.4 Performing a Quick Configuration 3-3
3.5 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-4
3.5.1 Starting the BIOS Configuration Utility 3-4
3.5.2 Selecting a Configuration Method 3-4
3.5.3 Configuring Physical Arrays and Logical Drives 3-4
Physical Drive Parameters 3-4
Logical Drive Parameters 3-5
Easy Configuration 3-5
New Configuration and View/Add Configuration 3-7
3.5.4 Initializing Logical Drives 3-9
3.6 Rebuilding Failed Disks 3-10
3.6.1 Inserting a Previously Removed Drive from a RAID 1 Array3-11
3.7 Checking Data Consistency 3-11
3.8 Using a Pre-loaded System Drive 3-12
4.1 Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation 4-1
4.1.1 Updating the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver 4-2
4.1.2 Confirming the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation4-2
4.2 DOS Driver Installation 4-3
4.3 Linux Driver Installation 4-3
4.3.1 Obtaining the Driver Image File 4-3
4.3.2 Preparing the Installation Disk(s) for Linux 4-4
Using a Windows Operating System 4-4
Using a Linux Operating System 4-5
4.3.3 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation on a New System 4-5