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

3.6.1Inserting 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

4.1.2Confirming 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

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