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RAID User’s Manual
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................1
KEYS FEATURES AND BENEFITS .............................................................................2
Getting Started… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..… ..4
INSTALLING THE HARD DRIVES ...............................................................................4
CHECKING CMOS SETTINGS..................................................................................6
CREATING A DISK ARRAY .......................................................................................7
USING THE FASTBUILD™ CONFIGURATION UTILITY..................................... 11
VIEWING THE BIOS SCREEN ............................................................................... 11
NAVIGATING THE FASTBUILD ™ MENU ................................................................. 12
CREATING ARRAYS AUTOMATICALLY .................................................................... 13
VIEWING DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS............................................................................. 14
VIEWING AN ARRAY .............................................................................................. 15
DELETING AN ARRAY ........................................................................................... 17
REBUILDING A MIRRORED ARRAY ....................................................................... 19
VIEWING CONTROLLER SETTINGS ........................................................................ 22
INSTALLING DRIVERS.......................................................................................... 23
WINDOWS 2000 .................................................................................................. 23
Windows 95/98… … … … … … … … …
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WINDOWS NT 4.0................................................................................................ 28
USING THE FASTCHECK™ MONITORING UTILITY.......................................... 30
INSTALLING FASTCHECK....................................................................................... 30
RUNNING FASTCHECK ......................................................................................... 31
CLOSING FASTCHECK .......................................................................................... 31
USING THE FASTCHECK ARRAY WINDOW ........................................................... 32
SYNCHRONIZING AN ARRAY ................................................................................ 35
REBUILDING AN ARRAY ....................................................................................... 37
USING CONTROLLER WINDOW ............................................................................ 40
USING OPTIONS WINDOW .................................................................................... 40
UNDERSTANDING DISK ARRAY CONCEPTS ................................................... 48
ABOUT THE BIOS ................................................................................................. 48
FASTBUILD ™ AUTO MENU SETUP......................................................................... 48
RESERVED SECTOR ............................................................................................. 48
DISK ARRAY TERMS ............................................................................................. 49
ABOUT RAID L EVELS ........................................................................................... 50
TROUBLESHOOTING & TIPS.............................................................................. 53
DRIVE-RELATED ERRORS .................................................................................... 53
OPERATING SYSTEM-RELATED ERRORS.............................................................. 57
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.................................................................... 59
PRE-INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 59
DRIVE ISSUES....................................................................................................... 60
INSTALLATION ISSUES ........................................................................................... 60