Gigabyte GA-7N400 manuel d'utilisation

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    U SE R ’ S M A NU A L SA T A R A I D F un c t i on ( O n l y F o r C h i p s e t S il 3 1 12 /Sil 3512 U s ed ) 12 M E - S I 3 1 12 - 003[...]

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    C op y r i gh t C op y r i gh t b y G I G A - B Y T E T E CHN O L OG Y C O ., L T D . ( “ G B T ” ) N o pa r t o f t h i s m anua l m a y be r ep r odu c ed o r t r an s m i t t ed i n an y f r o m w i t hou t t he e x p r e ss ed , w r i t t en pe r m i ss i on o f G B T . T r a d e m a r ks T h i r d - pa r t y b r and s and na m e s a r e t [...]

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    1. OVE R VIEW 1 Product Overview 1 RAID Explained 1 2 . INS T ALLING DRIVERS AND SOFT W ARE 3 Windows XP/2000 Operating System 3 Windows NT Operating System 3 Windows 98/Me Operating System 4 3 . CRE A TING/DELETING RAID SETS 5 Creating RAID Se t s 5 Deleting RAID Se t s 6 4 . CRE A TING/NAMING P ARTITIONS 7 Windows XP/2000 Operating System 8 Windo[...]

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    1. O VER VIEW Product Overview Silicon Image’s SA T ARaid TM provides Serial A T A Software RAID including S triping and Mirroring to enhance the industry’s first proven PCI-to-SA T A host controller product. T wo major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by i[...]

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    RAID Explained RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide redundncy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member , without loss of data. SA T ARaid provides two RAID Set types, S triped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1). Disk Striping (RAID 0) S triping [...]

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    3 2. INSTALLING DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE Be f ore you i n stall the drivers, pl e a se pr e pare a n empty floppy di s k. Then copy the ser i al A T A controller drivers f il e s from the driver CD-title into the floppy di s k. Pl e a se f ind the ser i al A T A controller drivers f iles under the driver CD-title : (we a ssume that your CD-ROM drive is[...]

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    4 W indows NT Operating Syst e m I n sert the floppy in the floppy di s k drive a nd click Have Di s k. The next window is a s king f or the location of the drive r . Most floppy di s k driv e s are configured a s [A: ] . T o verif y , click on Brows e . The next window veri f i e s that the a ppropr i ate f ile is located on [A: ] . Sel e ct the f[...]

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    3. CREA TING/DELETING RAID SETS Creating and deleting RAID set s is a function found in the BIOS. During bootup, the following message will appear , pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do: Press <CRTL-S> or F4 to enter RAID utility An easy-to-use screen will appear with the following choices in the top left: Create R[...]

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    Deleting RAID Set s 1. T o remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.” 2. Select desired set and press Y when asked “Are Y ou Sure?” Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created, the metadat a written to the disk includes drive connection information (Primary Chanel, Secondary Channel). If, after a disk failure, the replacement[...]

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    The creating and naming of partitions is something done within the Windows operating system. And while Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT both use the Disk Management window , there are enough nuances that make it important to follow the procedure specifically for the appropriate operating system. The procedure for Windows 98/Me is significantly differ[...]

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    Windows XP/2000 Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID set s must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility . Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Management window located at: Control Panel  Administrative T ools  Computer Management  S torage  Disk Management Some[...]

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    This window has three main sections: SECTION 1: System listing of all formatted and available disks/RAID Sets. SECTION 2: Report of physical connection of disks/RAID Sets. SECTION 3: Report of partition st atus, disk letter , and volume name. Initial Window In SECTION 2 , every disk should report as: Basic Disk Size (the actual available disk space[...]

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    5. The fifth window allows the user to label the volume name, and choose the type of format- ting to take place upon the creation of the p artition. Choose which ever drive letter is desired (the lowest possible value is automatically entered), name the volume whatever is desired (suggestions being something generic such as STRIPED SET or something[...]

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    Windows NT Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID set s must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility . Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Administrator window . The Disk Administrator window is located at: S tart  Programs  Disk Administrator (Common) Something simila[...]

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    However , this Write Signature window may appear first: If so, answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found. Afterwards, something similar to the following should appear: Button 2 Button 1 Section 1 Section 2 SATA RAID Function 12[...]

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    Button 1 opens the Disk Administrator V olumes window which list s the recognizable V olumes, their capacity , free sp ace, type of format, etc. Button 2 opens the Disk Configuration window (shown above), detailing all disks (or RAID Set s), parti- tions, and allows he suer to format and name each partition and volume. Section 1 reports the size of[...]

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    Something similar to the following window should appear: 14. While Capacity can not be changed, make sure that File System has NTFS selected, don’t change Default Allocation Size , and since it is the S triped Set that is being formatted, enter Striped Set for V olume Label . Make sure that Quick Format is selected as the Format Option . 15. Repe[...]

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    Windows 98/Me Operating System Windows 9x does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window . Instead, af ter creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, start fdisk by: 1. Click on the ST ART button 2. Select Run... 3. T ype fdisk 4. Click OK The following window will probably appear: Press Enter for yes. SATA RA[...]

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    The FDISK Options window will appear: The Current Fixed Drive will be the System Drive (normally C:). In order to create partitions, the fixed drive needs to be changed. Select 5 and press Enter . Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter . SATA RAID Function 16[...]

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    With the Current fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned, Select 1 and press Enter . The following window will appear: Select 2 to create an extended partition and press Enter . SATA RAID Function 17[...]

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    The following window will appear: Once the percentage counter reaches 100%, the following window will appear: This window explains how much space will be available in the p artition. Press Enter . SATA RAID Function 18[...]

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    This window shows that the partition has been created. Press Esc . FDISK is now creating a logical drive. Once the percentage counter reaches 100% the following window appears: SATA RAID Function 19[...]

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    Once again, this window reports size. Press Enter and the following window appears: This window now shows the drive and its drive letter and size. Press Esc . SATA RAID Function 20[...]

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    If another drive (RAID set) needs to be partitioned, repeat the process, starting by changing the fixed disk drive (Press 5 ). If done, press Esc . The following window will appear: This window is a reminder to REST ART the computer . SATA RAID Function 21[...]

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    After rest arting the computer , and booting Windows 9x, double-click on the My Computer icon. Right-click on each new drive and select Format . Only a FULL format will be accepted at this point. Select Full Format, enter the Label Name for the drive or RAID set (if desired) and click OK . Once the drive has been formatted, repeat for each new driv[...]

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    Overview The SA T ARaid GUI of fers the user the ability to easily monitor your RAID Set. T o launch the GUI, simply double-click on the icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the Desktop. If the icon does not appear in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop, find where the appli- cation was saved and launch from there. Upon launching[...]

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    Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that com- ponent, such as the chip. Selecting a specific channel, either Primary or Secondary , the following information is reported: * For PCI-3112 or 3512 * * SATA RAID Function 24[...]

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    Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information to that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information. * For PCI-3112 or 3512 * SATA RAID Function 25[...]

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    Selecting Sets list s the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO V ersion: By selecting a specific RAID set, such as Set 0, the type of RAID set, the number of members and capacity is reported. * For PCI-3112 or 3512 * * SATA RAID Function 26[...]

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    The Members tab of this window report s the device identification (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the S tate of each device. Besides reporting information, the Members tab of a Mirrored set allows the user to remove a specific drive from that set, as well as add a designated S pare drive to a Mirrored set that has experienced a[...]

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    SMART and Configuration information, as well as Data Identification is again provided for each Set. * * * For PCI-3112 or 3512 SATA RAID Function 28[...]

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    SA T ARaid Configuration Menu By clicking on the toolbox icon in the top left of the SA T ARaid GUI window , or right-clicking on the con- ductor icon in the bottom right of the computer screen (with other start-up icons), the user may configure SA T ARaid including customizing the settings for SMTP , E-mail, Notification, Event Level, Log File, Au[...]

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    Notification When different types of event s occur , SA T ARaid may be configured to send notices to assigned individual e-mail addresses. Using the Notification tab, all e-mail addresses desired to receive the notices may be entered. Event Level There are different types of e-mail notifications that may be sent which are set with the Event Level t[...]

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    Log File The log file is used to store event information received from all the Silicon Image RAID driv- ers. The log file is a text file and can be viewed with Notepad or SA T ARaid. Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well. Audio The user may set different audio alert s for the different leve[...]

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    Popup The popup window is a visual notification that an event occurred. The popup window can be dis- abled or set to popup for only certain event levels. The dif ferent levels are: Disabled - No popup will occur . Informational - The popup window will be displayed for the following events: - Informational - W arnings - Errors W arning - The popup w[...]