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Contents
Chapter 6: RAID Configuration
6.1
Setting up RAID
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6-2
6.1.1
RAID definitions
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6-2
6.1.2
Installing hard disk drives
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6-3
6.1.3
Setting the RAID mode in BIOS
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6-3
6.1.4
RAID configuration utilities
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6-3
6.2
Intel
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Rapid Storage Technology enterprise
SATA Option ROM Utility
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6-4
6.2.1
Creating a RAID set
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6-5
6.2.2
Deleting a RAID set
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6-7
6.2.3
Resetting disks to Non-RAID
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6-8
6.2.4
Exiting the Intel
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Rapid Storage Technology enterprise
SATA Option ROM utility
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6-9
6.2.5
Rebuilding the RAID
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6-9
6.2.6
Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility
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6-11
6.3
Intel
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Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)
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6-12
6.3.1
Creating a RAID set
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6-13
6.3.2
Changing a Volume Type
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6-15
6.3.3
Deleting a volume
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6-16
6.3.4
Preferences
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6-17
Chapter 7: Driver Installation
7.1
RAID driver installation
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7-2
7.1.1
Creating a USB flash drive with RAID drive
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7-2
7.1.2
Installing the RAID controller driver
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7-2
7.2
Management applications and utilities installation
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7-5
7.3
Running the Support DVD
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7-5
7.4
Installing the system drivers
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7-6
Appendix
P11C-M/4L block diagram
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A-2
Notices
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A-3
ASUS contact information
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