Asus P7F-C 4L User Guide - Page 6

Driver installation, Appendix, Reference information - p7f x 4l

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Contents 5.3.1 Integrated Mirroring 5-15 5.3.2 Integrated Mirroring Enhanced 5-19 5.3.3 Integrated Striping (IS) volume 5-22 5.3.4 Managing Arrays 5-25 5.3.5 Viewing SAS topology 5-30 5.3.6 Global Properties 5-31 5.4 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (P7F-C/4L model only 5-34 5.4.1 Creating a RAID set 5-35 5.4.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration 5-41 5.4.3 Initializing the virtual drives 5-42 5.4.4 Rebuilding failed drives 5-46 5.4.5 Checking the drives for data consistency 5-48 5.4.6 Deleting a RAID configuration 5-51 5.4.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 5-52 5.4.8 Enabling WriteCache 5-53 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-6 6.2 Intel® chipset device installation 6-19 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-21 6.4 VGA driver installation 6-23 6.4.1 Windows® Server 2003 6-23 6.5 Management applications and utilities installation 6-25 6.5.1 Running the support DVD 6-25 6.5.2 Drivers menu 6-25 6.5.3 Utilities menu 6-26 6.5.4 Make disk menu 6-26 6.5.5 Contact information 6-26 Appendix: Reference information A.1 P7F-C/SAS Series block diagram A-3 A.2 P7F-C/4L Series block diagram A-4 vi

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Contents
5.3.1
Integrated Mirroring
.......................................................
5-15
5.3.2
Integrated Mirroring Enhanced
.....................................
5-19
5.3.3
Integrated Striping (IS) volume
.....................................
5-22
5.3.4
Managing Arrays
...........................................................
5-25
5.3.5
Viewing SAS topology
...................................................
5-30
5.3.6
Global Properties
..........................................................
5-31
5.4
LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility
(P7F-C/4L model only)
...............................................................
5-34
5.4.1
Creating a RAID set
......................................................
5-35
5.4.2
Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
.......................
5-41
5.4.3
Initializing the virtual drives
...........................................
5-42
5.4.4
Rebuilding failed drives
.................................................
5-46
5.4.5
Checking the drives for data consistency
.....................
5-48
5.4.6
Deleting a RAID configuration
.......................................
5-51
5.4.7
Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
......................
5-52
5.4.8
Enabling WriteCache
....................................................
5-53
Chapter 6:
Driver installation
6.1
RAID driver installation
...............................................................
6-3
6.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk
............................................
6-3
6.1.2
Installing the RAID controller driver
................................
6-6
6.2
Intel
®
chipset device installation
..............................................
6-19
6.3
LAN driver installation
...............................................................
6-21
6.4
VGA driver installation
...............................................................
6-23
6.4.1
Windows
®
Server 2003
.................................................
6-23
6.5
Management applications and utilities installation
................
6-25
6.5.1
Running the support DVD
.............................................
6-25
6.5.2
Drivers menu
.................................................................
6-25
6.5.3
Utilities menu
................................................................
6-26
6.5.4
Make disk menu
............................................................
6-26
6.5.5
Contact information
.......................................................
6-26
Appendix:
Reference information
A.1
P7F-C/SAS Series block diagram
...............................................
A-3
A.2
P7F-C/4L Series block diagram
..................................................
A-4