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RAID Drives Management

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MS-9655 Server Board RAID Drives Management There is an application called NVRAIDMAN which helps you perform the following tasks of nVDIA RAID. • Viewing RAID Array Configurations View an array configuration (mirrored or striped) • Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk • View free and/or dedicated free disks • Designate a free disk to a particular array • Creating RAID Arrays • Deleting a RAID Array • Morphing From One RAID Array to Another • Hot Plug Array • Initializing a RAID Array • Erase the data on the array by writing all zeros to the sectors of each hard disk. • Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array • Rebuild a broken mirrored array • W atch the progress of rebuilding an array • Only applies to RAID 1 arrays • Synchronizing a RAID Array • Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 arrays (copy the data to the redundant disk-the same operation as rebuilding) Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from W indows, launch the NVRAID Management utility by double-clicking NvRaidMan.exe (the default location of NvRaidMan.exe is in \\nVidia\System\MCP55\IDE\W in2k or XP\raidtool\ of the setup CD accompanied with your mainboard). The RAID configuration information appears in the right-side pane, as shown below. Important The setup screens are for demonstration only and may vary from what is shown in your system. A-12

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MS-9655 Server Board
There is an application called NVRAIDMAN which helps you perform the following
tasks of nVDIA RAID.
•
Viewing RAID Array Configurations
View an array configuration (mirrored or striped)
•
Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk
•
View free and/or dedicated free disks
•
Designate a free disk to a particular array
•
Creating RAID Arrays
•
Deleting a RAID Array
•
Morphing From One RAID Array to Another
•
Hot Plug Array
•
Initializing a RAID Array
•
Erase the data on the array by writing all zeros to the sectors of each hard
disk.
•
Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array
•
Rebuild a broken mirrored array
•
Watch the progress of rebuilding an array
•
Only applies to RAID 1 arrays
•
Synchronizing a RAID Array
•
Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 arrays (copy the data to the
redundant disk
—
the same operation as rebuilding)
Viewing RAID Array Configurations
To view your RAID configuration from Windows, launch the NVRAID Management
utility by double-clicking NvRaidMan.exe (the default location of NvRaidMan.exe is in
\\nVidia\System\MCP55\IDE\Win2k or XP\raidtool\ of the setup CD accompanied with
your mainboard).
The RAID configuration information appears in the right-side pane, as shown below.
RAID Drives Management
Important
The setup screens are for demonstration only and may vary from what is shown
in your system.