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- Page 1 RAID User Guide Edition V1.0 P/N: 91-187C51GME0-00 Trademarks All brand or product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trade- marks of their respective holders.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents NVIDIA RAID ..................1 RAID Arrays ....................... 1 Install Hard Disks ....................3 Basic Configuration Instructions ................3 Setting Up the BIOS ....................4 Entering the RAID BIOS Setup ................5 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation ................9 Initializing and Using the Disk Array ..............12 Using The NVRAIDMAN Utility ................ -
Page 3: Nvidia Raid
NVIDIA RAID RAID Arrays This section describes the following types of RAID arrays that NVIDIA RAID supports: • RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for many applications. • RAID 1 RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data. - Page 4 NVIDIA RAID offers the following additional features: • Free Disk and Dedicated Spare Disk A Free Disk or Dedicated Disk can be automatically used in case one drive of a fault- tolerant array fails. NVIDIA RAID defines a fault-tolerant array as either RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 or RAID5 .
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Page 5: Install Hard Disks
Install Hard Disks Install SATA hard disks: STEP 1: Install one SATA hard disk into one drive bay. STEP 2: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s one of SATA connectors. STEP 3: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk. STEP 4: Connect the power cable to the SATA hard disk. -
Page 6: Setting Up The Bios
Setting Up the BIOS 1. Start up the computer, then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup. Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals, then press Enter. 2. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config/ RAID Configuration , then press Enter. -
Page 7: Entering The Raid Bios Setup
Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading OS. 2. Press <N>, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- Define a New Array window will appear. The default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and the default Striping Block is set to Optimal. - Page 8 In the example above, 1.0.M means the hard drive is attached to Adapter 1, Channel 0, and the drive is set to Master. The following is a list of all possible combinations: Serial ATA 1.0.M Adapter 1, Channel 0, Master 1.1.M Adapter 1, Channel 1, Master (optional)
- Page 9 • Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array. To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array: 1.
- Page 10 2. Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID array, otherwise press N. You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as RAID drives. The Array List window appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up.
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Page 11: Nvidia Raid Utility Installation
NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) This section describes how to setup the application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID driver. 1. - Page 12 Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array) 1. After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the Windows CD, and the Windows Setup program starts. 2. Press F6 and wait for the Windows Setup screen to appear. 3. Specify the NVIDIA drivers: (1) Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter.
- Page 13 4. Press Enter to continue with operating system Installation. Be sure to copy the files from the floppy is complete, then take out the floppy. 5. Follow the instructions on how to install operating system. During the GUI portion of the installation you might be prompted to click Yes to install the RAID driver. Click Yes as many times as needed in order to finish the installation.
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Page 14: Initializing And Using The Disk Array
Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows. → → 1. Launch Computer Management by clicking “Start” “Settings” “Control Panel” then open the “Administrative Tools” folder and double click on “Computer Management”. -
Page 15: Using The Nvraidman Utility
Using The NVRAIDMAN Utility About the NVIDIA RAID Management Utility The NVIDIA RAID software ships with an application called NVRAIDMAN. This chapter describes the NVRAIDMAN tasks in the following sections: • Viewing RAID Array Configurations View an array configuration (mirrored, striped, mirrored-striped, RAID5 •... - Page 16 Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk (optional) You can designate a hard drive to be used as a spare drive for a RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 0+1 array. The spare drive can take over for a failed disk. NVIDIA RAID supports two types of spare drives: •...
- Page 17 (optional) Assigning a Free Disk To mark a disk as free, or not a part of any array, 1. Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as free is RAID enabled. 2.
- Page 18 Step 2: Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN, dedicate a free disk to an array by doing the following: 1. Right click one of the available free disks under the Free Disk section. 2. Select Designate Spare from the menu to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard. 3.
- Page 19 Rebuilding a RAID Array Rebuilding is the process of recovering data from one hard drive to another. All data is copied from one hard drive to another and then the data is synchronized between the two hard drives. This applies only to RAID 1, RAID5 and RAID 0+1 arrays. Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array, you can rebuild the array using the following steps: 1.
- Page 20 More About Rebuilding Arrays (optional) • Rebuilding Occurs in the Background The rebuilding process takes some time to complete, and occurs in the back- ground so as not to affect the performance of the system. • Rebuilding Applies Only to RAID 1,RAID 5 or RAID 0+1 Arrays Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 0+1.
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Page 21: Win2K Limitation With Bootable Raid
Win2K Limitation with Bootable RAID In Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or previous versions), the end user cannot install this operating system to a bootable RAID volume. There are two solutions to resolve this issue. I) Use the NVRAID Tool to convert the boot volume to a RAID array. Here are the detailed step by step instructions: 1. - Page 22 15. You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to the bootable RAID array. Click Finish. At this point, NVRAID starts converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in a bootable format. Note: Conversion may take 1-2 hours depending on disk size. II) The user must create a combination installation CD that includes Windows 2000 and SP3 or SP4 fixes integrated in.
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