Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 51127 Lindy
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© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY -ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (June 2006) 4Port Raid5 S ATAI I-3Gb ps Multil ane PCI -X Car d User Manual English LINDY No.
- 2 - Important Messa ge: 1. Before controller card inst allation, we recommend to study the PDF file of SA T A Rai d5 ma nua l at en cl ose d CD fo lde r Rai d5 SA T A 2_ 4Po rt Si I31 24 Windows Gui first.
- 3 - 3G bps . It c ome s c omp let el y w ith d ri ve rs f or Win dow s 2 000 , W i nd ows XP , Windows 2003. RAI D, R edu nd ant Ar ray o f I nd epe nd en t D isk s, g re atl y e nh anc es tw o m ai n are as of data storage: performance and data integrity .
- 4 - This Users Manual Driver CD 2. What Is RAID RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAI D te chno lo gy m ana ge s m ul tip le di sk dr iv es to e nhan ce I/ O per fo rm ance a nd p r ov i d e re d u nd a n c y i n or d e r t o w it h s ta n d t h e f a i lu r e of a n y i n di v i d ua l member , without loss of data.
- 5 - illustrates how the parity is rota ted from disk to disk. Pa rit y R AID us e s l es s c ap aci t y for pr o te cti on a nd is th e p ref e rr ed met hod to reduce th e c os t pe r m ega byt e f or la rger in st allat ion s.
- 6 - 2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter . 3. Select RAID 1 then press Enter . 4. Select Auto configuration . Press Ente r . 5. Press Y to save your settings. 6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup. 7. Co n ti nue wi th con ve nti ona l F dis k a nd F or mat st ep s as if you ar e instal ling a conventional hard drive.
- 7 - 2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter . 3. Select JBOD (Single) then press Enter . 4. Select JBOD Drives . Press Ente r . 5. Select RAID size . Press Ente r . 6. Press Y to save your settings. 3.6. Creating S pa re Drive 1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility .
- 8 - rep lac eme nt di sk was pr evi ou sly p art of a RA ID set (o r u sed in an oth er sy ste m), it may h ave con fl ict in g m etad ata, s pec if ica ll y in ref er enc e t o th e driv e co nn ect ion i n f o rm a t io n .
- 9 - 3. Select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)' and Click 'Next'. 4. Ins er t t he Dr iv er CD i n your CD-ROM/DVD dr ive , chec k Spec ify a lo cat ion , un che ck th e o the r b ox es , cli ck Nex t, typ e i n E : (If your CD-ROM/DVD is E :).
- 10 - This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. O peration is subject to the following two c onditions: (1) thi s device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations.
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