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C.1 What is the Aim of Quick-Setup ?.......................................................................................................... 55
C.2 What is the ICP Controller Firmware ? .................................................................................................... 55
C.2.1 The Different RAID Levels................................................................................................................ 57
C.2.2 Levels of Hierarchy Within the ICP Firmware ..................................................................................... 60
C.2.3 Using CD-ROMs, DATs, Tapes, etc.................................................................................................... 61
C.3 Example 1 - Installing a Single SCSI Hard Disk....................................................................................... 61
C.4 Example 2 - Installing a Mirroring Array - RAID 1.................................................................................... 63
C.5 Example 3 - Installing a RAID 5 Disk Array............................................................................................. 64
C.6 Trying to Answer The Initial Questions.................................................................................................... 66
C.6.1 How Many Hard Disks Should be Integrated Into the Disk Array ?....................................................... 66
C.6.2 Which Level of Redundancy is Needed ?........................................................................................... 67
C.6.3 Do we Need Hot Fix drives ? ........................................................................................................... 67
C.7 States of a RAIDYNE® Disk Array ......................................................................................................... 68
C.7.1 "Idle" State................................................................................................................................... 68
C.7.2 "Build" State................................................................................................................................. 68
C.7.3 "Ready" State................................................................................................................................ 68
C.7.4 "Fail" State................................................................................................................................... 68
C.7.5 "Rebuild" State.............................................................................................................................. 68
C.7.6 "Expand" State.............................................................................................................................. 68
C.7.7 "Error" State.................................................................................................................................. 68
C.8 Methods for the Replacement of a Disk Drive .......................................................................................... 70
D. Using Microsoft MS-DOS ............................................................................................................................. 73
D.1 Transparency of Host Drives.................................................................................................................. 73
D.2 Partitioning a Host Drive and Transferring MS-DOS................................................................................. 73
D.3 CONFIG.SYS and the Driver GDTX000.EXE .............................................................................................. 73
D.4 Expanded Memory Managers................................................................................................................ 74
D.5 Using a CDROM Drive under MS-DOS .................................................................................................... 75
D.5.1 Example: Using the ASW Software for the CDROM ............................................................................ 76
D.5.2 Example: Using corelSCSI for the CDROM......................................................................................... 76
D.6 The ICP ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE...................................................................................................... 77
D.6.1 Using ASW ASPIDISK.SYS .............................................................................................................. 78
D.6.2 Using corelSCSI............................................................................................................................. 78
D.7 Installing Windows 95......................................................................................................................... 79
D.7.1 The ICP Controller is the primary controller....................................................................................... 79
D.7.2 The ICP Controller is the secondary controller.................................................................................... 80
D.7.3 Update the ICP Windows 95 Driver.................................................................................................. 80
D.8 Installing Windows 98......................................................................................................................... 81