TR-824 User’s Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................5
1.1
P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
......................................................................................................... 5
1.1.1 Specifications:....................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1.2 SATA Raid Features .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.2
RAID
E
XPLAINED
............................................................................................................. 6
1.2.1 Disk Striping (RAID 0).......................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.2 Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)....................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.3 Combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 (RAID 0+1) ................................................................................ 6
1.2.4 Data Striping with Striped Parity (RAID 5) .......................................................................................... 7
2.
HARDWARE SETUP......................................................................................8
2.1
B
OARD
L
AYOUT
................................................................................................................ 8
2.2
I
NSTALLING
TR-824 .......................................................................................................... 8
2.3
I
NSTALLING
H
ARD
D
RIVES
................................................................................................ 9
3. BIOS CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................10
3.1
B
ASIC
BIOS
SCREEN INFORMATION
................................................................................. 10
3.2
BIOS
F
UNCTION
.............................................................................................................. 10
3.2.1 Creating RAID Set............................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.2 Deleting RAID Set............................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.3 Rebuilding RAID1 set.......................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.4 Resolving Conflict ............................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.5 Low Level Format ................................................................................................................................11
3.2.6 Logical Drive Info................................................................................................................................11
4. BUILDING DRIVER DISKETTES ...............................................................12
5. INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS.........................................................13
5.1
W
INDOWS
S
ERVER
2003
I
NSTALLATION
..................................................................... 13
5.1.1 New Windows Server 2003 Installation .............................................................................................. 13
5.1.2 Existing Windows Server 2003 Installation ........................................................................................ 13
5.1.3 Confirming Windows Server 2003 Driver Installation ....................................................................... 13
5.2
W
INDOWS
XP
I
NSTALLATION
.......................................................................................... 13
5.1.1 New Windows XP Installation............................................................................................................. 13
5.1.2 Existing Windows XP Installation....................................................................................................... 14
5.1.3 Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation...................................................................................... 14
5.3
W
INDOWS
2000
I
NSTALLATION
....................................................................................... 14
5.2.1 New Windows 2000 Installation.......................................................................................................... 14
5.2.2 Existing Windows 2000....................................................................................................................... 14
5.2.3 Confirming Windows 2000 Driver Installation................................................................................... 14
5.3
W
INDOWS
ME
I
NSTALLATION
......................................................................................... 15
5.3.1 New Windows ME Installation............................................................................................................ 15
5.3.2 Existing Windows ME Installation...................................................................................................... 15
5.3.3 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows ME................................................................................. 15
5.4
W
INDOWS
NT4.0
I
NSTALLATION
..................................................................................... 15
5.4.1 New Windows NT4.0 Installation........................................................................................................ 15
5.4.2 Existing Windows NT4.0 Installation.................................................................................................. 16
5.4.3 Removing the Driver from Windows NT4.0 ........................................................................................ 16
5.5
W
INDOWS
98
I
NSTALLATION
........................................................................................... 16
5.5.1 New Windows 98 Installation.............................................................................................................. 16
5.5.2 Existing Windows 98 Installation........................................................................................................ 17
5.5.3 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98................................................................................... 17
