R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d d r i v e r i n s t a l l a t i o n
R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d d r i v e r i n s t a l l a t i o n
R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d d r i v e r i n s t a l l a t i o n
R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d d r i v e r i n s t a l l a t i o n
R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d d r i v e r i n s t a l l a t i o n
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Contents
1.
RAID configurations .................................................................... 4
1.1 RAID definitions ............................................................... 4
1.2 Installing hard disk drives ................................................ 5
1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ......................................... 5
1.4 RAID configuration utilities .............................................. 5
1.5 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ................................. 6
1.5.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (Striped) ........................... 7
1.5.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirrored) ....................... 12
1.5.3 Creating a bootable RAID set ............................ 15
1.5.4 Deleting a RAID 0 set ........................................ 17
1.5.5 Deleting a RAID 1 set ........................................ 19
1.5.6 Rebuilding a RAID set ......................................... 21
1.6 FastBuild™ Utility ........................................................... 23
1.6.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (Performance) ................ 24
1.6.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (Security) ....................... 26
1.6.3 Creating a RAID 0+1 set (Security and Performance) 32
1.6.4 Manually creating a RAID set ............................. 34
1.6.5 Deleting a RAID set ............................................ 37
1.6.6 Rebuilding a RAID 1 set ..................................... 39
2.
RAID driver installation .............................................................. 41
2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk ............................................ 41
2.1.1 Windows
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2000/2003 Server ........................... 41
2.1.2 Red Hat
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Linux 9.0 ............................................ 42
2.2 Installing the Intel
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6300ESB RAID controller driver .. 43
2.2.1 Windows
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2000/2003 Server OS ..................... 43
2.2.2 Red Hat
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Linux 9.0 ............................................ 47
2.3 Installing the Promise
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PDC20319 RAID controller driver .. 50
2.3.1 Windows
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2000 Server ...................................... 50
2.3.2 Windows
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2003 Server ...................................... 54
2.3.3 Red Hat
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Linux 9.0 ............................................ 59
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LAN driver installation .............................................................. 60
3.1 Windows
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2000 Server ................................................. 60
3.2 Windows
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2003 Server ................................................. 62
3.3 Red Hat
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Linux 9.0 ........................................................ 64
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VGA driver installation .............................................................. 65
4.1 Windows
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2000/2003 Server ....................................... 65
4.2 Red Hat
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Linux 9.0 ........................................................ 65