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displays information about your system’s RAID configuration as viewed by the
Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition application. The ability to create, view,
and delete RAID volumes is provided.
Device Information
- This property page, available for all matching system
configurations, displays information generated and passed-down from the Intel
Application Accelerator RAID Edition component. Various parameters are seen
giving information about the computer’s Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive(s), transfer
rate, and controller versions.
Report
- This property page, available for all matching system criteria, displays a
report for support purposes about information relevant to the SATA controller, the
SATA channel, and the SATA hard drive(s). This report also has the ability to be
printed, saved as a text file, and viewed in an external viewer.
Support
- This property page, available for all matching system criteria, displays
support information, such as support websites and various string text for information,
as well as any other information relevant to support of the product.
* Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others.
Component Overview: Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition Driver
The Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition Driver component is a Windows*
Hardware Quality Labs <http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/default.asp> (WHQL*)
certified component designed specifically with the intention to increase the disk to
system subsystem speed.
The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition has the ability to query the RAID
component via an IOCTL interface and to obtain detailed Ultra ATA Controller and
device information, which is displayed in the RAID and Device Information Property
Pages, which can be saved to a file and displayed in the Report Property Page.
In addition, a refresh function can be used to refresh the RAID and Device
Information Property Pages when devices are swapped in the system. The refresh
function can be activated by pressing the “F5” function key or by clicking on the
“View” menu, and then selecting “Refresh F5”.
* Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others.
Component Overview: Displaying Controller and Device Information
When opened, the Devices window in the Device Information property page contains
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entries for the Intel® Ultra ATA controller and all connected ATA devices.
Selecting a particular controller or device in the Devices window causes the
application to display the corresponding configuration parameters in the Device
Information window. Parameters shown with blue bullet icons are read-only;
parameters shown with a wrench icon are read-write. The various parameters are
described below:
Controller Parameters:
Name
Description
Storage Kit Installed
Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition product version
Driver
Version
Device
driver
version
SATA Mode Support
SATA modes supported by controller
Device Parameters:
Name
Description
Firmware
Device firmware revision
Serial
#
Device
serial
number
Disk Size (1)
Total size of disk
Current SATA Transfer Mode Device's current, configured transfer mode
(1) This parameter only appears on devices that meet the ATA specification.
RAID Component Overview: Displaying Controller and Device Information
When opened, the Devices window in the RAID property page contains entries for the
Intel® Ultra ATA controller and all connected ATA devices. Selecting a particular
controller or device in the Devices window causes the application to display the
corresponding configuration parameters in the Device Information window.
Parameters shown with blue bullet icons are read-only; parameters shown with a
wrench icon are read-write.
The various parameters are described below:
Physical Disk Parameters:
Name
Description
Usage How
the
RAID
subsystem is using the selected disk
Non-RAID disk
Disk that has no RAID meta-data on it, and is visible and available for
use by the operating system.
Array member
Disk has been grouped with other disks to form a disk array containing a
RAID volume. The RAID volume may be exported to the operating
