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Contents
Overview 1-1
Kit Contents 1-2
Overview of the Installation Process 1-2
System Requirements and Compatibility 1-3
Drive Requirements 1-3
Hardware Requirements 1-3
Operating System Compatibility 1-4
Features Overview 1-4
Features Summary 1-6
Advanced Features 1-6
About the Documentation 1-9
Using the Installation CD 1-9
Booting from the CD With No Operating System 1-10
Using the CD Autorun in Windows 1-10
Browsing the CD 1-11
Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1-11
Software Tools Overview 1-12
Safety Information 1-13
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) 1-13
Installing the Controller and Drives
Installing the Controller and Drives 2-2
Determining the Boot Controller 2-3
Creating a Bootable RAID 5 Array 2-4
Using the ICP RAID Configuration Utility 2-4
Using the Installation CD 2-6