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NVRAID Quick Start Guide 

 

 

 

 

 

Initialize NVRAID Array Disks 

Now that the two-disk array has been created, it needs to be partitioned and 
formatted. 

1.

 

Click on

 Start

Î

Settings

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 Control Panel

 

2.

 

Double click on 

Administrative Tools

.  

3.

 

Double click on 

Computer Management

4.

 

Click on 

Disk Management.

 The following screen is displayed. 

 

 

Figure 12.  Disk Management 

 

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NVIDIA CONFIDENTIAL

 

11/19/04 

Содержание NVRAID -

Страница 1: ...Quick Start Guide NVRAID Quick Start Guide...

Страница 2: ...e the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS Run the Windows ForceWare Setup application and install the RAID software Configure the RAID 0 array using the NVRAIDMAN Initialize the...

Страница 3: ...setup The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window displays Figure 1 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Window 2 Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals and then press Enter The Integrated Peripherals win...

Страница 4: ...Figure 3 RAID Config Window 4 From the RAID Config window enable RAID 5 Enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks In this example you need to enable the SATA ports that are connected to your...

Страница 5: ...nstall the RAID software Launch nForce ForceWare by double clicking on Setup to display the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers window Figure 4 Figure 4 NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers Make sure that the NVID...

Страница 6: ...C has been rebooted 1 Click on Start Programs NVIDIA Corporation RAID Manager 2 Select RAID Manager to display the nvraid screen Figure 5 Figure 5 nvraid Configuration Screen 3 Click Create Array to d...

Страница 7: ...t Guide 4 Click on Next Figure 7 RAID Array Selection 5 Click on Mirroring and select Striping from the dropdown list as shown in Figure 8 Figure 8 RAID Array Selection DU 01628 001_v01 6 NVIDIA CONFI...

Страница 8: ...he following screen should be displayed Figure 9 Free Disk Selection 7 Select the drivers that you want to use for the two disk strip set by clicking to the left of the name of each drive as shown in...

Страница 9: ...Figure 11 Two Disk Striped Array You now have a two disk striped array with a total size of 153 38 GB However the array can not be used yet since you need to create a partition and format that partiti...

Страница 10: ...ted it needs to be partitioned and formatted 1 Click on Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click on Administrative Tools 3 Double click on Computer Management 4 Click on Disk Management The followi...

Страница 11: ...te a partition on it right click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition Figure 13 Creating a New Partition 6 Follow the Wizard for setting up and formatting the partition Once that is d...

Страница 12: ...ghts of third parties that may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of NVIDIA Corporation Specifications mentioned in this publicatio...

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