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Verifying Your Installation
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server
1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Double click System.
3. Click the Hardware tab and choose Device Manager.
4. If the card does not appear with a red x or yellow exclamation point (!) next to it,
Windows has not detected a problem with the installation and the card should
function normally.
Glossary
array
Two or more disk drives working in tandem as a single device. Sometimes used as a
synonym for RAID (see below).
BIOS
Abbreviation for Basic Input/Output System. The BIOS is the device that manages the
devices that are installed in the computer and can be used to control the computer’s
configuration, including startup options and any integrated peripherals.
logical drive
When a RAID is created, it collects information about the drives actually connected to the
controller and reports them as a single drive to the computer: the result of this process is
the logical drive. The size of the logical drive compared to the total capacity of the disks
actually installed (the “physical” drives) may vary considerably based on the RAID level
implemented for the solution. Note that this is not the same as a “logical drive” in the
sense of an operating system (software-based) partitioning of a hard drive, since this
translation is handled on a hardware level and is transparent to the end user. Since a
RAID appears to the computer and the operating system as a single drive, it can be
formatted and partitioned as though it were a single disk.
metadata
Literally interpreted to mean “data about data.” Since RAID configurations present the
hard disks contained within them (array) to the computer as a single drive, the records of
how the array is bound together between the drives (where the data is stored, the order
of the drives in the array, and the information needed to rebuild a failed drive) are all
considered metadata.
mirroring; mirrored set [of disks]
A process where one drive automatically keeps an exact copy of another disk (RAID 1).
physical drive
A drive that is physically installed in the computer and connected to the RAID controller.
RAID
Abbreviation for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. This technology allows users to
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