Gigabyte Technology GA-7N400 - Manuals

RAID Explained RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide redundncy inorder to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of data. SATARaid provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrore...

3 2 . I N S T A L L I N G D R I V E R S A N D S O F T W A R E Before you install the drivers, please prepare an empty floppy disk. Then copy the serial ATA controllerdrivers files from the driver CD-title into the floppy disk. Please find the serial ATA controller drivers files under the driver CD-t...

3 . C R E A T I N G / D E L E T I N G R A I D S E T S Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During bootup, the following messagewill appear, pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do: Press <CRTL-S> or F4 to enter RAID utility An easy-to-use sc...

Deleting RAID Sets 1. To remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.” 2. Select desired set and press Y when asked “Are You Sure?” Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information(Primary Chanel, Secondary Channel). If, ...

The creating and naming of partitions is something done within the Windows operating system. Andwhile Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT both use the Disk Management window, there are enoughnuances that make it important to follow the procedure specifically for the appropriate operating system.The proce...

Windows XP/2000 Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility.Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Management window located at: Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management...

This window has three main sections: SECTION 1: System listing of all formatted and available disks/RAID Sets. SECTION 2: Report of physical connection of disks/RAID Sets. SECTION 3: Report of partition status, disk letter, and volume name. Initial Window In SECTION 2 , every disk should report as: ...

5. The fifth window allows the user to label the volume name, and choose the type of format- ting to take place upon the creation of the partition. Choose which ever drive letter isdesired (the lowest possible value is automatically entered), name the volume whatever isdesired (suggestions being som...

Windows NT Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility.Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Administrator window. The Disk Administrator window is located at: Start Programs Disk Ad...

However, this Write Signature window may appear first: If so, answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found. Afterwards, something similar to the following should appear: Button 2 Button 1 Section 1 Section 2 SATA RAID Function 12

Button 1 opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window which lists the recognizable Volumes, their capacity, free space, type of format, etc. Button 2 opens the Disk Configuration window (shown above), detailing all disks (or RAID Sets), parti- tions, and allows he suer to format and name each partiti...

Windows 98/Me Operating System Windows 9x does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window. Instead, after creatingRAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, start fdisk by: 1. Click on the START button 2. Select Run... 3. Type fdisk 4. Click OK The following window will ...

The FDISK Options window will appear: The Current Fixed Drive will be the System Drive (normally C:\). In order to create partitions, the fixeddrive needs to be changed. Select 5 and press Enter . Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter . SATA RAID Function 16

With the Current fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned, Select 1 and press Enter . The following window will appear: Select 2 to create an extended partition and press Enter . SATA RAID Function 17

This window shows that the partition has been created. Press Esc . FDISK is now creating a logical drive. Once the percentage counter reaches 100% the following window appears: SATA RAID Function 19

Once again, this window reports size. Press Enter and the following window appears: This window now shows the drive and its drive letter and size. Press Esc . SATA RAID Function 20

If another drive (RAID set) needs to be partitioned, repeat the process, starting by changing the fixeddisk drive (Press 5 ). If done, press Esc . The following window will appear: This window is a reminder to RESTART the computer. SATA RAID Function 21

After restarting the computer, and booting Windows 9x, double-click on the My Computer icon. Right-click on each new drive and select Format . Only a FULL format will be accepted at this point. Select Full Format, enter the Label Name for the drive or RAID set (if desired) and click OK . Once the dr...

Overview The SATARaid GUI offers the user the ability to easily monitor your RAID Set. To launch the GUI, simply double-click on the icon located in the bottom right hand corner of theDesktop. If the icon does not appear in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop, find where the appli-cation was...

SATARaid Configuration Menu By clicking on the toolbox icon in the top left of the SATARaid GUI window, or right-clicking on the con-ductor icon in the bottom right of the computer screen (with other start-up icons), the user may configureSATARaid including customizing the settings for SMTP, E-mail,...

Notification When different types of events occur, SATARaidmay be configured to send notices to assignedindividual e-mail addresses. Using theNotification tab, all e-mail addresses desired toreceive the notices may be entered. Event Level There are different types of e-mail notificationsthat may be ...

Popup The popup window is a visual notification that anevent occurred. The popup window can be dis-abled or set to popup for only certain eventlevels. The different levels are: Disabled - No popup will occur. Informational - The popup window will be displayed for the following events: - Informationa...