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Appendix C nVidia RAID........................................................................................C-1
Introduction..........................................................................................................C-2
System Requirement...................................................................................C-2
RAID Arrays.................................................................................................C-2
Summary of RAID Configurations...............................................................C-2
RAID Configuration..............................................................................................C-3
Basic Configuration Instructions................................................................C-3
Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS.......................................................................C-3
Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array)................................C-7
NVIDIA IDE Driver/ RAID Utility Installation..........................................................C-9
Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID
Array)...........................................................................................................C-9
Initializing and Using the Disk Array.........................................................C-10
NVRAID Management Utility..............................................................................C-12
Viewing RAID Array Configurations........................................................C-12
Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk...................................................................C-13
Morphing From One RAID Array to Another............................................C-17
Hot Plug Array............................................................................................C-18
Initializing a RAID Array.............................................................................C-19
Rebuilding a RAID Array............................................................................C-22
Synchronizing a RAID Array.....................................................................C-25
Appendix D nVidia System Driver.....................................................................D-1
nVidia System Driver Installation........................................................................D-2
NVIDIA System Driver..................................................................................D-2
nVidia Utility Installation.......................................................................................D-5