Getting Started - SOYO SY-P4-645DX DRAGON Ultra User Manual

Introduction
HPT372 is a UDMA/ATA133 RAID controller. You can either use HPT
372 (IDE3, IDE4) as a RAID controller or as a regular IDE controller.
RAID Administrator is a Windows-based RAID management utility for
HPT372 RAID Controller. With graphical user interface, RAID
Administrator enable users to easily configure, manage harddisk and disk
arrays connected to HPT372 RAID controller.
Main Features & Benefits
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Below are the main features and benefits of RAID
Administrator.
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Support RAID 0, 1, 0+1 & Span
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Allowed maximum 4 disks connection to every controller
(Does not support ATAPI devices)
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Hot-swapping failed hard disk in mirror array
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Support independent use of hard disk
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Support hot spare disk
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Support Operating Systems: DOS/Windows 3.x, Windows98
/Me, Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP.
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Windows-based software for RAID management(compatible
with BIOS)
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Disk error alarm mechanism
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Event log for easy trouble shooting
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Plug-and-play

Getting Started

This section is designed to get you started on the setup/installation of
your HighPoint HPT372 RAID controller in your system. To use the
HPT372 chip as a raid controller, you need to setup the HDD in the
HPT372 bios menu (ctrl-H) or use the RAID administrator. If not, the
HDD on IDE 3 and IDE 4 will act as a regular IDE HDD.
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