Getting Started - SOYO SY-P4I875P DRAGON 2 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 enables users to easily configure, manage hard disk 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, Windows 98/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.
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