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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
Arr ay) ........................................................................................................... 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
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