Hostraid; Overview Of Hostraid - NEC Express5800/120Rh-2 N8100-1061F User Manual

5-54 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup

HostRAID

The following explains the overview of HostRAID and the setup procedure.

Overview of HostRAID

HostRAID provides RAID feature through the onboard serial ATA or SCSI interface in your system.
HostRAID consists of the driver that controls disk arrays and "Adaptec Storage Manager
(hereinafter abbreviated to ASM) for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition or that "Adaptec Storage
Manager - Browser Edition (hereinafter abbreviated to ASMBE) for Windows Server 2003 and
Windows 2000. ASM and ASMBE are disk array management utilities.
The software products are mandatory for HostRAID to function normally. Be sure to install both
software products (driver and utility). For the driver, refer to the setup procedure explained in this
manual. For ASMBE, refer to the "Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition User's Guide."
For ASM, refer to the "Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide."
Overview of the specifications
Hard disk drive:
RAID level:
Operating system:
Configuration Method of disk arrays: BIOS utility, NEC EXPRESSBUILDER and ASMBE or
Features
HostRAID supports the hot swap rebuild function for the hot plug insertion (Hot-Swap) of
hard disk drives (when SCSI HostRAID is installed).
HostRAID enables the BIOS utility to select the disk array/standard SCSI for each
channel (when SCSI HostRAID is installed).
Since the JAVA-based management utility ASMBE uses the browser (IE5.5 or later), the
software does not need to be installed into each client PC for management. (The software
must be installed in each server.)
SCSI HostRAID:
Four hard disk drives for each channel + 2 spare drives
SCSI HostRAID:
RAID0 or RAID1 or RAID10 (0+1)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64
Editions/Enterprise x64 Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition/Enterprise
Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server
ASM