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

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™ -
Browser Edition (hereinafter abbreviated to ASMBE) that is a disk array management utility.
The software products are mandatory for HostRAID to function normally. Be sure to install both
software products. 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."
Overview of the specifications
Hard disk drive:
RAID level:
Operating system:
Configuration Method of disk arrays: BIOS utility, NEC EXPRESSBUILDER and ASMBE
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.)
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup
SCSI HostRAID:
Four hard disk drives for each channel + 2 spare drives
SCSI HostRAID:
RAID0 or RAID1 or RAID10 (0+1)
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