User manual ASUS MAXIMUS III FORMULA

[. . . ] IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. 2 RAID configuration and driver installation Contents 1. [. . . ] 5. Use the arrow keys to go to the Optimize Array for field, then select S e c u r i t y using the space bar. Press <Y> (Create and Quick Initialize) to create the RAID 0+1 set. 32 RAID configuration and driver installation 6. A pop-up message appears, warning you that all existing data on the hard disk drives will be deleted. Press <Y>. 7. After you have created the RAID 0+1 set, press any key to reboot the system. During POST, the FastTrak S150 TX4TM BIOS checks and displays the disk array information. 8. 9. Use the FDISK utility to format the array as a single hard drive. After you have formatted the arrayed drives, install an operating system (OS). The OS will treat the RAID 0+1 set as a single drive unit. RAID configuration and driver installation 33 1 . 4 Manually creating a RAID set We strongly recommend that you use the A u t o S e t u p option to create a RAID set. 1. In the FastBuildTM Utility main menu, press <2> to display the D e f i n e u. Array Menu 3. Press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the array number you want to define, then press <Enter>. The D e f i n e A r r a y M e n u appears. 4. Press the <Spacebar> to select the array type for the selected array number. From the FastBuildTM Utility main menu, press <3> to display the u. 5. Select the failed array, then identify the failed drive channel and ID. Replace the failed drive with an identical (same storage capacity) drive. RAID configuration and driver installation 39 6. 7. Restart the system, then press <Ctrl> + <F> to enter the FastBuildTM Utility. From the FastBuildTM Utility main menu, press <5> to display the u. 9. Use the arrow keys to select the array with a C r i t i c a l status, then press <Enter>. From the S e l e c t D r i v e t o R e b u i l d section, use the arrow keys to highlight the replacement drive, then press <Enter>. All data on the replacement drive will be overwritten with mirrored information from the existing array drive. When finished, exit the utility, then restart the system. 40 RAID configuration and driver installation 2. RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 2. 1 Creating a RAID driver disk You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet. 2 . 1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000/2003 Server operating system on a hard disk drive that is assigned to an array. [. . . ] Click the H a r d w a r e tab, then click the D e v i c e M a n a g e r button to display the list of devices installed in the system. 6. 8. Right-click the L A N C o n t r o l l e r item, then select P r o p e r t i e s s. Click the D r i v e r tab, then click the U p d a t e D r i v e r button. Select the option "I n s t a l l t h e I software automatically ), ( R e c o m m e n d e d ) then click N e x t t. [. . . ]