User manual ABIT HA100

[. . . ] Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are property of their respective owners. [. . . ] The path for the Ultra DMA/100 driver files is "E:\drivers\winnt (E is your CD-ROM drive letter). " # Please note two things before you copy the driver files to diskette. First, the driver files must be copied to the root directory of the diskette. Otherwise you will be unable to copy some important system files to diskette. Installing drivers during Windows NT installation: If the NT 4. 0 is first installed on the ATA100 drive connected to the Hot Rod 100 Pro controller card, follow the following installation procedure: Step 1: Install this IDE RAID controller card in any available PCI slot and then connect your ATA100 hard disk to it (refer to hardware installation). Step 2: Set your system to boot from "Drive A" and then insert the Windows NT installation diskette 1/3. Installation Note If you are installing NT 4. 0 from a CD-ROM, please press the "F6" key immediately when the message "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration. . . " appears. Then press "S" to configure an additional adapter (Hot Rod 100 Pro). Step 1: The setup program will display a message about installing mass storage devices (see figure left) while you install NT4. 0. Please press "S" to install Hot Rod 100 Pro driver. User's Manual 4-6 Chapter 4 Step 2: Select "Other, requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer", and then press <ENTER>. Step 3: Insert the driver disk into drive A and press <ENTER>. Step 4: Use the UP or DOWN arrow key to move the highlight to the mass storage device you want and press <ENTER> to continue setup. Step 5: Windows NT setup has recognized this IDE RAID controller card. Press <ENTER> to continue setup. Hot Rod 100 Pro Software Installation 4-7 Step 6: After you configure your hard disk and specify the installation path, the NT setup will ask you to insert this IDE RAID controller card driver disk into drive A again. Insert the driver disk, and then press <ENTER> to continue setup. If you have followed the steps described above, you should be finished installing your Hot Rod 100 Pro controller. For the rest of the Windows NT installation steps, please follow the instructions displayed in the NT setup program. Installing drivers with existing Windows NT: If there is an existing NT 4. 0 file system, you can install this IDE RAID controller card into the existing system by the following procedure: Step 1: Go to "Control Panel", and then enter "SCSI Adapters". Step 2: Select "Drivers", and then click "Add. . . ". User's Manual 4-8 Chapter 4 Step 3: Click "Have Disk. . . " to go on. Step 4: Insert this IDE RAID controller card driver disk into drive A, and then click "OK. " Step 5: Click "OK" to go on. Step 6: Enter "A:\" in the blank space, and then click "Continue". Step 7: Click "Yes" to restart your computer. Hot Rod 100 Pro Software Installation 4-9 4-4. Windows 2000 Installation Note If you want to install the Windows 2000 operating system on the hard drive connected to Hot Rod 100 Pro, please refer to the NT4. 0 installation procedure. The following procedure is used only when you don't want to install the Windows 2000 operating system onto the hard drive connected to Hot Rod 100 Pro. Click "Next>" to go to the next step. Step 2: Choose "Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location. . . " and click "Next >" to go on. Step 3: Choose "SCSI and RAID controllers" and click "Next >" to go on. User's Manual 4-10 Chapter 4 Step 4: Click "Have Disk. . . " to go on. Step 5: Insert the driver disk that comes with the Hot Rod 100 Pro and type the path in the text box "A:\2K" ("A:\" is your floppy drive letter), or "D:\Drivers\Win2k" (D:\ is your CD-ROM drive letter). Step 6: Choose "HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller" and click "Next >" to go on. Step 7: Windows is now ready to install the driver. Click "Next >" to go on. Hot Rod 100 Pro Software Installation 4-11 Step 8: Click "Yes" to go on. Step 9: Windows has finished installing the driver. Click "Finish" to end the installation. Step 10: Click "Yes" to restart the system. Step 11: Go to the "Control Panel" $ "System Properties" $ "Device Manager". Now you can see the driver is installed under the item of "SCSI and RAID controllers". User's Manual 4-12 Chapter 4 Hot Rod 100 Pro The Introduction of RAID A-1 Appendix A. The Introduction of RAID What is RAID? RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Disks) technology was developed to offer a combination of outstanding data availability, excellent performance, and high capacity that one single disk drive can not match. A RAID array is defined as two or more disks grouped together to appear as one single device to the host system, which can tolerate the failure of a drive without losing data, and which can operate independently from each other. To manage MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) and prevent any single drive failure causing data loss within an array, UC Berkeley scientists proposed five types of redundant array architectures, defining them as RAID levels 1 through 5. Each RAID level has its own strengths and weaknesses, and is well suited for certain types of applications and computing environments. RAID 2 and RAID 4 do not offer any significant advantages over these other types. RAID 3 is designed for single-user or data-intensive environments, such as imaging or data acquisition that access extremely large sequential records. [. . . ] Your ABIT authorized distributor should be able to provide the fastest solution to your technical problem. We sell our products through distributors who sell to resellers and stores. Your reseller should be very familiar with your system configuration and should be able to solve your problem much more efficiently than we could. After all, your reseller regards you as an important customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. [. . . ]