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...P5BV-C / 4L only 5-17 5.4.1 Creating a RAID set 5-18 5.4.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration 5-24 5.4.3 Initializing the logical drives 5-27 5.4.4 Rebuilding failed drives 5-32 5.4.5 Checking the drives for data consistency 5-34 5.4.6 Deleting a RAID configuration 5-37 5.4.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 5-38 5.4.8 Enabling the WriteCache 5-39 5.5 Global Array Manager 5-39 Chapter 6: Driver... installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-1 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-1 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-2 6.2 LAN driver installation ...
...P5BV-C / 4L only 5-17 5.4.1 Creating a RAID set 5-18 5.4.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration 5-24 5.4.3 Initializing the logical drives 5-27 5.4.4 Rebuilding failed drives 5-32 5.4.5 Checking the drives for data consistency 5-34 5.4.6 Deleting a RAID configuration 5-37 5.4.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 5-38 5.4.8 Enabling the WriteCache 5-39 5.5 Global Array Manager 5-39 Chapter 6: Driver... installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-1 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-1 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-2 6.2 LAN driver installation ...
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...refer to when configuring the motherboard. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 5: RAID configuration Provides information on RAID configurations for this motherboard. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides information on RAID and LAN driver installation for product and software...features of shutting down the system. • Chapter 4: BIOS setup Tells how to the ASUS contact information. 2. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence, the vocal...
...refer to when configuring the motherboard. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 5: RAID configuration Provides information on RAID configurations for this motherboard. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides information on RAID and LAN driver installation for product and software...features of shutting down the system. • Chapter 4: BIOS setup Tells how to the ASUS contact information. 2. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence, the vocal...
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...(RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 for Windows and Linux) (for P5BV-C / 4L only) Marvell® 88SE6145 (for P5BV-C / 4L only): - 1 x IDE port supports two Ultra ATA 100 / 66 / 33 devices - 4 x Serial ATAII 300MB / s drivers with RAID functionality RAID Mode (RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 for...PCI-E LAN Controllers that comply with PCI Express 1.0a specifications (4 for P5BV-C / 4L, 2 for P5BV-C) Intel ICH7R Southbridge supports: - 4 USB 2.0 ports (two on the rear panel, two on the board) ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS MyLogo2 Smart Fan BIOS Recovery ASWM2.0 (continued on the next page) ...
...(RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 for Windows and Linux) (for P5BV-C / 4L only) Marvell® 88SE6145 (for P5BV-C / 4L only): - 1 x IDE port supports two Ultra ATA 100 / 66 / 33 devices - 4 x Serial ATAII 300MB / s drivers with RAID functionality RAID Mode (RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 for...PCI-E LAN Controllers that comply with PCI Express 1.0a specifications (4 for P5BV-C / 4L, 2 for P5BV-C) Intel ICH7R Southbridge supports: - 4 USB 2.0 ports (two on the rear panel, two on the board) ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS MyLogo2 Smart Fan BIOS Recovery ASWM2.0 (continued on the next page) ...
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...purple) 1 x PS / 2 mouse port (green) 2 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x Serial port (COM1) 1 x VGA port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports For P5BV-C / 4L only: Additional 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 4 x Black Serial ATA connectors 3 x Front fan connectors...P5BV-C / 4L only: Additional 1 x IDE connector Additional 4 x Red Serial ATA connectors Power Requirement ATX power supply (with 24-pin and 4-pin 12 V plugs) ATX 12 V 2.0 compliant Form Factor ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.5 cm) Support CD contents Device drivers ASUS Live Update utility ASUS...
...purple) 1 x PS / 2 mouse port (green) 2 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x Serial port (COM1) 1 x VGA port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports For P5BV-C / 4L only: Additional 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 4 x Black Serial ATA connectors 3 x Front fan connectors...P5BV-C / 4L only: Additional 1 x IDE connector Additional 4 x Red Serial ATA connectors Power Requirement ATX power supply (with 24-pin and 4-pin 12 V plugs) ATX 12 V 2.0 compliant Form Factor ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.5 cm) Support CD contents Device drivers ASUS Live Update utility ASUS...
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... expansion cards. ASUS P5BV-C Series 2-15 Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Keep the screw for the expansion card. Refer to the tables on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ..." or that you intend to the motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that...
... expansion cards. ASUS P5BV-C Series 2-15 Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Keep the screw for the expansion card. Refer to the tables on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ..." or that you intend to the motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that...
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... use or configure the SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP1 operating system environment. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. Due to the OS limitation, you must set...
... use or configure the SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP1 operating system environment. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. Due to the OS limitation, you must set...
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...when creating a disk array. Select the item Configure SATA As, then press to section "6.1 RAID driver installation" for details. 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Intel® Matrix Storage. The Intel® Matrix Storage ... or Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating system. (for a RAID configuration: 1. To install the SATA hard disks for P5BV-C / 4L only) 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Use the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager to the Main Menu, select IDE Configuration...
...when creating a disk array. Select the item Configure SATA As, then press to section "6.1 RAID driver installation" for details. 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Intel® Matrix Storage. The Intel® Matrix Storage ... or Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating system. (for a RAID configuration: 1. To install the SATA hard disks for P5BV-C / 4L only) 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Use the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager to the Main Menu, select IDE Configuration...
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... tor 6G160E0 159.9GB SA TA II FREE* * * **12 3 SATA: SAM SUNG HD160JJ 159.9GB SA TA II FREE* * * * NEXT * * * * * * * Navigate. ESC:Back/Exit 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation ESC:Back/Exit 2. ENTER/SPACE: Select. Click NEXT. 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID10, or RAID 5) To create a RAID set: 1. This screen appears. **[Adapter...
... tor 6G160E0 159.9GB SA TA II FREE* * * **12 3 SATA: SAM SUNG HD160JJ 159.9GB SA TA II FREE* * * * NEXT * * * * * * * Navigate. ESC:Back/Exit 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation ESC:Back/Exit 2. ENTER/SPACE: Select. Click NEXT. 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID10, or RAID 5) To create a RAID set: 1. This screen appears. **[Adapter...
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... Option ROM Utility The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM utility allows you to display the utility main menu. Turn on your screen. 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Create RAID Volume 2. Delete RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to...
... Option ROM Utility The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM utility allows you to display the utility main menu. Turn on your screen. 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Create RAID Volume 2. Delete RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to...
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The available stripe size values range from 8 KB to the Create Volume menu. 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or ...
The available stripe size values range from 8 KB to the Create Volume menu. 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or ...
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... RAID Level item is highlighted, press to select the hard disk drives to 128 KB. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 5-10 Chapter 5: Driver installation The SELECT DISKS screen appears. 5 Use the up /down arrow key to select the stripe size for multimedia computer systems used to select. The...
... RAID Level item is highlighted, press to select the hard disk drives to 128 KB. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 5-10 Chapter 5: Driver installation The SELECT DISKS screen appears. 5 Use the up /down arrow key to select the stripe size for multimedia computer systems used to select. The...
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... disk drives to select. The default stripe size is highlighted. The available stripe size values range from 8 KB to the Create Volume menu. 5-12 Chapter 5: Driver installation Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu or to go back to 128 KB. When the Stripe Size item...
... disk drives to select. The default stripe size is highlighted. The available stripe size values range from 8 KB to the Create Volume menu. 5-12 Chapter 5: Driver installation Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu or to go back to 128 KB. When the Stripe Size item...
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... ] Resetting RAID data will revert back to the utility main menu. 5. Reset Disks to Non-RAID, then press to the utility main menu. 5-14 Chapter 5: Driver installation Follow steps 2 to 4 to be reset. [↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete 2. From the utility main menu, select 4. This window appears...
... ] Resetting RAID data will revert back to the utility main menu. 5. Reset Disks to Non-RAID, then press to the utility main menu. 5-14 Chapter 5: Driver installation Follow steps 2 to 4 to be reset. [↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete 2. From the utility main menu, select 4. This window appears...
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... the View menu, select Advanced Mode to load the Intel Matrix Storage Manager utility. 6. When the confirmation window appears, select OK, then press . 5-16 Chapter 5: Driver installation When finished, the status is changed to view the rebuilding status. Use up/down arrow keys to the Boot menu and select the option...
... the View menu, select Advanced Mode to load the Intel Matrix Storage Manager utility. 6. When the confirmation window appears, select OK, then press . 5-16 Chapter 5: Driver installation When finished, the status is changed to view the rebuilding status. Use up/down arrow keys to the Boot menu and select the option...
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... assign the set automatically including the size and stripe size. In Easy Configuration, the logical drive parameters are set size and stripe size. 5-18 Chapter 5: Driver installation In New Configuration, you to initialize the logical drives of a created RAID set using the Easy Configuration or the New Configuration command. The keys...
... assign the set automatically including the size and stripe size. In Easy Configuration, the logical drive parameters are set size and stripe size. 5-18 Chapter 5: Driver installation In New Configuration, you to initialize the logical drives of a created RAID set using the Easy Configuration or the New Configuration command. The keys...
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4. Select all the drives required for the RAID set, then press . The logical drive information appears including a Logical Drive menu that allows you to change the logical drive parameters. 5-20 Chapter 5: Driver installation The configurable array appears on screen. 5. Press , select the configurable array, then press .
4. Select all the drives required for the RAID set, then press . The logical drive information appears including a Logical Drive menu that allows you to change the logical drive parameters. 5-20 Chapter 5: Driver installation The configurable array appears on screen. 5. Press , select the configurable array, then press .
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When prompted, save the configuration, then press to return to configure additional logical drives. 12. When finished setting the selected logical drive configuration, select Accept from the menu, then press . 11. Follow steps 5 to 10 to the Management Menu. 5-22 Chapter 5: Driver installation 10.
When prompted, save the configuration, then press to return to configure additional logical drives. 12. When finished setting the selected logical drive configuration, select Accept from the menu, then press . 11. Follow steps 5 to 10 to the Management Menu. 5-22 Chapter 5: Driver installation 10.
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... the drive(s) you want to the SATA ports. The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen. 5-24 Chapter 5: Driver installation 5.4.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration You can add a new RAID configuration or view an existing configuration using the View/Add Configuration command. From the...
... the drive(s) you want to the SATA ports. The information of the selected hard disk drive displays at the bottom of the screen. 5-24 Chapter 5: Driver installation 5.4.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration You can add a new RAID configuration or view an existing configuration using the View/Add Configuration command. From the...
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6. Key in the desired logical drive size, then press . 9. Follow steps 8 to add the new RAID configuration. 5-26 Chapter 5: Driver installation Follow steps 6 to 7 of the Creating a RAID set: Using Easy Configuration section to 12 of the Creating a RAID set: Using Easy Configuration section. 7. Select Size from the Logical Drive menu, then press . 8.
6. Key in the desired logical drive size, then press . 9. Follow steps 8 to add the new RAID configuration. 5-26 Chapter 5: Driver installation Follow steps 6 to 7 of the Creating a RAID set: Using Easy Configuration section to 12 of the Creating a RAID set: Using Easy Configuration section. 7. Select Size from the Logical Drive menu, then press . 8.
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Initializing a logical drive(s) erases all data on screen. If desired, press to initialize the drive without confirmation. dialog box, then press . You may also press to abort initialization. 5-28 Chapter 5: Driver installation 3. A progress bar appears on the drive. 4. When prompted, press the to select Yes from the Initialize?
Initializing a logical drive(s) erases all data on screen. If desired, press to initialize the drive without confirmation. dialog box, then press . You may also press to abort initialization. 5-28 Chapter 5: Driver installation 3. A progress bar appears on the drive. 4. When prompted, press the to select Yes from the Initialize?