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Hyper-Threading 27 About Your RAID Configuration 28 RAID Level 0 Configuration 28 RAID Level 1 Configuration 29 Configuring Your Computer for RAID 29 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® RAID Option ROM Utility 30 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Application Accelerator 32 Understanding Intel® Viiv™ Technology (Optional 35 Using Intel® Viiv™ Quick...
Hyper-Threading 27 About Your RAID Configuration 28 RAID Level 0 Configuration 28 RAID Level 1 Configuration 29 Configuring Your Computer for RAID 29 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® RAID Option ROM Utility 30 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Application Accelerator 32 Understanding Intel® Viiv™ Technology (Optional 35 Using Intel® Viiv™ Quick...
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... Hard Drive" on which to provide a high data access rate. Although several RAID configurations are available, Dell offers either a RAID level 0 configuration or a RAID level 1 configuration for RAID level 0 segment 1 segment 3 segment 5 hard drive 1 segment 2 segment 4 segment 6 hard drive 2 Another advantage of a RAID level 0 configuration is recommended for and reading the next block. The Intel®...
... Hard Drive" on which to provide a high data access rate. Although several RAID configurations are available, Dell offers either a RAID level 0 configuration or a RAID level 1 configuration for RAID level 0 segment 1 segment 3 segment 5 hard drive 1 segment 2 segment 4 segment 6 hard drive 2 Another advantage of a RAID level 0 configuration is recommended for and reading the next block. The Intel®...
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...at least two hard drives installed in your computer to set up a RAID configuration. RAID Level 1 Configuration RAID level 1 uses a data-redundancy storage technique known as "mirroring." A RAID level 1 configuration sacrifices high data-access rates for RAID At some point you install the operating system onto the hard drive...., on how to store data. When data is written to the primary drive, it is also inaccessible. serial ATA RAID configured for RAID if you did not select a RAID configuration when you use one drive fails, then the data on which to install a hard drive, see page 92....
...at least two hard drives installed in your computer to set up a RAID configuration. RAID Level 1 Configuration RAID level 1 uses a data-redundancy storage technique known as "mirroring." A RAID level 1 configuration sacrifices high data-access rates for RAID At some point you install the operating system onto the hard drive...., on how to store data. When data is written to the primary drive, it is also inaccessible. serial ATA RAID configured for RAID if you did not select a RAID configuration when you use one drive fails, then the data on which to install a hard drive, see page 92....
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... if you are prompted to highlight SATA Operation, and press . 4 Press the left - and down -arrow keys to make up - NOTE: For more information about RAID options, see page 30). 2 Press when you are more than two hard drives available, press the up your operating system. and right-arrow keys to... select the two or three drives you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your computer to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . 5 Press the up - and right-arrow keys to exit system setup and resume the boot...
... if you are prompted to highlight SATA Operation, and press . 4 Press the left - and down -arrow keys to make up - NOTE: For more information about RAID options, see page 30). 2 Press when you are more than two hard drives available, press the up your operating system. and right-arrow keys to... select the two or three drives you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your computer to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . 5 Press the up - and right-arrow keys to exit system setup and resume the boot...
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... Setting Up and Using Your Computer 31 and down -arrow keys to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Use the up your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore" on the RAID drives will become unbootable. 1 Press when you want to use to delete, and press... press . 6 If there are prompted to select Exit, and press . 13 Install the operating system (see "Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore" on the main Intel® RAID Option ROM utility screen. 12 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to select Exit, and press . 12 Install the operating...
... Setting Up and Using Your Computer 31 and down -arrow keys to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Use the up your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore" on the RAID drives will become unbootable. 1 Press when you want to use to delete, and press... press . 6 If there are prompted to select Exit, and press . 13 Install the operating system (see "Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore" on the main Intel® RAID Option ROM utility screen. 12 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to select Exit, and press . 12 Install the operating...
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... NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the volume that you still have some space left on the RAID drives will be lost . 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30). 2 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→.... 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost . 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30). 2 Click Start and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix...
... NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the volume that you still have some space left on the RAID drives will be lost . 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30). 2 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→.... 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost . 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30). 2 Click Start and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix...
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... the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30). 2 Click the Start button and point to All Programs→ ...Using Your Computer 33 Click a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Available box, click the right-arrow button to move the highlighted RAID volume into two nonRAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu...
... the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30). 2 Click the Start button and point to All Programs→ ...Using Your Computer 33 Click a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Available box, click the right-arrow button to move the highlighted RAID volume into two nonRAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu...
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... Storage Manager to make changes. NOTE: In the following step, you want , and click Next. NOTE: Select the strip size closest to act as the RAID level. NOTE: Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data... size. 7 Select the appropriate strip size from which you want to the size of the average file you will lose all data contained on the RAID volume). 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate, and click Next. 8 On the Select...
... Storage Manager to make changes. NOTE: In the following step, you want , and click Next. NOTE: Select the strip size closest to act as the RAID level. NOTE: Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data... size. 7 Select the appropriate strip size from which you want to the size of the average file you will lose all data contained on the RAID volume). 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate, and click Next. 8 On the Select...
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Creating a Spare Hard Drive A spare hard drive may be able to see the spare drive from within Disk Manager or the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. To Mark a Drive as a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ ... an option for systems that are ordered with a RAID level 1 configuration. To Remove Spare Marking From a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to which you will be created with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 and dual core processors.
Creating a Spare Hard Drive A spare hard drive may be able to see the spare drive from within Disk Manager or the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. To Mark a Drive as a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ ... an option for systems that are ordered with a RAID level 1 configuration. To Remove Spare Marking From a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to which you will be created with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 and dual core processors.
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...so that allows you to press . System System Info Lists system information such as listed. NOTE: If you to select a method for RAID. Drives Diskette Drive Drives 0 through 3 Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the SATA connectors on the system board, and lists.... SATA Operation Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for booting from the network server, the computer attempts to RAID Autodetect/AHCI, RAID Autodetect/ATA, or RAID On. Enables or disables the onboard audio controller. NOTE: The system name listed in the BIOS may not appear...
...so that allows you to press . System System Info Lists system information such as listed. NOTE: If you to select a method for RAID. Drives Diskette Drive Drives 0 through 3 Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the SATA connectors on the system board, and lists.... SATA Operation Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for booting from the network server, the computer attempts to RAID Autodetect/AHCI, RAID Autodetect/ATA, or RAID On. Enables or disables the onboard audio controller. NOTE: The system name listed in the BIOS may not appear...
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...information, 18 helpful tips, 20 how to, 18 cover replacing, 107 D Dell Dell Diagnostics, 56 support policy, 123 support site, 11 Dell Premier Support website, 9, 11 diagnostic lights, 53 diagnostics Dell, 56 lights, 53, 66 documentation online, 11 Product Information Guide, 9 Setup... Diagram, 9 drive panel, 66, 89 removing, 89 replacing, 91 drive-panel insert removing, 90 replacing, 90 drivers about, 57 identifying, 58 drives problems, 38 RAID...
...information, 18 helpful tips, 20 how to, 18 cover replacing, 107 D Dell Dell Diagnostics, 56 support policy, 123 support site, 11 Dell Premier Support website, 9, 11 diagnostic lights, 53 diagnostics Dell, 56 lights, 53, 66 documentation online, 11 Product Information Guide, 9 Setup... Diagram, 9 drive panel, 66, 89 removing, 89 replacing, 91 drive-panel insert removing, 90 replacing, 90 drivers about, 57 identifying, 58 drives problems, 38 RAID...
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... F Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, 27 Finding Information, 9 Flex Bay drive Media Card Reader, 65 H hard drive activity light, 66 problems, 39 hardware Dell Diagnostics, 56 drives, RAID configuration, 28 Hardware Troubleshooter, 59 headphone connector, 66 Help and Support Center, 12 hibernate mode, 25, 27 Hyper-Threading, 27 I IEEE 1394 connector, 66...
... F Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, 27 Finding Information, 9 Flex Bay drive Media Card Reader, 65 H hard drive activity light, 66 problems, 39 hardware Dell Diagnostics, 56 drives, RAID configuration, 28 Hardware Troubleshooter, 59 headphone connector, 66 Help and Support Center, 12 hibernate mode, 25, 27 Hyper-Threading, 27 I IEEE 1394 connector, 66...
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...13 USB, 14 problems battery, 37 blue screen, 44 CD drive, 38 CD-RW drive, 39 computer crashes, 43-44 computer stops responding, 43 Dell Diagnostics, 56 diagnostic lights, 53 drives, 38 DVD drive, 38 e-mail, 39 error messages, 41 general, 43 hard drive, 39 Internet, 39 keyboard...51 software, 43-44 sound and speakers, 49 technical support policy, 123 troubleshooting tips, 37 volume adjusting, 49 Program Compatibility Wizard, 44 R RAID configuring, 28 reinstalling Windows XP, 60 S safety instructions, 9 scanner problems, 48 Service Tag, 10, 66 settings system setup, 113 Setup Diagram, 9 Index 147
...13 USB, 14 problems battery, 37 blue screen, 44 CD drive, 38 CD-RW drive, 39 computer crashes, 43-44 computer stops responding, 43 Dell Diagnostics, 56 diagnostic lights, 53 drives, 38 DVD drive, 38 e-mail, 39 error messages, 41 general, 43 hard drive, 39 Internet, 39 keyboard...51 software, 43-44 sound and speakers, 49 technical support policy, 123 troubleshooting tips, 37 volume adjusting, 49 Program Compatibility Wizard, 44 R RAID configuring, 28 reinstalling Windows XP, 60 S safety instructions, 9 scanner problems, 48 Service Tag, 10, 66 settings system setup, 113 Setup Diagram, 9 Index 147