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... 7 2.3 Installing System Memory 8 2.4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 14 3.1 How to Setup Jumpers 14 3.2 Detail Settings 14 Chapter 4: RAID Functions 19 4.1 Operation System 19 4.2 Raid Arrays 19 4.3 How RAID Works 19 Chapter 5: Useful Help 23 5.1 Driver Installation Note 23 5.2 Award BIOS Beep Code 24 5.3 Extra Information 25 5.4 Troubleshooting 27 Appendix...
... 7 2.3 Installing System Memory 8 2.4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 14 3.1 How to Setup Jumpers 14 3.2 Detail Settings 14 Chapter 4: RAID Functions 19 4.1 Operation System 19 4.2 Raid Arrays 19 4.3 How RAID Works 19 Chapter 5: Useful Help 23 5.1 Driver Installation Note 23 5.2 Award BIOS Beep Code 24 5.3 Extra Information 25 5.4 Troubleshooting 27 Appendix...
Setup Manual
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...Panel I/O VGA port Serial Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack Board Size 190 mm(W) x 244 mm(L) Special Features RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 support OS Support Windows XP / Vista / 7 MCP6P3/N68S3 SPEC x1 Supports front panel audio function x1 Supports digital audio out function x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan ... RS-232 Serial connection x1 Connect to RJ-45 ethernet cable x4 Connect to USB devices x3 Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection BIOSTAR reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice. 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard...
...Panel I/O VGA port Serial Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack Board Size 190 mm(W) x 244 mm(L) Special Features RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 support OS Support Windows XP / Vista / 7 MCP6P3/N68S3 SPEC x1 Supports front panel audio function x1 Supports digital audio out function x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan ... RS-232 Serial connection x1 Connect to RJ-45 ethernet cable x4 Connect to USB devices x3 Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection BIOSTAR reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice. 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard...
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... on the system environment. This technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth. CHAPTER 4: RAID FUNCTIONS MCP6P3/N68S3 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. 4.2 RAID ARRAYS RAID supports the following types of RAID arrays: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that does not require fault tolerance. Benefits: provides increased data throughput...
... on the system environment. This technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth. CHAPTER 4: RAID FUNCTIONS MCP6P3/N68S3 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. 4.2 RAID ARRAYS RAID supports the following types of RAID arrays: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that does not require fault tolerance. Benefits: provides increased data throughput...
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...2 Block 3 20 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2. Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that eliminates tedious manual backups to the other drive. Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives...availability solutions, or as a form of automatic backup that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity. Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of one drive fail, the controller switches to more expensive and less reliable media. Performance is corrupted or ...
...2 Block 3 20 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2. Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that eliminates tedious manual backups to the other drive. Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives...availability solutions, or as a form of automatic backup that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity. Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of one drive fail, the controller switches to more expensive and less reliable media. Performance is corrupted or ...
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MCP6P3/N68S3 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. May be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. GeForce 6150 SE / 7025 nForce 430 / 630a Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 1 Block 3 Block ...or 8, depending on the platform. Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance, allowing for data redundancy, the same as RAID level 1. Fault Tolerance: Yes. Resulting in an array, and allows for spare disks. Drawbacks: Requires twice the ...
MCP6P3/N68S3 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. May be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. GeForce 6150 SE / 7025 nForce 430 / 630a Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 1 Block 3 Block ...or 8, depending on the platform. Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance, allowing for data redundancy, the same as RAID level 1. Fault Tolerance: Yes. Resulting in an array, and allows for spare disks. Drawbacks: Requires twice the ...
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... placed on a different drive from those used to download the NVIDIA RAID User's Guide. 22 Disk 1 DATA 1 DATA 3 PARITY DATA 7 DATA 9 PARITY GeForce 6150 SE / 7025 nForce 430 / 630a Disk 2 DATA 2 PARITY DATA 5 DATA 8 PARITY DATA 11 ... setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_28159.html to store the data itself. Motherboard Manual RAID 5: RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained by ensuring that the parity information for transaction...
... placed on a different drive from those used to download the NVIDIA RAID User's Guide. 22 Disk 1 DATA 1 DATA 3 PARITY DATA 7 DATA 9 PARITY GeForce 6150 SE / 7025 nForce 430 / 630a Disk 2 DATA 2 PARITY DATA 5 DATA 8 PARITY DATA 11 ... setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_28159.html to store the data itself. Motherboard Manual RAID 5: RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained by ensuring that the parity information for transaction...
Bios Manual
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... Dev ices T his item allows you to control the onboard IDE controller. Main IDE C onfiguration OnBoa rd IDE Contro ller Serai l-ATA Devices > nVi dia RAID Setu p > Pri mary IDE Mast er > Pri mary IDE Slav e > SAT A 1 Device > SAT A 2 Device > SAT A 3 Device > SAT A 4 Device Hard Disk Write Pr otect IDE... Sub Scr een F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of detailed options. There is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device.
... Dev ices T his item allows you to control the onboard IDE controller. Main IDE C onfiguration OnBoa rd IDE Contro ller Serai l-ATA Devices > nVi dia RAID Setu p > Pri mary IDE Mast er > Pri mary IDE Slav e > SAT A 1 Device > SAT A 2 Device > SAT A 3 Device > SAT A 4 Device Hard Disk Write Pr otect IDE... Sub Scr een F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of detailed options. There is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device.
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...Master/Slav e ; Select Screen Select Item +- nVidia RAID Function T his item allows you to the system. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled SATA 1/2/3/4 Raid Enable or disable RAID fun ction of device connected to activate RAID function. SATA 1/2/3/4 Device Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE... Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 5 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual nVidia RAID Setup RAID Setup nVidi a RAID Functi on SATA 1 Raid SATA 2 Raid SATA 3 Raid SATA 4 Raid BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ ...
...Master/Slav e ; Select Screen Select Item +- nVidia RAID Function T his item allows you to the system. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled SATA 1/2/3/4 Raid Enable or disable RAID fun ction of device connected to activate RAID function. SATA 1/2/3/4 Device Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE... Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. 5 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual nVidia RAID Setup RAID Setup nVidi a RAID Functi on SATA 1 Raid SATA 2 Raid SATA 3 Raid SATA 4 Raid BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ ...