User Guide

VT6410 User Manual – IDE RAID Controller
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Table of Contents
Revision History.................................................................................................................................................i
Table of Contents...............................................................................................................................................i
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
RAID Basics................................................................................................................................................... 1
RAID 0 (Striping) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1
RAID 1 (Mirroring) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
RAID 0+1 (Striping/Mirroring) ................................................................................................................................................... 2
JBOD (Spanning)......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Key Features ..................................................................................................................................................3
Installing The Hard Drives ............................................................................................................................... 4
BIOS Configuration Utility ............................................................................................................................... 5
Enter BIOS Configuration Utility ............................................................................................................... 5
Create Disk Array .........................................................................................................................................6
Delete Disk Array..........................................................................................................................................9
Create and Delete Spare Hard Drive ........................................................................................................10
Select Boot Array ........................................................................................................................................ 11
View Serial Number of Hard Drive........................................................................................................... 12
View Array Status ....................................................................................................................................... 12
Duplicate Critical RAID 1/0+1 Array .......................................................................................................13
Rebuild Broken RAID 0/0+1 array ........................................................................................................... 14
Driver and RAID Software Installation.......................................................................................................... 16
Microsoft Windows driver Installation.....................................................................................................16
Verify Installation ....................................................................................................................................... 18
RAID Software................................................................................................................................................. 19
Installation ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Getting Start ................................................................................................................................................ 20
View Online Help ........................................................................................................................................22
View Controller and Device Status............................................................................................................23
Create Disk Array .......................................................................................................................................24
Delete Disk Array........................................................................................................................................27
Add and Remove Spare Disk Drive...........................................................................................................29
Add Spare Disk Drive................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Remove Spare Disk Drive.......................................................................................................................................................... 31
Check All Disks ...........................................................................................................................................32
View Event Log ...........................................................................................................................................33
Verify Mirror Disk...................................................................................................................................... 35
Synchronize Mirror Disk............................................................................................................................ 37
Disk Error Detection...................................................................................................................................39
Duplicate Critical RAID 1/0+1 Array .......................................................................................................39
Rebuild Broken RAID 0/0+1 array ........................................................................................................... 41
Icon View...................................................................................................................................................... 45