Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-43HostRAIDThe following explains the overview of HostRAID and the setup procedure.Overview of HostRAIDHostRAID provides RAID feature through the onboard serial ATA or SCSI interface in your system.HostRAID consists of the driver that controls disk arrays and "Adaptec Storage Manager -Browser Edition (hereinafter abbreviated to ASMBE) that is a disk array management utility.The software products are mandatory for HostRAID to function normally. Be sure to install bothsoftware products. For the driver, refer to the setup procedure explained in this manual. ForASMBE, refer to the "Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition User's Guide."Overview of the specificationsHard disk drive: SCSI HostRAID:Four hard disk drives for each channel + 2 spare drivesSATA HostRAID:One hard disk drive for each channel(two hard disk drives max.)RAID level: SCSI HostRAID:RAID0 or RAID1 or RAID10 (0+1)SATA HostRAID: RAID0 or RAID1Operating system: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition/EnterpriseEditionMicrosoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced ServerConfiguration Method of disk arrays: BIOS utility, NEC EXPRESSBUILDER and ASMBEFeatures HostRAID supports the hot swap rebuild function for the hot plug insertion (Hot-Swap) ofhard disk drives (when SCSI HostRAID is installed). HostRAID enables the BIOS utility to select the disk array/standard SCSI for eachchannel (when SCSI HostRAID is installed). HostRAID enables the BIOS utility to select the disk array/standard SATA for eachchannel (when SATA HostRAID is installed). Since the JAVA-based management utility ASMBE uses the browser (IE5.5 or later), thesoftware does not need to be installed into each client PC for management. (The softwaremust be installed in each server.)
