User manual INTEL D865PERL

[. . . ] Intel® Desktop Board D865PERL Product Guide Order Number: C24490-003 Revision History Revision -001 -002 -003 Revision History First release of the Intel® Desktop Board D865PERL Product Guide. Third release of the Intel Desktop Board D865PERL Product Guide Date March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 If an FCC declaration of conformity marking is present on the board, the following statement applies: FCC Declaration of Conformity This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. For questions related to the EMC performance of this product, contact: Intel Corporation 5200 N. E. [. . . ] From the RAID tab, right-click on "RAID Volume" and select "Create from Existing Disk. " 5. Select the source disk to create the RAID Volume and then press the "Next" button. 42 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components 6. Enter the name of the RAID volume and the stripe size. The default name for the RAID Volume is RAID_Volume1. · · 16 KB ­ low disk usage 64 KB ­ typical disk usage · 128 KB ­ performance disk usage 7. Confirm creation of the RAID volume by pressing the "Yes" button. 43 Intel Desktop Board D865PERL Product Guide 9. Reconfirm creation of the RAID volume by pressing the "Yes" button. 10. Press the "Migrate" button to begin the data migration. NOTE The migration process may take up to two hours to complete depending on the amount of data that needs to be migrated. A dialog window will appear stating that the migration process may take considerable time to complete and you must click "Yes" in order to start the migration. While you can still continue working on your computer during the migration process, once the migration process starts, it cannot be stopped. If the migration process gets interrupted and your system gets rebooted for any reason, it will pick up the migration process where it left off. You will be provided with an estimated completion time once the migration process starts as illustrated in the following example (the time remaining for your system can differ from the following example): 44 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components 11. If the migration process completes successfully, the following dialogue box will appear: NOTE If an IDE hard drive is also attached to the system, the RAID volume will need to be moved up in priority in order to boot from it. After the system reboots, press the <F2> key to enter BIOS Setup. Then, navigate to the BOOT menu and select the Hard Disk Drives option. Press <F10> to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. 45 Intel Desktop Board D865PERL Product Guide Creating a RAID Volume Manually The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition offers the ability to create a RAID volume manually. This option should be used if you are using a third bootable device such as an IDE or SCSI hard drive ­ in addition to using two Serial ATA hard drives. One benefit of using a third bootable device and creating a RAID volume manually is that the operating system is not located on the RAID volume. Should something happen to the RAID volume, the operating system should not be impacted. NOTE The "Create Volume Manually" option is not selectable unless a third bootable device (such as an IDE or SCSI hard drive) is installed in the system ­ in addition to using two Serial ATA hard drives. To manually create a RAID volume, right-mouse click on "RAID Volumes" and select "Create Manually" to create a new RAID volume as illustrated below: NOTE Manually creating a RAID volume can also be accomplished by clicking on the "RAID" file menu, and then arrow down and click on "Create Volume Manually. " 46 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Select the RAID Volume Name and Strip Size Select the RAID volume name and strip size and then click "Next": RAID Volume Name: A desired RAID volume name needs to be typed in where the "RAID_Volume1" text currently appears above. The RAID volume name must also be English alphanumeric ASCII characters. Strip Sizes: Select the desired strip size setting. Even though 128 KB is the recommended setting for most users, you should choose the strip size value that is best suited to your specific RAID usage model. The three most typical strip size settings are listed in Table 8. Table 8. 16 KB 64 KB 128 KB Typical Strip Size Settings Descriptions Best for sequential transfers Good general purpose strip size Best performance for most desktops and workstations Strip Size Settings 47 Intel Desktop Board D865PERL Product Guide CAUTION Carefully read the next two dialog boxes that appear and decide if you wish to continue. [. . . ] Updated Failed Keyboard Is Locked Keyboard Error KB/Interface Error BIOS Error Messages Explanation An error occurred with Gate-A20 when switching to protected mode during the memory test. Could not read sector from corresponding drive. Error Message Corresponding drive is not an ATAPI device. Run Setup to make sure device is selected correctly. No response from the diskette drive. continued 104 Error Messages and Indicators Table 44. BIOS Error Messages (continued) Explanation Memory size has decreased since the last boot. [. . . ]