MSI X2-109 v1 - Manual (Page 76)

5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and Installation
Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
You can use the Configuration Wizard Auto Configuration mode to
automatically create the best possible configuration with the available
hardware. You can use the Guided Configuration mode, which asks you
a few brief questions about the configuration, and then creates it for you.
Or you can use the Manual Configuration mode, which gives you
complete control over all aspects of the storage configuration.
5.1.2 Monitoring Storage Devices
MegaRAID Storage Manager software displays the status of virtual disks,
physical disks, and other storage devices on the workstation or server
that you are monitoring. System errors and events are recorded in an
event log file and are displayed on the screen. Special device icons
appear on the screen to notify you of disk failures and other events that
require immediate attention.
5.1.3 Maintaining Storage Configurations
You can use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to perform system
maintenance tasks such as running consistency checks on arrays that
support redundancy.
5.2 Hardware and Software Requirements
The hardware requirements for MegaRAID Storage Manager software
are as follows:
•
PC-compatible computer with an IA-32 (32-bit) Intel Architecture
processor or an EM64T (64-bit) processor and at least 128 Mbytes
of system memory
Note: LSI Logic recommends that you use at least 1 Gbyte of
system memory.
•
Hard disk drive with at least 50 Mbytes available free space
The supported operating systems for the MegaRAID Storage Manager
software are as follows:
•
Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and
Microsoft Windows XP