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5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and Installation

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

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