MSI P6ngml Manual

MS-7366 Mainboard
B-12Using the NVMediaShield Software
Accessing the Storage Page
To access the NVIDIA Control Panel Storage page:
1.Right-click the desktop and then click NVIDIA Control Panel from the pop-up
menu. The NVIDIA Control Panel - Select a Category page appears.Other icons may be present, such as Display, 3D Settings, and Video & Television.
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Using the Storage Page
From the Storage page, you can accomplish the following tasks:
•  Create an Array  
•  Delete an Array  
•  Rebuild an Array  
•  Synchronize an Array  
•  Designate a Spare Disk  
•  Remove a Spare  
•  Migrate an Array  
•  View Storage Information  
Create an Array
This option is available only if there are free disks that are RAID-enabled.
Click Create array to start the Create Array Wizard and then follow the instructions.
You can press F1 to access the online...

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You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with
step-by-step instructions.
Designate a Spare Disk
About Spare Disks
You can designate a hard drive to be used as a spare drive for a RAID 1, RAID 0+1
or RAID 5 array2. The spare drive can take over for a failed disk. MediaShield RAID
supports two types of spare drives:
Free Disk
A free disk is a disk that is not part of any RAID array, but can be used by any
available RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or...

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Click Remove spare to start the Remove Spare Wizard and then follow the
instructions.
You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with
step-by-step instructions.
Migrate an Array
In a traditional RAID environment, when a user wants to change the current state of
a disk or a current array to a new RAID configuration, the process of reconfiguring
the new array involves multiple steps. The user must back up the data, delete the
array, re-boot the PC, and...

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Number of RAID 0 disks must be equal to or greater than half the number 
of RAID 0+1 disks. RAID 1 
** Not a valid combination ** RAID 0+1 ** Not a valid combination ** RAID 0+1 
RAID 5 m >= (n/2 + 1) RAID 0 m >= n - 1 RAID 1 
** Not a valid combination ** RAID 0+1 
m >= 2 x (n -1) ; where m is an even number of disks. RAID 5 
RAID 5 
m >= n   Specific Morphing Requirements
The following table lists the disk requirements for a new RAID array for various
morphing...

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View Storage Information
•You can use the Storage page to view the following storage information about
the hard drives in your system:
 - Which RAID arrays are set up
 - The process state of each array
 - Which drives are configured for each RAID array in your system
 - Which drives are designated as free disks
 -Information about each drive, such as size and model
•You can also launch various Wizards-such as the Create Array Wizard, Delete
Array, and Migrate Array Wizard-from the list...

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C-1 Dual Core CenterDual Core Center
Dual CoreCenter, the most useful and powerful utility
that MSI has spent much research and efforts to
develop, helps users to monitor or configure the hard-
ware status of MSI Mainboard & MSI Graphics card in
windows, such as CPU/GPU clock, voltage, fan speed
and temperature.
Before you install the Dual CoreCenter, please make
sure the system has meet the following requirements:
1. Intel Pentium4 / Celeron, AMD Athlon XP/ Sempron or
    compatible CPU with PCI Express...

C-2MS-7366 MainboardActivating Dual Core Center
Once you have your Dual Core Center installed (locate the setup source file in the
setup CD accompanying with your mainboard, path: Utility --> MSI Utility --> Dual
Core Center), it will have an icon       in the system tray, a short cut icon on the
desktop, and a short cut path in your “Start-up” menu. You may double-click on each
icon to enable Dual Core Center.
short-cut icon in the system tray
short-cut path in the start-up menu
(path:...

C-3 Dual Core CenterMain
Before using this utility, we have to remind you: only when installing the MSI V044
(V044 has to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics
card can activate the full function of this utility. If you install a graphics card of other
brand, only hardware status of the MSI mainboard would be available.
Introduction:
Click each button appearing above to enter sub-menu to make further configuration
or to execute the function.
MBClick MB button to read...