3 . After array mode is selected, there are two methods to create a disk array. One method is Auto Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the m irroring drives even if the user selected Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recom mended all disk drives are new ones when wanting to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements. When using Select Disk Drives, the channel column will be activated. Highlight the target drives that you want to use and press <Enter> to select them . After all drives have been selected, press <Esc> to go back to the creation steps menu.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
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uAuto Setup For Performance
uArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
uSelect Disk Drives
uBlock Size 64K
uStart Create Process
Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller
F1 | : View Array/disk Status |
h,i | : Move to next item |
Enter | : Confirm the selection |
ESC | : Exit |
Channel | Driver Name | ArrayName | Mode | Size(GB) | Status |
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master | ST380013AS |
| SATA | 74.53 | Stripe0 |
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master | ST9120023AS |
| SATA | 111. 79 | Stripe1 |
4 . If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2, the block size of the array can also be selected . Use the arrow key to highlight Block Size and press <Enter>, then select a block size from the popup menu. The block size can be 4KB to 64KB.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
u Auto Setup For Performance 4K | ||
u Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) | ||
u Select Disk Drives | 8K | |
16K | ||
u Block Size 64K | ||
32K | ||
u Start Create Process | ||
64K | ||
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Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller
F1 | : View Array/disk Status |
h,i | : Move to next item |
Enter | : Confirm the selection |
ESC | : Exit |
Channel | Driver Name | ArrayName | Mode | Size(GB) | Status |
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master | ST380013AS |
| SATA | 74.53 | Stripe0 |
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master | ST9120023AS |
| SATA | 111. 79 | Stripe1 |
5 . Use the arrow key to highlight Start Create Process and press <Enter>. A warning m essage will appear, press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation.
6 . Im portant note: All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation.
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