Abit IS7-V2, IS7-M, IS7-E2V, IS7-E2G Intel Serial ATA RAID Configuration Utility IS7-G

BIOS Update Guide B-3

Intel Serial ATA RAID

Configuration Utility (IS7-G,

IS7)

The on-chip Serial ATA RAID supports the Stripe (RAID 0) and Mirror (RAID 1) RAID set. For the striped RAID set, the identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance. The Mirrored RAID set creates a complete backup of your files. Striped and Mirrored RAID set requires 2 hard disks to do so.

Main Menu

Reboot your system. Press <CTRL> + <I> key while booting up the system to enter the main menu of RAID Configuration Utility:

To select the option in this menu, you may:

•Press <↑↓> (up, down arrow) to choose the option you want to confirm or to modify.

•Press <Enter> to confirm the selection.

•Press <Esc> to return to previous menu.

NOTE: If you want to create a RAID 0 (striping) array, all the data stored in the hard disks will first be erased! Please backup the hard disk data before starting to create the RAID array.

If you want to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array, please make sure which hard disk is the source disk and which one is the destination disk. If you make a mistake, you may copy the blank data to the source disk, which will result in both hard disks becoming blank!

Create RAID Volume

This item allows you to create a RAID array.

Name: This item displays the name of the RAID array. You can enter up to 16 characters in length. This name is case sensitive and cannot contain special characters.

Strip Size: This item displays the strip value.

RAID Level: This item displays the RAID type.

Capacity: This item displays the capacity of RAID array.

NOTE: It is highly recommended to attach hard disks with the same model in reaching the RAID performance.

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