Foxconn N570SM2AA Entering the RAID Bios Setup, Understanding the Define a New Array Window

Appendix

Entering the RAID BIOS Setup

1.After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to pressF10. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading OS.

2.Press<N>, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- Define a New Array window will appear. The default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and the default Striping Block is set to Optimal.

Understanding the “Define a New Array” Window

Use the Define a New Array window to

•Select the RAID Mode

•Set up the Striping Block

•Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array

Depending on the platform used, the system have one or more adapters. In a typical system there are usually one channel and multiple adapters, and each adapter have a slave and a master.

The adapter/channel/master/slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc (location) columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists.

1. 0. M

M: Master

S:Slave

0: Channel

Adapter 0 is used for PATA drives;

Adapter 1 is used for SATA drives.

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