Abit IS7-V2, IS7-E, IS7-M Bios Setup for Serial ATA RAID IS7-G, RAID Configuration Utility Menu

Install Silicon Serial ATA RAID Driver (IS7-G) E-3

BIOS Setup for Serial ATA RAID (IS7-G)

The Silicon Serial ATA controller supports the RAID array of both Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1). 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.

RAID Configuration Utility Menu

Main Menu

Reboot your system. Press <CTRL> + <S> or <F4> key while booting up the system to enter the BIOS setting menu. The main menu of BIOS Setting Utility appears as shown below:

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.

•Press <Ctrl-E> to exit the RAID configuration utility.

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!

Option 1

Create RAID set

This item allows you to create a RAID array.

After you had selected the function from the main menu, press the <Enter> key to enter the sub menu as shown below:

•Array Mode:

This item allows you to select the appropriate RAID mode for the desired array. There are two modes to choose. When you choose a “Striped” or “Mirrored” RAID set, the utility will ask “Are You Sure?” before the Creating RAID process. Press <Y> to confirm.

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

Striping (RAID 0): This item is recommended for high performance usage. Requires at least 2 disks.

Mirror (RAID 1): This item is recommended for data security usage. Requires at least 2 disks.

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