Areca ARC-1110, ARC-1130, ARC-1120 manual Bios Configuration, Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3. McBIOS RAID Manager

The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following SATA RAID controller parameters at power-up:

•I/O Port Address

•Interrupt channel (IRQ)

•Adapter ROM Base Address

Use McBIOS to further configure the SATA RAID controller to suit your server hardware and operating system.

3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager

This section explains how to use the McBIOS Setup Utility to con- figure your RAID system. The BIOS Setup Utility is designed to be user-friendly. It is a menu-driven program, residing in the firm- ware, which allows you to scroll through various menus and sub- menus and select among the predetermined configuration options.

When starting a system with an SATA RAID controller installed, it will display the following message on the monitor during the start- up sequence (after the system bios startup screen but before the operating system boots):

ARC-1xxx RAID Ctrl - DRAM: 128(MB) / #Channels: 8

BIOS: V1.00 / Date: 2004-5-13 - F/W: V1.31 / Date: 2004-5-31

I/O-Port=F3000000h, IRQ=11, BIOS ROM mapped at D000:0h

No BIOS disk Found, RAID Controller BIOS not installed!

Press <Tab/F6> to enter SETUP menu. 9 second(s) left <ESC to Skip>..

The McBIOS configuration manager message remains on your screen for about nine seconds, giving you time to start the config- ure menu by pressing Tab or F6. If you do not wish to enter con- figuration menu, press <ESC> to skip configuration immediately. When activated, the McBIOS window appears showing a selection dialog box listing the SATA RAID controllers that are installed in the system.

The legend at the bottom of the screen shows you what keys are enabled for the windows.

56