Enteri ng the NVI DI A® RAI D utili ty

To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility:

1.Boot up your computer.

2.During POST, press <F10> to display the main menu of the utility.

The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on your screen.

 

 

 

NVIDIA

RAID Utility

Oct 5 2004

 

 

 

 

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Define a New Array -

 

 

 

 

RAID Mode:

 

 

 

 

Striping Block:

 

 

 

Striping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optimal

 

Free Disks

 

 

 

Array Disks

 

 

 

Loc

Disk Model Name

 

 

 

Loc

Disk Model Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.0.M

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1.M

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

[→] Add

 

 

 

 

 

2.0.M

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1.M

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[←] Del

 

 

 

 

 

[F6]

Back [F7] Finish

[TAB] Navigate

[↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the bottom of the screen are the navigation keys. These keys allow you to move through and select menu options.

Creati ng a RAI D Vol ume

To create a RAID volume:

1.From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press <Enter>. The following submenu appears.

Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID mode then press <Enter>.

Mirroring

Striping

Stripe Mirroring

Spanning

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Chapter 5: Software support