5.6.3 VIA RAID configurations

The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the VIA VT8237 southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 with two independent Serial ATA channels.

Refer to VIA8237 SATA Quick Setup guide found in the support CD for detailed information on RAID configurations under different operating systems.

Entering VIA Tech RAID BIOS Utility

1.Boot-up your computer.

2.During POST, press <Tab> to enter VIA RAID configuration utility. The following menu options will appear.

The RAID BIOS information on the setup screen shown below is for reference only. What you see on your screen may not exactly match what is shown here.

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 1.xx

Create Array

Create a RAID array with

Delete Array

the hard disks attached to

Create/Delete Spare

VIA RAID controller

Select Boot Array

 

 

Serial Number View

F1

: View Array/Disk Status

 

↑ ,↓ : Move to next item

 

Enter : Confirm the selection

 

ESC

: Exit

Channel

Drive Name

Array Name Mode

Size(GB)

Status

Serial_Ch0 Master XXXXXXXXXXX

ARRAY

0

SATA

999.99

XXXXXXX

Serial_Ch1 Master

XXXXXXXXXXX

ARRAY

0

SATA

999.99

XXXXXXX

On the upper-right side of the screen is the message and legend box. The keys on the legend box allows you to navigate through the setup menu options. The message describes the function of each menu item. The following lists the keys found in the legend box with their corresponding functions.

<F1>

:

View Array/Disk Status

↑ , ↓

:

Move to the next item

<Enter>

:

Confirm the selection

<ESC>

:

Exit

 

 

 

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