4 Chapter

Creating a RAID volume

To create a RAID volume:

1.In the Main Menu, press <2> to enter the LD View / LD Define Menu function.

2.Press <Ctrl> + <C>, and the following screen appears.

Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

 

 

 

[ LD Define Menu ]

 

 

 

 

LD No

LD Name

 

 

RAID

 

Mode

Drv

 

 

 

LD 1

Logical Drive 1

 

 

 

2

 

RAID 0

Strip Block

64

KB

Fast Init

ON

Gigabyte Boundary

ON

 

Cache Mode

WriteThru

 

 

[ Drives Assignments ]

 

 

Port:ID

Drive Model

Capabilities

Capacity(GB)

Assignment

01:00

xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

Y

02:00

xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

Y

03:00

xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

N

04:00

xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

N

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch page [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save [ESC] Exit

3.Move to the RAID Mode item and press <Space> to select a RAID mode to create.

4.Move to the Assignment item by using the down arrow key and set Y to select the hard disk drives you want to include in the RAID set.

5.Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to save the setting.

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Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD Name or press any key to exit.

If you do not input any LD name, the default LD name will be used.

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Enter the LD name here:

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Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks. <Press Ctrl-Y Key if you are sure to erase it> <Press any other key to ignore this option>

9.Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to enter the screen to modify the array capacity, or press any key to use the maximum capacity.

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