5.4.4Marvell® RAID configurations

The Marvell® 6121 Serial ATA controller allows you to configure RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets on the Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Setting the RAID item in BIOS

You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). To do this:

1.Install two internal Serial ATA hard disk drives to the SATA connectors labeled SATA_RAID1/2.

2.Boot up your computer, and press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS setup.

3.In the Advanced Menu, go to Onboard Devices Configuration, and enable both Marvell 6121 SATA Controller and Marvell Option ROM.

4.Set Marvell IDE/RAID function to [RAID].

 

 

 

 

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

Onboard Devices Configuraiton

 

 

Allows BIOS to select

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

Addresses.

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Mode

[Normal]

 

 

HD Audio Azalia Device

[Auto]

 

 

Front Panel support Type

[HD Audio]

 

 

Onboard Lan

[Enable]

 

 

Onboard Lan Boot Rom

[Disabled]

 

 

Marvell 6111 SATA Controller

[Enable]

 

 

 

Marvell 6121 SATA Controller

[Enable]

 

 

 

Marvell Option ROM

[Enable]

 

Select Screen

 

Marvell IDE/RAID function

[RAID]

 

 

Primary Display Adapter

[PCI-E]

 

Select Item

+-

Change Option

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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3.Press <F10> to save the changes and exit.

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

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