Creating a RAID 1 configuration

To create a RAID 1 set:

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

2.Press <Enter>, and the following screen appears.

FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc.

[ Define LD Menu ]

LD No

RAID Mode

 

 

Total Drv

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LD 1

 

RAID 1

2

 

 

Strip Block:

 

64 KB

Fast Init: OFF

 

Gigabyte Boundary: ON

Cache Mode: WriteThru

 

 

 

 

[ Define LD Menu ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel:ID

Drive Model

 

Capacity (MB)

 

Assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:Mas xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxx

Y

2:Mas xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxx

Y

3:Mas xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxx

N

4:Mas xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxx

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ Keys Available ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[]Up []Down

[ESC]Exit

[Space] Change Option

[Ctrl-Y]Save

3.Highlight the LD1 item and press <Space> to select RAID 1.

4.Move to the Assignment item by using the down arrow key and set Y to any two of the drives.

5.Press <Ctrl+Y> to save the setting. The utility prompts the following messages:

Press Ctrl-Y if you are sure to erase MBR! Press any other

key to ignore this option...

Press <Ctrl+Y> to erase MBR or press any key to continue.

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key

to use maxinum capacity...

Press <Ctrl+Y> to key in the desired capacity or press any key to continue.

6.The utility displays the following screen.

FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc.

 

LD No

RAID Mode

 

[ Define LD Menu ]

 

Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Drv

Capacity(MB)

 

LD 1

RAID 1

2

xxxxxx

Functional

 

 

LD 2

----

----

----

----

 

 

LD 3

----

----

----

----

 

 

LD 4

----

----

----

----

 

 

LD 5

----

----

----

----

 

 

LD 6

----

----

----

----

 

 

LD 7

----

----

----

----

 

 

LD 8

----

----

----

----

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ Keys Available ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[]Up

[]Down

 

 

[ESC]Exit

[Enter] Select

 

 

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