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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.

6.The utility prompts the following message. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to input the LD name.

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.

7.Eenter an LD name, and then press any key to continue.

Enter the LD name here:

8.Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to erase the MBR, or you may press any key to abort the settings.

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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Chapter 5: RAID configurations