3.3.2VIA RAID configurations

The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the VIA VT8237R PLUS southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 with two independent Serial ATA channels.

Setting the BIOS RAID items

After installing the hard disk drives, make sure to set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before setting your RAID configuration.

To set the BIOS RAID items:

1.Boot the system and press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.

2.From the Main > IDE Configuration menu in the BIOS, then Set the SATA Operation Mode item as Enabled.

3.Save your changes and exit Setup.

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

Create Array

From the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Create Array then press <Enter>. The main menu items on the upper-left corner of the screen are replaced with create array menu options.

VIA Tech. VT8237 Series SATA RAID BIOS Ver x.xx

Auto Setup For Data Security

Create a RAID array with

Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)

the hard disks attached to

Select Disk Drives

VIA RAID controller

Start Create Process

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

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