5.4.3Marvell® eSATA RAID configurations

The Marvell® 88SE6121 external SATA controller allows you to configure RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets on the external SATA hard disk drives, or RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 set(s) on external port-multiplier devices.

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 external Serial ATA hard disk drives to the external SATA ports labeled ESATA1/2.

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/eSATA and 6121 Boot ROM.

 

 

 

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

 

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

Onboard Device Configuraiton

 

 

Enable or Disable

 

High Definition Audio

[Enabled]

High Definition Audio

 

Controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

OnChip LAN1

[Auto]

 

 

 

OnChip LAN2

[Auto]

 

 

 

LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

Marvell 6121/eSATA

[Legacy Mode]

 

 

 

 

6121 Boot ROM

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

Marvell 6320/SAS

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

6320 Boot ROM

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Onboard 1394

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

Select Screen

 

 

Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+-

Change Option

 

 

 

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

 

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

 

 

 

ESC

Exit

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4.Set the Marvell 6121/eSATA item to [RAID].

5.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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