5.4.3JMicron® RAID Configuration

The JMicron® Serial ATA controller allows you to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD sets on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Before creating a RAID set

Prepare the following items:

1.Two SATA HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.

2.A write-enabled floppy disk for Windows® XP or a floppy disk/USB device for

Windows® Vista.

3.Microsoft® Windows® OS installation disk (Windows® XP/Vista)

4.Motherboard support CD with JMB363 driver

Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:

1.Install an internal Serial ATA hard disk drive and an external Serial ATA hard disk drive on your system.

Install the internal Serial ATA hard disk drive to the SATA connector labeled SATA_E2.

2.Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.4.5

Onboard Devices Configuration for details.

 

 

 

 

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

 

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

Onboard Device Configuraiton

 

 

Enable or Disable

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Definition Audio

 

High Definition Audio

[Enabled]

Controller

 

 

 

 

Front Panel Type

[HD Audio]

 

 

 

Onboard 1394 Controller

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Onboard PCIE GbE LAN

[Enabled]

 

 

 

LAN Option ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Controller Mode

[RAID]

 

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Address

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

Select Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

+-

Change Option

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC

Exit

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3.Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to set up your RAID configuration.

4.Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows® OS installation. See section “5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.

5.Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows® OS had been installed.

Always install the JMB363 driver before creating RAID sets.

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