Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P user manual Create a RAID Array, Steps, Appendix

Create a RAID Array:

In the main screen, press <Enter> on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the Create New RAID screen appears (Figure 4).

GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.78

[ Create New RAID ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ]

Name:	GRAID_	Model Name	Available	Type/Status
Level:	0-Stripe	HDD0: ST3120026AS	120 GB	Non-RAID
Disks:	Select Disk	HDD1: ST3120026AS	120 GB	Non-RAID
Block:	128 KB
Size:	240 GB
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]		[ Help ]
		Enter RAID Name
		Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters
		in length for the created RAID drive to be
		identified by system BIOS or OS.

[IJ]-Move Cursor [DEL,BS]-Delete Character [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort

Figure 4

The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array (Figure 5).

Steps:

1.Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) and press <Enter>.

2.Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Then press <Enter> to move onto the next step.

GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.78

[ Create New RAID ]

Name: GRAID

Level: 0-Stripe

Disks: Select Disk

Block: 128 KB

Size: 240 GB

Confirm Creation

[ RAID Disk Drive List ]

[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name	Available	Type/Status
HDD0: ST3120026AS	120 GB	Non-RAID
HDD1: ST3120026AS	120 GB	Non-RAID

[ Help ]

	Select RAID Level
RAID 0	-	Data striped for performance
RAID 1	-	Data mirrored for redundancy
JBOD	-	Data concatenated for huge
		temporarily disk required

[KL]-Switch RAID Level	[ENTER]-Next	[ESC]-Abort
	Figure 5
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