Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array:
1)Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction.
Note: To achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity.
2)Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. IDE, SCSI, or SATA.
3)Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on Integrated Peripherals).
4)Enter RAID setup in the BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, enter <Tab> to select VIA RAID) .
5)Complete driver installation.
6)Complete RAID utility installation.
More information on steps 4 and 5 is provided. (For more detailed setup inform ation, please visit our website at http:\\www.gigabyte .com .tw)
Enter BIOS Configuration Utility
When the system powers on, the following inform ation will appear on screen. Press the <Tab> key to enter BIOS configuration utility.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All Right reserved.
Scan Devices, Please wait...
Press <Tab> key into User Windows
Serial_Ch0 Master: ST380013AS
Serial_Ch1 Master: ST3120023AS
The m ain interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below:
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
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uCreate Array
uDelete Array
uCreate/Delete Spare
uSelect Boot Array
uSerialNumber View
Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller
F1 | : View Array/disk Status |
h,i | : Move to next item |
Enter | : Confirm the selection |
ESC | : Exit |
Channel | Driver Name | ArrayName | Mode | Size(GB) | Status |
Serial_Ch0 Master | ST380013AS |
| SATA | 74.53 | Hdd |
Serial_Ch1 Master | ST9120023AS |
| SATA | 111. 79 | Hdd |
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