A. Create Array:

In Main Menu, select Create Array and press ENTER, a screen similar to Figure 6 below will appear.

VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31

Auto Setup For Performance

Create a RAID array with

Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

the hard disks attached to

Select Disk Drives

VIA RAID controller

Block Size 64K

F1

:

View Array/disk Status

Start Create Process

 

,

: Move to next item

 

Enter

:

Confirm the selection

 

ESC

:

Exit

Channel

Drive Name

Array Name

Mode

Size(GB)

Status

Serial_Ch0 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Serial_Ch1 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Figure 6

The first step to create a RAID array is to set the RAID mode. Select Array Mode and press ENTER. And the RAID mode selection menu will appear (Figure 7). The supported RAID modes include RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, and RAID SPAN for capacity. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode.

VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31

Auto Setup For Data Security

Create a RAID array with

ArrayRAIDMode0 forRAIDperformance0 (Striping)

the hard disks attached to

SelectRAIDisk1 forDrivesdata protection

VIA RAID controller

BlockRAIDSizeSPAN64K for capacity

F1

:

View Array/disk Status

Start Create Process

 

,

: Move to next item

 

Enter

:

Confirm the selection

 

ESC

:

Exit

Channel

Drive Name

Array Name

Mode

Size(GB)

Status

Serial_Ch0 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Serial_Ch1 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Figure 7

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