Intel GA-8VM800PMD-775 English, B. Delete Array, C. Select Boot Array, Create/Delete Spare

B. Delete Array:

If you want to delete an existing array, select Delete Array in Main Menu and press ENTER. The channel column will be activated. Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press ENTER. A warning message will show up, press Y to confirm or press N to cancel (Figure 10).

VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31

Create Array		Delete a RAID array contain
Delete Array		the hard disks attached to
Create/Delete Spare		VIA RAID controller
Select Boot Array		F1	:	View Array/disk Status
Serial Number View
The selected array will be destoried.		,	: Move to next item
		Enter	:	Confirm the selection
Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N		ESC	:	Exit
Channel	Drive Name	Array Name		Mode	Size(GB)	Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master	ST3120026AS	ARRAY 0		SATA	111.79	Stripe0
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master	ST3120026AS	ARRAY 0		SATA	111.79	Stripe1

Figure 10

Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except for RAID 1 array(s). When a RAID 1 array is deleted, the data on the two hard drives will be reserved and the two hard drives will become two normal drives.

C. Select Boot Array:

You can select a disk array as boot device if you want to boot operating system from an array. Boot disk array cannot be selected if the operating system does not boot from the disk array. Highlight the Select Boot Array item in Main Menu; press ENTER and the channel column will be activated. Then highlight the target disk array and press ENTER. Press ESC to go back to Main Menu. If you want to cancel the boot array setting, select the disk array that has an asterisk and press ENTER, its boot setting will be canceled (Figure 11).

VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31

Create Array		Set/Clear bootable array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array		F1	:	View Array/disk Status
Serial Number View
		,	: Move to next item
		Enter	:	Confirm the selection
		ESC	:	Exit
Channel	Drive Name	Array Name		Mode	Size(GB)	Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master	ST3120026AS	ARRAY 0		SATA	111.79	Boot
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master	ST3120026AS	ARRAY 0		SATA	111.79	Boot

Figure 11
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