Albatron Technology KI51PV-754 - Manual (Page 47)

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2. The “RAID config” option for enabling RAID will be found on the “Peripherals” screen as part
of the “IDE Function Setup” section shown as below-left (Peripherals >> IDE Function Setup >>
RAID config). Arrow down to the IDE RAID item and press enter.
3.On the “RAID config” screen (shown below-right), enable the disks that you want to use as
RAID disks (in this example there are four SATA hard drives configured as RAID disks).
NVIDIA RAID Utility Configuration
The NVIDIA RAID Utility is used to configure RAID disk management into your hard disks. This
section will explain how to setup and maintain your RAID disk drives.
Starting up the NVIDIA BIOS RAID Utility
When the system boots up during the
POST (Power-On Self Test), you will be
given an opportunity to enter the NVIDIA
BIOS RAID Utility when the screen
prompts you with following message:
“Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility”
Press the <F10> key to enter the NVIDIA
BIOS RAID utility (note that you will only
have a short window of time to press
<F10> before the system continues with
the next step of the boot process). The
Raid Utility screen will display as shown
right.
Associating Screen Drive Names with Physical Drives on the Board
This section explains how to associate the drives listed on the “Define a New Array” screen with
the physical drives attached to the connectors on the mainboard. This becomes important when
identifying drives that need to be replaced or changed.
Channel, Controller, Master/Slave
Located here are 3 identifiers separated by periods. These identifiers represent the Channel,
Controller, and Master/Slave ID for a drive. With these identifiers, you can associate the drives
on this screen with a physical connector and drive on the board.
Channel 0 – Represents one of the PATA connectors