Manhattan 176767 SATA 1.5 Gb_s RAID Controller PCI Card - Manual - Manual (Page 5)


instantaneous protection from a single disk failure. If a read failure occurs
on one drive, the system reads the data from the other drive.
bIoS InSTAllATIon (RAID SeTTIng)
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS (basic
integrated operating system). During boot up, the RAID setting message
will appear and pause for a few moments to allow you to choose what
to do. This board will act as a normal non-RAID card when BIOS is not
configured for RAID. Just proceed to Driver Installation. NOTE: If using
a traditional parallel ATA hard drive, make sure it’s set up in master mode
first.
Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)
1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.
2. Select "Create RAID set." Press Enter.
3. Select "Stripe," then press Enter.
4. Select "Auto configuration." Press Enter.
5. Press Y to save your settings.
6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.
7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if installing a
conventional hard drive.
8. Your RAID configuration is complete. Proceed to Driver Installation.
Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)
1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the Raid bios utility.
2. Select "Create RAID set." Press Enter.
3. Select "Mirrored," then press Enter.
4. Select "Auto configuration." Press Enter.
5. Press Y to save your settings.
6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.
7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if installing a
conventional hard drive.
8. Your RAID configuration is complete. Proceed to Driver Installation.