Chapter 5 quick setup, 1 using the bios raid manager – Asus PCI-DA2200 User Manual

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ASUS PCI-DA2200 User’s Manual

Chapter 5 Quick Setup

NOTE:

A "Logical Drive" is a set of drives grouped together to operate under a

given RAID level and appears as a single contiguous drive. The ASUS

PCI-DA2200 is capable of grouping connected drives into 8 logical

drives, each operating on the same or different RAID levels. The logical

drive can be further divided into a maximum of 8 "Partitions". During

operation, the host sees the logical drive or partition as one single drive.

5.1 Using the BIOS RAID Manager

1. When the system is powered on, the following text will appear:

ASUS PCI-DA2200 (PCI-TO-SCSI RAID) BIOS v1.17B
PCI Bus # = 00

Device # = 09 Port = E000 IRQ = 10 EDORAM=8 MB FW=2.12

!! Press <Ctrl><I> for Configuration Utility, <Q> to Skip !!

2. Press <Ctrl><I> to enter the BIOS Configuration Utility.

3. Choose “Configure RAID” to enter the terminal emulation.

4. Move the cursor to “ANSI” (or another terminal emulation mode)

and press [Enter] to see the main menu of the BIOS RAID
Manager.

5. The keys used in the RAID ManagerRAIDRAID operation are as
follows:

↑↑

↓↓

Left, right, up and down arrow to select
options.

[Enter]

To go into a submenu or to execute an

option.

[Esc]

To escape and go back to the preceding

menu.

Type Q, or use the

↑↑

↓↓

keys, to select "Quick
installation" and press
[Enter]. Choose Yes to
create the logical drive.

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