Chapter 4, Creating a raid – Asus M4A78-E User Manual

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Chapter 4: Software support

Chapter 4

Creating a RAID

To create a RAID 0 set
1. In the Main Menu, press <2> to enter the Define LD function.
2.

Press <Enter>, and the following screen appears.

3.

Use the Up/Down arrow key to highlight the LD1 item and press <Space> to select a

RAID set you would like to create.

4.

Move to the Assignment item by using the down arrow key and press <Space> to set

Y to the drives you would like to include in the RAID set.

5.

Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to save the setting. The utility prompts the following messages:

Option ROM Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

[ Define LD Menu ]

LD No RAID Mode Total Drv

LD 1

RAID 0

0

Strip Block:

64 KB

Fast Init:

ON

Gigabyte Boundary:

ON

Cache Mode:

WriteThru

[ Drives Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity(GB) Assigment

1:Mas ST3160812AS SATA 3G 160.04 N

2:Mas ST3160812AS SATA 3G 160.04 N

3:Mas ST3160812AS SATA 3G 160.04 N

4:Mas ST3160812AS SATA 3G 160.04 N

[] Up [] Down [ESC] Exit [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change

[ Keys Available ]

Fast Initialization Option has been selected

It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

<Press Ctrl-Y Key if you are sure to erase it>

<Press any other key to ignore this option>

To continue, press <Ctrl> + <Y> to erase MBR and all data on the selected drives.

To cancel, press any other key to ignore this option. The utility prompts the following

messages:

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any

other key to use maximum capacity...

Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to key in the desired capacity, or press any other key to use the

<Ctrl> + <Y> to key in the desired capacity, or press any other key to use the

to key in the desired capacity, or press any other key to use the

maximum capacity.

6.

The utility displays the following screen on the next page.

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