MSI X2-109 v1 - Manual (Page 37)

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-3
Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
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RAID 0 requires from one to eight physical drives.
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RAID 1 requires two physical drives.
• RAID 5 required three to eight physical drives.
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RAID 10 requires four, six, or eight physical drives.
3.2.1 Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU
Follow these steps to start the MegaRAID BIOS CU:
1. During boot-up, wait for the following message to appear on the
screen:
Press Ctrl-M to run LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility
2. When you see this message, hold down the Ctrl key while pressing
the M key.
The main menu for the Configuration Utility appears, as shown in
Figure 3.1 .
Figure 3.1 Configuration Utility Main Menu
Note: When you start the MegaRAID BIOS CU by pressing Ctrl-M
the Configuration Manager Module of the BIOS allocates
three segments of memory using either PMM or
conventional memory: these are the Destination Segment,
Scratch Segment, and Read Write Buffer Segment. If the
three segments are not available the BIOS hooks INT19h
and loads the CU at the fixed segments 5000:0