Supero AS-1010S-T User Manual page 59

Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS
Before setting up your RAID drives, you must change some settings in BIOS. Boot
up the system and hit the <Del> key to enter the BIOS Setup Utlility. After the
Setup Utility loads,
1. Use the arrow keys to move to the Advanced menu. Scroll down with the arrow
keys to "SATA Confi guration" and press <Enter>. When the submenu opens, use
the arrow keys to select "HT-1000 SATA" and enable this setting (if not already
enabled.) Then in the same submenu, scroll down to the "SATA Mode" setting and
select the "RAID" option.
2. Hit the <Esc> key until you return to the main Setup menu, then scroll over to
the Exit menu. Select "Save Changes and Exit" and hit <Enter>, then hit <Enter>
again to verify.
3. After exiting the BIOS Setup Utility, the system will reboot. When the system
is rebooting, press the <Ctrl> and <R> keys simultaneously. This will activate the
HT-1000 RAID Utility program.
Using the HT-1000 RAID Utility
The HT-1000 RAID Utility program is where you can defi ne the drives you want to
include in the RAID array and the mode and type of RAID. The utility is comprised
of three main windows, as shown in Figure 5-6. The "Disks" window on the right
will list all available drives. The procedure below outlines the steps necessary to
create a RAID array as seen in the "Main Menu" window of the RAID utility. In each
step, note the "Available Keys" window in the bottom right of the screen. These
are the keys used to perform the various functions in each step.
Initialize Disks(s)
The fi rst step is to initialize drives as part of the RAID array. Using the keys noted
in the "Available Keys" window, navigate through the available disks shown in the
"Disks" window and select those you wish to add to your array. When selected, a
disk will be highlighted in green.
Create Array
After selecting the disks for your array, you are ready to select the type of array to
create. Array types may be limited by the number of disks selected and the RAID
levels supported by your system. After selecting the array type you will be prompted
to choose the caching mode (read/write, read only or none). After this selection
you have the array set up. Press the <C> key to confi rm the confi guration of your
array and reboot the system.
Note: a RAID controller program (RAIDCore) may be downloaded from the Broad-
com web site. On their home page (www.broadcom.com) click on Downloads & Sup-
port > RAID Driver Downloads then under Operating Systems click on Windows.
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