Chapter 5 Appendix - Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M User Manual

3. After array mode is selected, there are two methods to create a disk array. One method is Auto
Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives
and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the m irroring drives even if the user
selected Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recom mended all disk drives are new ones when
wanting to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their
requirements. When using Select Disk Drives, the channel column will be activated. Highlight the
target drives that you want to use and press <Enter> to select them. After all drives have been
selected, press <Esc> to go back to the creation steps menu.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
u Auto Setup For Performance
u Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
u Select Disk Drives
u Block Size 64K
u Start Create Process
Channel
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master
4. If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2, the block size of the array can also be selected. Use the
arrow key to highlight Block Size and press <Enter>, then select a block size from the popup menu.
The block size can be 4KB to 64KB.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
u Auto Setup For Performance
u Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
u Select Disk Drives
u Block Size 64K
u Start Create Process
Channel
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master
5. Use the arrow key to highlight Start Create Process and press <Enter>. A warning m essage will
appear, press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation.
6. Im portant note: All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation.
Create a RAID array with the hard disks
attached to VIA IDE controller
F1
h, i
Enter
ESC
Driver Name Array Name
ST380013AS
ST9120023AS
Create a RAID array with the hard disks
4K
attached to VIA IDE controller
8K
F1
16K
h, i
32K
Enter
64K
ESC
Driver Name Array Name
ST380013AS
ST9120023AS
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: View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
: Confirm the selection
: Exit
Mode Size(GB) Status
SATA 74.53 Stripe0
SATA 111.79 Stripe1
: View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
: Confirm the selection
: Exit
Mode Size(GB) Status
SATA 74.53 Stripe0
SATA 111.79 Stripe1
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