Entering The Raid Bios Setup - Foxconn NF3UK8MA series User Manual

Entering the RAID BIOS Setup

1 . After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to
press F10. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process
prior to loading OS.
2 . P r e s s F10, a n d t h e N V I D I A R A I D U t i l i t y - - - Define a New Array window will appear.
The default RAID Mode i s s e t t o Mirroring and the default Striping Block i s s e t t o
Optimal.
Understanding the "Define a New Array" Window
Use the Define a New Array window to
• Select the RAID Mode
• Set up the Striping Block
• Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array
Depending on the platform used, the system have one or more channels. In a
typical system there are usually one controller and multiple channels, and each
channel have a slave and a master.
The channel/controller/master/slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc
(location) columns of the Free Disks and A r r a y D i s k s l i s t s .
1 . 0 . M
Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction
M: Master
S: Slave
0: Controller
Channel - Typically, channel 0 is used for
P a r a l l e l ATA drivers while channel 1 is used
f o r S e r i a l ATA d r i v e s .
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