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Chapter 5 VT8237 SATA RAID

THE VIA SATA RAID Controller VT8237 & RAID Driver
VIA RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) Controller is built in
the South Bridge VT8237. With this RAID Controller, the VIA SATA RAID
BIOS is built into the system to help configure the Redundant Disk Array.
VT8237 supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration.
This Chapter is to introduce the VT8237 SATA RAID
Configurations :
5-0 About Disk Array ................................................................... 81
5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation .......................................................... 81
5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 81
5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by VT8237 ................................ 81
5-1 First Step to Set Up SATA RAID System .......................... 82
5-2 Enable SATA-RAID Interface with System BIOS ........... 83
5-3 To Enter VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup .............................. 84
5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array ....... 85
5-5 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to change Array mode ..... 89
5-6 To Install SATA RAID Driver.............................................. 91
5-6-1 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP ............ 91
5-6-2 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/ME .......... 92
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