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UPER ERVER 6014L-M4 User's Manual
Confi guring SATA RAID
Note: applies only to Operating Systems that support RAID functions (Windows,
Red Hat & SuSe, Linux, etc.)
1. Select "Advanced Setting" from the AMI BIOS menu.
2. Select the IDE Confi guration menu.
3. Change the IDE Confi guration to "P-ATA Only."
4. Under the item-"Confi gure S-ATA as RAID", select "Yes".
5. Tap the <Esc> key and scroll down to "Exit". Select "Save and Exit" from the
"Exit" menu. Press the <Enter> key to save the changes and exit the BIOS.
6. Once you've exited the BIOS Utility, the system will re-boot.
7. During the system startup, press the <Ctrl> and the <A> keys simultaneously to
run the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility when prompted by the following mes-
sage:
Press <Ctrl><A> for the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility.
Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller Driver
Adaptec's Embedded SATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality
to the SATA I/O controller and enhances the performance of PCI-Express based
products. RAID striping (RAID 0) allows data to be written across across multiple
drives, greatly improving hard disk I/O performance. RAID mirroring (RAID 1) al-
lows data to be simultaneously written to two drives, improving data security even
if a single hard disk fails. By incorporating Adaptec's Embedded SATA into the
serverboard design, the X6DLP-4G2 offers the user the benefi ts of SATA RAID
without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications.
Note: For instructions on installing Adaptec's RAID driver, please refer to the
Adaptec RAID Controller User's Guide ("Emb_SA_RAID_UG.pdf") in the CD that
came with the serverboard. You can also download a copy of Adaptec's User's
Guide from our web site at www.supermicro.com.
Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility (ARC)
The Adaptec RAID Confi guration utility, an embedded BIOS utility, includes the
following:
Array Confi guration Utility: Use this utility to create, confi gure and manage arrays.
Disk Utilities: Use this option to format or verify disks.
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