Creating A Raid Volume - Asus CROSSHAIR IV EXTREME User Manual

Creating a RAID volume

To create a RAID volume:
In the Main Menu, press <2> to enter the LD View / LD Define Menu
1.
function.
2. Press <Ctrl> + <C>, and the following screen appears.
Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
LD No LD Name
LD 1 Logical Drive 1
Strip Block
Gigabyte Boundary
Port:ID Drive Model
01:00 xxxxxxxxx
02:00 xxxxxxxxx
03:00 xxxxxxxxx
04:00 xxxxxxxxx
[↑] Up [↓] Down
[Ctrl-Y] Save [ESC] Exit
3. Move to the RAID Mode item and press <Space> to select a RAID mode to
create.
4. Move to the Assignment item by using the down arrow key and set Y to
select the hard disk drives you want to include in the RAID set.
5. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to save the setting.
6. The utility prompts the following message. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to input the LD
name.
Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD Name
or press any key to exit.
If you do not input any LD name, the default LD
name will be used.
7. Eenter an LD name, and then press any key to continue. enter an LD name, and then press any key to continue.
Enter the LD name here:
8. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to erase the MBR, or you may press any key to abort the Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to erase the MBR, or you may press any key to abort the
settings.
Fast Initialization Option has been selected
It will erase the MBR data of the disks.
<Press Ctrl-Y Key if you are sure to erase it>
<Press any other key to ignore this option>
9. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to enter the screen to modify the array capacity, or press
any key to use the maximum capacity.
ROG Crosshair IV Formula
[ LD Define Menu ]
RAID Mode
RAID 0
64 KB Fast Init
ON Cache Mode
[ Drives Assignments ]
Capabilities
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
[ Keys Available ]
[PaUp/PaDn] Switch page
Drv
2
ON
WriteThru
Capacity(GB) Assignment
xxxxxx Y
xxxxxx Y
xxxxxx N
xxxxxx N
[Space] Change Option
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