Creating A Raid Volume - Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 User Manual

Creating a RAID volume

To create a RAID volume:
1. In the Main Menu, press <2> to enter the LD View / LD Define Menu function.
2. Press <Ctrl> + <C>, and the following screen appears.
Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
LD No
LD 1
Strip Block
Gigabyte Boundary
Port:ID
01:00
02:00
03:00
04:00
[↑] Up [↓] Down
[Ctrl-Y] Save
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. 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 settings. 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.
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[ LD Define Menu ]
LD Name RAID Mode
Logical Drive 1 RAID 0
64 KB Fast Init
ON Cache Mode
[ Drives Assignments ]
Drive Model Capabilities
xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
[ Keys Available ]
[PaUp/PaDn] Switch page
[ESC] Exit
Drv
2
ON
WriteThru
Capacity(GB) Assignment
xxxxxx Y
xxxxxx Y
xxxxxx N
xxxxxx N
[Space] Change Option
Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to input the LD name.
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