Nvraid Bios; Sil3114 Sataraid Bios - DFI LanParty nF4 User Manual

NVRAID BIOS

The NVRAID BIOS utility, suppor ted by the NVIDIA nForce4
chipset, is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives
(SATA 1 to SATA 4) and Parallel ATA drives.
After you power up the system and all drives have been detected,
the NVRAID BIOS status message screen will appear. Press the
<F10> key to enter the utility. The utility allows you to build a RAID
system on Serial ATA drives and Parallel ATA drives.
Important:
•
Before creating RAID, make sure you have connected Serial
ATA drives and Parallel ATA drives.
•
Set the "RAID Enable" field to Enabled (Integrated
Peripherals submenu, RAID Config section of the Award
BIOS.)
•
Enable the IDE and/or Serial ATA drives you want to
configure as RAID (Integrated Peripherals submenu, RAID
Config section of the Award BIOS.)
Sil3114 SataRAID BIOS (for "DR" models only)
The Sil3114 SataRAID BIOS utility, supported by the Silicon Image
Sil 3114 chip, is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA
drives connected to SATA 5 to SATA 8.
After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have been
detected, the Sil3114 SataRAID BIOS status message screen will
appear. Press the <Ctrl-S> or <F4> key to enter the utility. The
utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives.
Important:
•
Before creating RAID, make sure you have connected the
Serial ATA drives.
•
Set the "Sil3114 S-ATA RAID Control" field in the Genie
BIOS Setting submenu of the Award BIOS to "SATA RAID".
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