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- Page 1 VT8237R Plus SATA RAID User Guide Edition V1.0 Trademarks All brand or product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trade- marks of their respective holders.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Using Serial ATA RAID ................ 3 1. Introduction ....................3 2. Installing SATA Hard Disks ................4 3. BIOS Configuration ..................5 4. Install W indows XP/W indows 2000 with RAID mode ......11 5. Driver and RAID software installation ............. 13 6. -
Page 3: Using Serial Ata Raid
Using Serial ATA RAID This motherboard adopts VIA VT8237R Plus southbridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. You may install two SATA hard disks on the motherboard for storage devices. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. -
Page 4: Installing Sata Hard Disks
RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel. If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Due to redundancy, the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive. -
Page 5: Bios Configuration
3. BIOS Configuration Enter BIOS Setup program 1. Enter the BIOS setup program by pressing the <Del> key during the POST (Power-On Self Test ). 2. Select the Integrated Peripherals item, then press <Enter>. 3. Select the VIA OnChip IDE Device menu. 4. - Page 6 a. Guide to Configure RAID 0 STEP 1: Select the option Create Array in the main menu of BIOS configura- tion utility, then press <Enter> key. STEP 2: Select the option Array Mode, then press <Enter> key to display the pop-up menu of RAID system setting.
- Page 7 b. Guide to Configure RAID 1 STEP 1: Select the option Create Array in the main menu of BIOS configura- tion utility, then press <Enter> key. STEP 2: Select the option Array Mode, then press <Enter> key to display the pop-up menu of RAID system setting.
- Page 8 c. Guide to Configure JBOD STEP 1: Select the option Create Array in the main menu of BIOS configura- tion utility, then press <Enter> key. STEP 2: Select the option Array Mode, then press <Enter> key to display the pop-up menu of RAID system setting. STEP 3: Select RAID SPAN for capacity from the menu and press <Enter>.
- Page 9 B. Delete Array A RAID can be deleted after it has been created. To delete a RAID, use the following steps: STEP 1: Select the option Delete Array in the main menu of BIOS configuration utility, then press <Enter> key. STEP 2: Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press <Enter>.
- Page 10 C. Select Boot Array User can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an array. Boot disk array cannot be selected if the operating system does not boot from the disk array. Highlight the Select Boot Array item; press <Enter>...
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Page 11: Install Windows Xp/ Windows 2000 With Raid Mode
4. Install Windows XP/ Windows 2000 with RAID mode BIOS Configuration Utility, exit the utility, then STEP 1. Set RAID mode in reboot the computer. STEP 2. Insert a W indows XP/ W indows 2000 installation CD. STEP 3. Press the <F6> when the following pictures appear: STEP 4. - Page 12 STEP 6. Select the operating system you want to install, press <Enter> to continue. STEP 7. Press <Enter> to continue. W hen the following picture appears, Press <F8> to resume the normal windows installation process...
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Page 13: Driver And Raid Software Installation
5. Driver and RAID software installation Microsoft Windows Driver Installation After W indows has finished booting up, insert the driver CD. Install VIA RAID driver. The RAID software is installed simultaneously with driver installation. Getting Start After installing the GUI software, it will be automatically started every time W in- dows is initiated. - Page 14 The main interface is divided into two windows and the toolbar above contain the main functions. Click on these toolbar buttons to execute their specific functions. The left windowpane displays the controller and disk drives and the right windowpane displays the details of the controller or disk drives. View by Devices Create Mirror Array (RAID 1) Create Span Array (JBOD)
- Page 15 View Online Help Click on to launch the Help Topics. It is recommended that you read through the help articles before using RAID utility.
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Page 16: How To Create Raid Driver Floppy Disk
6. How to create RAID driver floppy disk A. In this motherboard Step 1. Insert the driver CD into CD-ROM drive under W indows operation system. Step 2. The driver CD will automatically display main menu screen. Step 3. Click “Accessories” button. Step 4.