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In the example above, 1.0.M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 1,
Controller 0, and the drive is set to Master. The following is a list of all possible
combinations:
Parallel ATA
0.0.M
Channel 0, controller 0, Master
0.0.S
Channel 0, controller 0, Slave
0.1.M
Channel 0, controller 1, Master
0.1.S
Channel 0, controller 1, Slave
Serial ATA
1.0.M Channel 1, controller 0, Master
1.1.M Channel 1, controller 1, Slave
Note: There is no such thing as Slave drive in Serial ATA. All drives are consid-
ered to be Master since there is a one to one connection between the drive and
the controller.
Using the Define a New Array Window
If necessary, press the <Tab> key to move from field to field until the appropriate
field is highlighted.
• Selecting the RAID Mode
By default, this is set to [Mirroring]. To change to a different RAID mode, press
the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode
box—either [Mirroring], [Striping], [Spanning], or [Stripe Mirroring].
• Selecting the Striping Block Size
Striping Block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the
disk. It is recommended to leave this value at the default [Optimal], which is
32KB, but the values can be between [4 KB] and [128 KB].
• Assigning the Disks
The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the
Free Disks block. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array
disks.
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