Alienware MJ-12 X2, User Manual

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4.1 Introduction
The Silicon Image RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and spare drive
configuration. Some other functions that can performed are a low level format, rebuild
malfunctioning RAID 1 arrays and resolve conflicts.
The RAID utility can be accessed by pressing CTR+S or F4 when prompted during the
POST. This utility will only be accessible when the Sil3114 is enabled on the system
BIOS and it is set to RAID mode (see section 3.2.11).
Once inside the utility, keyboard navigation will be required since there is no mouse
support. The
Up
and
Down
arrow keys ( ↑ , ↓ ) will permit navigation through the menu
options.
Enter
key is used to select and the
ESC
to return to the previous menu.
To exit the application press
Ctrl-E
, and Y at the prompt.
4.2 Main Menu
These screen shows the menu options and also the drives recognized by the utility. Note
that only devices plugged into SATA_3 through SATA_6 will be detected.
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