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Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction
NF3250K8AA/NF3250GK8AA Series User Manual
Entering the RAID BIOS Setup
1. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to
press
F10
. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process
prior to loading OS.
2. Press<
N
>, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility ---
Define a New Array
window will appear.
The default
RAID Mode
is set to
Mirroring
and the default
Striping Block
is set to
Optimal
.
Understanding the
“
Define a New Array
”
Window
Use the Define a New Array window to
•
Select the RAID Mode
•
Set up the Striping Block
•
Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array
Depending on the platform used, the system have one or more adapters. In a typical
system there are usually one channel and multiple adapters, and each adapter
have a slave and a master.
The adapter/channel/master/slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc
(location) columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists.
1. 0. M
M: Master
S: Slave
0: Channel
Adapter 0 is used for PATA drives;
Adapter 1 is used for SATA drives.
