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C-1. UEFI RAID Coniguration
This mode supports Windows 8.1/8 64-bit installation only.
To conigure UEFI RAID, you need to prepare a USB lash drive using FAT 32 ile format and copy all iles
(including the UEFI RAID utility rcadm.ei) in the \BootDrv\UEFI RAID Utility folder in your motherboard driver
disk to the lash drive. Then follow the steps below.
Steps:
In BIOS Setup, go to
BIOS Features
and set
Windows 8 Features
to
Windows 8
and
CSM Support
to
Never
.
Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.
Running the UEFI RAID Utility
Restart your computer and press <F12> to enter the boot device coniguration menu. Use the up or down arrow
key to select your USB lash drive which is preixed with "UEFI:" string. Then press <Enter> to access the screen
as shown in Figure 3. To run the UEFI RAID utility, enter the following commands.
You can enter the commands at
Shell
or
fsx:
level (
x
represents the disk number for your USB lash drive).
Checking Disk Information
To see the hard drive information, enter the following commands and press <Enter>. You will see CONTROLLER
LIST and DISK LIST displayed on the screen.
rcadm -M -qa
Creating a RAID Array
To create a RAID array, refer to the following examples to enter the commands and press <Enter>. When
succeeded, the message which says "created successfully" will appear.
Example 1: Create a RAID 0 array with Drive 0 and Drive 1 and the array size is 40 GB.
rcadm -C -r0 -d 0 1 -s 40000
("C"=Create a array, "r0"=RAID 0, d 0 1=Drive 0 and Drive 1, "
s 40000"
"=Size of 40 GB; to use the maximum
size allowed, do not enter "
s x0000
")
Example 2: Create a RAID 5 array with Drive 1~4 and the array size is 75 GB.
rcadm -C -r5 -d 1 2 3 4 -s 75000
("C"=Create a array, "r5"=RAID 5, d 1 2 3 4=Drive 1~4, "s 75000"=Size of 75 GB)
After you create the array, you can enter the "rcadm -M -qa" commands to see the array information. In addition
to the CONTROLLER LIST and DISK LIST information, you will see ARRAY LIST information displayed on the
screen, too.
Deleting an Array
To delete an array, enter the following commands and press <Enter>.
rcadm -D -a 1
("D"=Delete a array, "a 1"=Array 1, to delete all arrays, enter "a *")
When prompted to conirm, enter
YES
to delete or
NO
to cancel, and then press <Enter>.
To exit the UEFI RAID utility, enter "exit" and press <Enter>.
C-2. Coniguring Legacy RAID ROM
Enter the legacy RAID BIOS setup utility to conigure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed with the installation
of Windows operating system for a non-RAID coniguration.
Steps:
After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which
says "Press <Ctrl-F> to enter RAID Option ROM Utility". Press <Ctrl> + <R> to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility.
Creating a RAID Array
1. To create a new array, press <Enter> on the
Create Array
option.
