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After array mode is selected, there are two methods to create a disk array. One method is Auto Setup and
the other one is Select Disk Drives . Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays
automatically, but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user selected Create and duplicate for
RAID 1. It is recommended all disk drives are new ones when wanting to create an array.
Select Disk
Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements. Select the Select Disk Drives item and
press Enter , use the arrow key to select the hard disk. The selected hard disk will be marked a star(*) signal.
Use the arrow key to select Start Create Process and press Enter . A warning message will appear [The
data on the selected disks will be destroied. Continue? (Y/N)] , press Y to finish the creation, or press N
to cancel the creation.
Important note: All existing contents in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
, : Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC
: Exit
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
If you select a RAID 0 array, the block size of the array can also be selected. Use the arrow key to select
Block Size and press
Enter , then select a block size from the popup menu. The block size can be 4KB to
64KB.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
, : Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC
: Exit
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
4K
8K
16K
32K
64K