Global American 3307880, User Manual

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3307880 PCI CPU Card
cables within the chassis to avoid system down time.
D.2 Features and Benefits
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and JBOD
Supports connectivity to two disk drives
Supported Operating Systems include: Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP
Windows-based software for RAID management
D.3 Accessing the ALi RAID Utility
To access the Ali RAID Utility , please follow the steps below:
Step 4: Connect SATA drives to the system. Connect two SATA drives to the system.
Make sure the drives have the same capacity, are the same type and have the
same speed.
NOTE:
Make sure the SATA drives are EXACTLY the same
when they are configured in a RAID configuration
(JBOD, RAID 0 or RAID 1). If they are not the same
size, disk drive capacity is sacrificed and overall
performance affected.
Step 5: Enable SATA drives in BIOS. Start the computer and access the Phoenix Award
BIOS setup program. Next, open the Advanced BIOS Features menu. Enable
the SATA BOOT ROM Control BIOS option.
Step 6: Save and Exit BIOS. After the SATA BOOT ROM Control BIOS option is enabled,
save and exit the BIOS.
Step 7: Reboot the system. Reboot the system after saving and exiting the BIOS.
Step 8: Press Ctrl-A. When the screen in Figure 6-38 appears press Ctrl-A to enter the
ALi RAID BIOS setup program.
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