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X6DVL-G/X6DVL-EG User's Manual
To confi gure SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID
functions(--Windows, Red Hat & SuSe, Linux)
1. Select "Advanced Setting" from the AMI BIOS menu.
2. Select the IDE Confi guration menu.
3. Change the IDE Confi guration to "P-ATA Only."
4. Under the item-"Confi gure S-ATA as RAID", select "Yes".
5. Tap the <Esc> key and scroll down to "Exit". Select "Save and Exit" from the
"Exit" menu. Press the <Enter> key to save the changes and exit the BIOS.
6. Once you've exited the BIOS Utility, the system will re-boot.
7. During the system startup, press the <Ctrl> and the <A> keys simultaneously to
run the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility when prompted by the following mes-
sage:
Press <Ctrl><A> for Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility
The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller
Driver
Adaptec's Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID func-
tionality to the Serial ATA I/O controller by supporting RAID 0 (Striping) or RAID
1 (Mirroring) to enhance the industry's pioneer PCI-to-e host controller products.
RAID striping (RAID 0) can greatly improve hard disk I/O performance because of its
capability in striping data across multiple drives. RAID mirroring (RAID 1) allows the
data to be simultaneously written to two drives, so critical data is always available
even if a single hard disk fails. Due to the built-in functionality, the X6DVL-G/X6DVL-
EG is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands
of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data acces-
sibility regardless of a single disk failure. By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded
Serial ATA into the motherboard design, Supermicro's X6DVL-G/X6DVL-EG offers
the user with the benefi ts of SATARAID without the high costs associated with
hardware RAID applications.
(Note:
For Adaptec's RAID Driver Installation Instructions, please refer to the
Adaptec RAID Controller User's Guide: "Emb_SA_RAID_UG.pdf" in the CD that
came with this motherboard. You can also download a copy of Adaptec's User's
Guide from our web site at www.supermicro.com.)
