S-ATA RAID Configuration
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This mainboard is equipped with the following SATA RAID controllers:
1. VIA SATA from VIA VT8237 south bridge (SATA1/ SATA2)
2. (Optional) Silicon Image SiI3114 controller (SATA3/ SATA4/SATA5/SATA6)
Each of these controllers have their own unique RAID setup BIOS and software.
Note
: Before you proceed, identify which SATA controller your HDD drives
are connected to in order to ensure a successful installation.
VIA S-ATA RAID Features
The VIA S-ATA RAID solution uses the VT8237 chip as a RAID controller, which
is a 2-channel S-ATA and 1-channel ATA133 solution. Listed below are the main
features and benefits of VIA S-ATA RAID:
• Support two S-ATA hard disk drives.
• Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB (48-bits LBA).
• Supports RAID 0, 1 and JBOD.
• 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support.
• Bootable disk or disk array support.
• Windows-based RAID configure and management software tool. (Compatible
with BIOS)
• Real-time monitoring of device status and error alarm with popup message box
and beeping.
• Mirroring automatic background rebuilds support.
• ATA SMART function support.
• Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT4.0, 2000, XP operating systems support.
• Event log for easy troubleshooting.
• On-line help for easy operation for RAID software.
