AEC-6896S/6896 Manual
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3.1 Description of Functions
On BIOS screen use <
á
>,<
â
> to change items, press <Enter> to select and con-
firm, and press <Esc> to cancel or exit (return to previous screen). Meanwhile at the
bottom of the screen, you can see the model numbers of hard drives connected to
the channels, the capacity, the RAID status and class. For example, U5 represents
an Ultra 5 ATA100 hard drive.
3.1.1 Set RAID Modes
In AEC-6896 there are 8 arrays for you to build or change RAID mode on any array.
Move cursor to “Set RAID Mode”, then press <Enter>, and Array 0 to Array 7 will
appear. There are four RAID and one normal (non RAID) modes for selection once
you press <Enter>. Set according to the prompt window. Please refer to 3.2 for the
explanation of each RAID mode. Yet, you are suggested to use the Windows-based
RAID Utility designed for AEC-6896. Its GUI is easy for operation. Please refer to
Chapter 5.
Figure 3-3
NOTICE: You can set a new array from Array 0 to 7. The number is simply
for the system identification. After rebooting, the system will assign the
newly set array a smaller number. It begins with Array 0.
