Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction
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Entering the RAID BIOS Setup
1. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to
press
F10
. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process
prior to loading OS.
2. Press
<N>
, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility ---
Define a New Array
window will appear.
The default
RAID Mode
is set to
Mirroring
and the default
Striping Block
is set to
Optimal
.
Understanding the “Define a New Array” Window
Use the Define a New Array window to
• Select the RAID Mode
• Set up the Striping Block
• Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array
Depending on the platform used, the system have one or more channels. In a
typical system there are usually one controller and multiple channels, and each
channel have a slave and a master.
The channel/controller/master/slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc
(location) columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists.
1. 0. M
M: Master
S: Slave
0: Channel
Adapter - adapter 0 is used for PATA drives
1 and above is used for SATA drives.