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BIOS Setup
Create RAID menu operation instructions
Name
Please enter a volume label name less than 16 characters without
containing any special characters.
RAID Level
Please select RAID volume level, if no volume has been created at
present, there’re four volume levels of RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror),
RAID10 (RAID0+1) and RAID5 (Parity) for selection, please select
according to actual requirements.
RAID0: This RAID volume is allowed to be made on 2 or above hard
disks.
RAID1: This RAID volume is allowed to be made on 2 hard disks.
RAID10: This RAID volume is allowed to be made on 4 hard disks, which
is only available when hard disk quantity is 4 or above.
RAID5 (Parity): This RAID volume is allowed to be made on 3 or above
hard disks.
Disks
Select hard disks to make RAID volume, press enter after this option is
selected, system will enter hard disk selection interface, please select
hard disks to make RAID volume through using space key accordingly,
and then press enter to return to volume create menu.
Strip Size
Please select strip size, only RAID0 and RAID5 volumes could select this
option.
Capacity
Set volume capacity, and the default value is the max. volume capacity.
After completing the above configuration, please select [Create Volume], and press
enter, system prompts: “WARNING: ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED DISKS WILL
BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume ?(Y/N):”.
To create an RAID volume, please enter “Y”, a volume will be created, and all data
on the selected disk will be lost.
Otherwise, please enter “N”, to exit volume creation.
Here we enter “Y” to create an RAID volume, after creation completed, return to
SATA Host RAID configuration main interface, and the created RAID volume will be
displayed in RAID volume.
