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Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Revision
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7. Reference Messages
7.1 BIOS Reference Messages
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The following explains ‘o’ ‘x’ and ‘?’ shown at the RAID BIOS identifying IDE drive.
ALi RAID BIOS V1.00
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Identifying IDE driver .o.o.x.x.o.o
Channel 1 Master: Maxtor 4A160J0
Channel 1 Slave : Maxtor 6L040J2
Channel 2 Master: None
Channel 2 Slave : None
Channel 3 Master: WDC WD360GD-00F
Channel 4 Master: Maxtor 6Y200M0
Press Ctrl-A to enter ALi RAID BIOS setup utility
Notation Description
O
The drive has been detected correctly.
X
No drive is detected at this channel.
?
The drive has been detected but may not be a workable drive.
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RAID 1 may still function, but mirroring mechanism is disabled !
After broken HDD (e.g., marked with ?) is swapped with new one, you may
enter RAID BIOS to "Rebuild RAID Array" for RAID 1 and RAID 0+1.
RAID 0+1 may still function, but mirroring mechanism is disabled !
After broken HDD (e.g., marked with ?) is swapped with new one, you may
enter RAID BIOS to "Rebuild RAID Array" for RAID 1 and RAID 0+1.
When this message appears, the existing RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 is broken. It may due to drive failure at RAID or one drive
is replaced/changed. User should enter setup to rebuild RAID or delete RAID relation.
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RAID 0 configuration is broken and may not function !
JBOD configuration is broken and may not function !
When this message appears, the existing RAID 0 or JBOD is broken. It may due to drive failure at RAID or one or more
drives are replaced/changed. User should enter setup to rebuild RAID or to delete RAID relation.
