GA-MA790FX-UD5P Motherboard - 86 - C. Configuring a RAID array in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to the installation of Windows operating system for a non-RAID configuration. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Setup Utility" (Figure 2). Press + to enter the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility. Figure 2 Figure 3 GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 Copyright (C) 2006-2007 GIGABYTE Technology. HDD0 : ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID HDD1 : ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID ODD0 : DVDROM GO-D1600B Press to enter RAID Setup Utility ... In the main screen of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 3), use the up or down arrow key to highlight through choices in the Main Menu block. Highlight the item that you wish to execute and press . GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [..TAB]-Switch Window [..]-Select ITEM [ENTER]-Action [ESC]-Exit [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Model Name Capacity Type/Status HDD0: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID HDD1: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID Note: In the main screen, you can select a hard drive in the Hard Disk Drive List block and press to see detailed information about the selected hard drive. - 87 - Appendix Figure 5 Create a RAID Array: In the main screen, press on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the Create New RAID screen appears (Figure 4). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] Name: GRAID_ Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size: 240 GB Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [..]-Move Cursor [DEL,BS]-Delete Character [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Model Name Available Type/Status HDD0: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID HDD1: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID [ Help ] Enter RAID Name Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters in length for the created RAID drive to be identified by system BIOS or OS. Figure 4 GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] Name: GRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size: 240 GB Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [..]-Switch RAID Level [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Model Name Available Type/Status HDD0: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID HDD1: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID [ Help ] Select RAID Level RAID 0 - Data striped for performance RAID 1 - Data mirrored for redundancy JBOD - Data concatenated for huge temporarily disk required The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array (Figure 5). Steps: 1. Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) and press . 2. Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Then press to move onto the next step. GA-MA790FX-UD5P Motherboard - 88 - Figure 6 3. Assign Array Disks: After a RAID mode is selected, RAID BIOS automatically assigns the two hard drives installed as the RAID drives. 4. Set Block Size (RAID 0 only): Under the Block item, use the up or down arrow key to select the stripe block size (Figure 6), ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB. Press . GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] Name: GRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size: 240 GB Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [..]-Switch RAID Block Size [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Model Name Available Type/Status . HDD0: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID . HDD1: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID [ Help ] Setting Stripe Block Select a stripe size which will be used to divide data from/to seperate RAID members. The following are typical values: RAID 0-128KB Figure 7 5. Set Array Size: Under the Size item, enter the size of the array and press . 6. Confirm Creation: After all of the items above are configured, the selection bar automatically jumps to the Confirm Creation item. Press . When prompted to confirm your selection (Figure 7), press to confirm or to abort. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] Name: GRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size: 240 GB Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Model Name Available Type/Status . HDD0: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID . HDD1: ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID [ Help ] CONFIRM RAID CREATION ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED HARD DISK WILL BE LOST WHEN EXIT WITH SAV...
