Chapter 5, Creating a raid volume, Chapter 5: raid configurations – Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 User Manual

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Chapter 5: RAID configurations

Chapter 5

Creating a RAID volume

To create a RAID volume:
1. In the Main Menu, press <2> to enter the LD View / LD Define Menu function.
2.

Press <Ctrl> + <C>, and the following screen appears.

3.

Move to the RAID Mode item and press <Space> to select a RAID mode to create.

4.

Move to the Assignment item by using the down arrow key and set Y to select the hard

disk drives you want to include in the RAID set.

5.

Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to save the setting.

6.

The utility prompts the following message. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to input the LD name.

Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

[] Up [] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl-Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Keys Available ]

[ LD Define Menu ]

[ Drives Assignments ]

Port:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

01:00 xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

Y

02:00 xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

Y

03:00 xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

N

04:00 xxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

xxxxxx

N

LD No LD Name

RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1

RAID 0

2

Strip Block

64 KB

Fast Init

ON

Gigabyte Boundary

ON

Cache Mode

WriteThru

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD Name or

press any key to exit.

If you do not input any LD name, the default LD

name will be used.

7.

Eenter an LD name, and then press any key to continue.

Enter the LD name here:

Fast Initialization Option has been selected.

It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

<Press Ctrl-Y Key if you are sure to erase it>

<Press any other key to ignore this option>

8.

Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to erase the MBR, or you may press any key to abort the settings.

9.

Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to enter the screen to modify the array capacity, or press any key to

use the maximum capacity.

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