ASRock FM2A55M-HD RAID Installation Guide - Page 9

Create Disk Array, Configuring RAID Option ROM For AMD A85X/A75/A55 Chipsets

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1.4 Create Disk Array Power on your system. If this is the first time you have booted with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard RAID Option ROM Utility will display the following screen. The RAID Option ROM includes a Utility with tools to set up your physical drives as RAID logical drives. The RAID Option ROM Utility can perform these functions: - Monitoring RAID status - Viewing physical drive assignments - Secure erasing of all data on physical drives - Creating RAID logical drives - Creating multiple logical drives using the same physical drives - Deleting RAID logical drives - Diagnosing critical and offline RAID logical drives - Displaying the IRQ and base address (for system diagnosis) 1.4.1 Configuring RAID Option ROM For AMD A85X/A75/A55 Chipsets During the POST process, press keys, then the RAID Option ROM Utility Main Menu appears. 9

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1.4
Create Disk Array
Power on your system. If this is the first time you have booted with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard RAID
Option ROM Utility will display the following screen.
The RAID Option ROM includes a Utility with tools to set up your physical drives as RAID logical drives. The RAID
Option ROM Utility can perform these functions:
- Monitoring RAID status
- Viewing physical drive assignments
- Secure erasing of all data on physical drives
- Creating RAID logical drives
- Creating multiple logical drives using the same physical drives
- Deleting RAID logical drives
- Diagnosing critical and offline RAID logical drives
- Displaying the IRQ and base address (for system diagnosis)
1.4.1
Configuring RAID Option ROM For AMD A85X/A75/A55 Chipsets
During the POST process, press <Ctrl+F> keys, then the RAID Option ROM Utility Main Menu appears.