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To launch the SATA RAID BIOS console, Level, Description and use, Number of, drives, Fault, Tolerant

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Level Description and use Pros 5 Stripes data at a block level Fast and across several drives and redundant distributes parity among the drives. No single disk is devoted to parity. 10 A combination of RAID 1 and Fast and RAID 0. Raid 0 is used for redundant performance, and RAID 1 is used for fault tolerance. Configuring your onboard RAID solution Cons More disk space required. Reduces usable disk space to 75% of total storage in the disk array. An additional drive required. Number of drives Three Four Fault Tolerant Yes Yes To launch the SATA RAID BIOS console: 1 Restart your server. 2 Press F2 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS Setup utility opens. 3 From the Main BIOS menu, select the Advanced menu. 4 Select the Drive Configuration sub-menu. 5 For the Configure SATA as option, click RAID. 6 Exit the BIOS Setup utility. 7 Restart your server. 8 During the boot process you will see the following message: Press - for BIOS Console Press and hold the CTRL key, then press the I key. The RAID BIOS console will open. Important When you press CTRL + I to configure the SATA RAID controller, the error message: Error (0146): Insufficient Memory to Shadow PCI ROM may appear. This error message is produced because the BIOS does not have sufficient memory to load the SATA RAID option ROM into memory because other option ROMs are already loaded. This is not a functional problem and can be disregarded. If you receive this message, press F1 to continue. 9 Configure the RAID options, then exit the RAID BIOS console. 10 Reboot the server. www.gateway.com 43

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Configuring your onboard RAID solution
To launch the SATA RAID BIOS console:
1
Restart your server.
2
Press
F2
when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS Setup utility
opens.
3
From the
Main
BIOS menu, select the
Advanced
menu.
4
Select the
Drive Configuration
sub-menu.
5
For the
Configure SATA as
option, click
RAID
.
6
Exit the BIOS Setup utility.
7
Restart your server.
8
During the boot process you will see the following message:
Press <Ctrl>-<I> for BIOS Console
Press and hold the
C
TRL
key, then press the
I
key. The RAID BIOS console will open.
9
Configure the RAID options, then exit the RAID BIOS console.
10
Reboot the server.
5
Stripes data at a block level
across several drives and
distributes parity among the
drives. No single disk is devoted
to parity.
Fast and
redundant
More disk space
required. Reduces
usable disk space
to 75% of total
storage in the disk
array.
Three
Yes
10
A combination of RAID 1 and
RAID 0. Raid 0 is used for
performance, and RAID 1 is used
for fault tolerance.
Fast and
redundant
An additional drive
required.
Four
Yes
Important
When you press
C
TRL
+ I
to configure the SATA RAID controller,
the error message:
Error (0146): Insufficient Memory to Shadow
PCI ROM
may appear. This error message is produced because the
BIOS does not have sufficient memory to load the SATA RAID option
ROM into memory because other option ROMs are already loaded.
This is not a functional problem and can be disregarded. If you receive
this message, press
F1
to continue.
Level
Description and use
Pros
Cons
Number of
drives
Fault
Tolerant