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English Stripe Block: For striped (RAID 0) arrays, you can manually select the stripe block size. Press the Space bar to scroll through choices from 32 to 128KB. The default is 64KB. Gigabyte Rounding: The Gigabyte Rounding feature is designed for Mirrored (RAID 1) arrays in which a drive has failed and the user cannot replace the drive with the same capacity or larger. In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example. 1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the Spacebar to select Stripe. 2. Set the Stripe Block size. 64K is the default. 3. Under the Drive Assignments section, press UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight a drive. 4. Press the Spacebar to change the Assignment option to . This action adds the drive to the disk array. Assign from one or two drives. If you assign only one drive, there will be no performance benefit. The Total Drv section will show the number of disks assigned. 5. Press + keys to save the information. The window below will appear. Do you want to do quick initialize or create only? (Yes/No) Y-Create and Quick Initialize N-Create Only 6. Press to create and quick initialize the array or press to create it only. 7. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to Define Array Menu and you should see the newly-created array in this screen. 8. Press to return to Main Menu and press again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility. View Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a disk array or are unassigned. FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc. Channel:ID [ View/Change Drives Assignments ] Drive Model Capacity (MB) Assignment 1:SATA ST3120026AS 2:SATA ST3120026AS 120034 120034 Logical Disk 1 Logical Disk 1 Mode U7 U7 Mode (D=DMA, U=UDMA) [ , ,Space] Change Option [ Keys Available] ] [CTRL-Y] Save [ESC] Exit Under the Assignment column, drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as Spare if unassigned. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 84 -

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English
Stripe Block: For striped (RAID 0) arrays, you can manually select the stripe block size. Press the
Space bar to scroll through choices from 32 to 128KB. The default is 64KB.
Gigabyte Rounding: The Gigabyte Rounding feature is designed for Mirrored (RAID 1) arrays in which
a drive has failed and the user cannot replace the drive with the same capacity or larger.
In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example.
1.
Under the RAID Mode section, press the Spacebar to select
Stripe
.
2.
Set the Stripe Block size. 64K is the default.
3.
Under the Drive Assignments section, press UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight a drive.
4.
Press the Spacebar to change the Assignment option to <Y>.
This action adds the drive to the disk
array. Assign from one or two drives. If you assign only one drive, there will be no performance
benefit. The
Total Drv
section will show the number of disks assigned.
5.
Press <Ctrl>+<Y> keys to save the information. The window below will appear.
6.
Press <Y> to create and quick initialize the array or press <N> to create it only.
7.
After the creation is complete, the screen will return to Define Array Menu and you should see the
newly-created array in this screen.
8.
Press <Esc> to return to Main Menu and press <Esc> again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS
utility.
Do you want to do quick initialize
or create only? (Yes/No)
Y-Create and Quick Initialize
N-Create Only
View Drive Assignments
The
View Drive Assignments
option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a disk
array or are unassigned.
Under the Assignment column, drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as
Spare
if
unassigned.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.
[
View/Change Drives Assignments
]
Mode
(D=DMA, U=UDMA)
[
Keys Available
]
]
[
K
,
L
,Space] Change Option
[CTRL-Y] Save
[ESC] Exit
Channel:ID
Drive Model
Capacity (MB)
Assignment
Mode
1:SATA
ST3120026AS
120034
Logical Disk 1
U7
2:SATA
ST3120026AS
120034
Logical Disk 1
U7