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English 3. After array mode is selected, there are two methods to create a disk array. One method is Auto Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user selected Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recommended all disk drives are new ones when wanting to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements. When using Select Disk Drives, the channel column will be activated. Highlight the target drives that you want to use and press to select them. After all drives have been selected, press to go back to the creation steps menu. VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20 X Auto Setup For Performance X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) X Select Disk Drives X Block Size 64K X Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K, L : Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : Exit Channel [*]Serial_Ch0 Master [*]Serial_Ch1 Master Driver Name ST380013AS ST9120023AS Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 74.53 111.79 Status Stripe0 Stripe1 4. If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2, the block size of the array can also be selected. Use the arrow key to highlight Block Size and press , then select a block size from the popup menu. The block size can be 4KB to 64KB. VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20 X Auto Setup For Performance 4K X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping8)K X Select Disk Drives 16K X Block Size 64K 32K X Start Create Process 64K Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K, L : Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : Exit Channel [*]Serial_Ch0 Master [*]Serial_Ch1 Master Driver Name ST380013AS ST9120023AS Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 74.53 111.79 Status Stripe0 Stripe1 5. Use the arrow key to highlight Start Create Process and press . A warning message will appear, press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation. 6. Important note: All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation. - 79 - Technical Reference

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Technical Reference
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English
3. After array mode is selected, there are two methods to create a disk array. One method is
Auto
Setup
and the other one is
Select Disk Drives
.
Auto Setup
allows BIOS to select the disk drives
and create arrays automatically, but it does
not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user
selected
Create and duplicate
for RAID 1.
It is recommended all disk drives are new ones when
wanting to create an array.
Select Disk Drives
lets the user select the array drives by their
requirements.
When using
Select Disk Drives
, the channel column will be activated. Highlight the
target drives that you want to use and press <Enter> to select them. After all drives have been
selected, press <Esc> to go back to the creation steps menu.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
Create a RAID array with the hard disks
attached to VIA IDE controller
F1
: View Array/disk Status
,
: Move to next item
Enter
: Confirm the selection
ESC
: Exit
Channel
Driver Name
Array Name
Mode
Size(GB)
Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master
ST380013AS
SATA
74.53
Stripe0
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master
ST9120023AS
SATA
111.79
Stripe1
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
4. If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2, the block size of the array can also be selected. Use the
arrow key to highlight
Block Size
and press <Enter>, then select a block size from the popup menu.
The block size can be 4KB to 64KB.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
Create a RAID array with the hard disks
attached to VIA IDE controller
F1
: View Array/disk Status
,
: Move to next item
Enter
: Confirm the selection
ESC
: Exit
Channel
Driver Name
Array Name
Mode
Size(GB)
Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master
ST380013AS
SATA
74.53
Stripe0
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master
ST9120023AS
SATA
111.79
Stripe1
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
4K
8K
16K
32K
64K
5. Use the arrow key to highlight
Start Create Process
and press <Enter>.
A warning message will
appear, press
Y
to finish the creation, or press
N
to cancel the creation.
6. Important note: All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation.