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Create a RAID Array: In the main screen, press on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the Create New RAID screen appears (Figure 4). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Name: GRAID_ Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size: 240 GB Model Name HDD0: ST3120026AS HDD1: ST3120026AS Available 120 GB 120 GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ Help ] Enter RAID Name Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters in length for the created RAID drive to be identified by system BIOS or OS. []-Move Cursor [DEL,BS]-Delete Character [ENTER]-Next Figure 4 [ESC]-Abort The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array (Figure 5). Steps: 1. Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) and press . 2. Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Then press to move onto the next step. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Name: GRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size: 240 GB Model Name HDD0: ST3120026AS HDD1: ST3120026AS Available 120 GB 120 GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ Help ] Select RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD - Data striped for performance Data mirrored for redundancy Data concatenated for huge temporarily disk required []-Switch RAID Level [ENTER]-Next Figure 5 - 81 - [ESC]-Abort Appendix

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Figure 5
Create a RAID Array:
In the main screen, press <Enter> on the
Create RAID Disk Drive
item. Then the
Create New RAID
screen appears (Figure 4).
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59
[ Create New RAID ]
Name:
GRAID_
Level:
0-Stripe
Disks:
Select Disk
Block:
128 KB
Size:
240 GB
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[

]-Move Cursor
[DEL,BS]-Delete Character
[ENTER]-Next
[ESC]-Abort
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name
Available
Type/Status
HDD0:
ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
HDD1:
ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
[ Help ]
Enter RAID Name
Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters
in length for the created RAID drive to be
identified by system BIOS or OS.
Figure 4
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59
[ Create New RAID ]
Name:
GRAID
Level:
0-Stripe
Disks:
Select Disk
Block:
128 KB
Size:
240 GB
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[

]-Switch RAID Level
[ENTER]-Next
[ESC]-Abort
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name
Available
Type/Status
HDD0:
ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
HDD1:
ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
[ Help ]
Select RAID Level
RAID 0
-
Data striped for performance
RAID 1
-
Data mirrored for redundancy
JBOD
-
Data concatenated for huge
temporarily disk required
The
Create New RAID
block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array (Figure 5).
Steps:
1. Enter Array Name:
Under the
Name
item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be
special characters) and press <Enter>.
2. Select RAID Mode:
Under the
Level
item, use up or down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe),
RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Then press <Enter> to move onto the next step.