Gigabyte X299X AORUS MASTER User Manual - Page 82

Settings\IO Ports\IntelR Virtual, Enable RAID spanned

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Step 3: After the system reboots, enter BIOS Setup again. Then enter the Settings\IO Ports\Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU sub-menu. Press on All Intel VMD Controller. Step 4: Press on Create RAID Volume to enter the Create RAID Volume screen. Step 5: Enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) under the Name item and press . Then, select a RAID level. (The selections available depend on the number of the hard drives and type of the Intel® VROC Upgrade Key being installed) Step 6: If the SSDs are installed to different VMDs, be sure to press the key on the Enable RAID spanned over VMD Controllers item to enable this function first. X means SSDs managed by different VMDs can be included in a RAID array but the RAID array can be used as a data drive only. Step 7: Under the Select Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Press the key on the hard drives to be selected (selected hard drives are marked with "X"). Step 8: Then set the stripe block size. The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set the volume capacity. After setting the capacity, move to Create Volume and press to begin. Configuring a RAID Set - 82 -

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Configuring a RAID Set
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Step 3:
After the system reboots, enter BIOS Setup again.
Then enter the
Settings\IO Ports\Intel(R) Virtual
RAID on CPU
sub-menu. Press <Enter> on
All Intel
VMD Controller
.
Step 4:
Press <Enter> on
Create RAID Volume
to enter the
Create RAID Volume
screen.
Step 5:
Enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot
be special characters) under the
Name
item and press
<Enter>. Then, select a
RAID level
. (The selections
available depend on the number of the hard drives and
type of the Intel
®
VROC Upgrade Key being installed)
Step 6:
If the SSDs are installed to different VMDs, be sure to
press the <Space> key on the
Enable RAID spanned
over VMD Controllers
item to enable this function
first. X means SSDs managed by different VMDs can
be included in a RAID array but the RAID array can
be used as a data drive only.
Step 8:
Then set the stripe block size. The stripe block size can
be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected
the stripe block size, set the volume capacity. After
setting the capacity, move to
Create Volume
and
press <Enter> to begin.
Step 7:
Under the
Select Disks
item, select the hard drives
to be included in the RAID array. Press the <Space>
key on the hard drives to be selected (selected hard
drives are marked with "X").