MSI K8MM-ILSR User Guide - Page 72

Block Size, Auto Setup, Select Disk Drives, Auto Setup, Create and duplicate, Select Disk Drives

Get MSI K8MM-ILSR - Motherboard - Micro ATX PDF manuals and user guides
UPC - 816909005738
View all MSI K8MM-ILSR manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 72 highlights

VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction 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. 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. B-5

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction
B-5
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.
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.