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Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks that you want to use for RAID. In the example in Figure 2, enable NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID). (For example, if you wish to create RAID with hard disks on the SATAII0 and SATAII1 connectors, set NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID to Enabled). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config NV SATA RAID function x NV SATA 1 Primary RAID x NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID ........: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level• ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 2 The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version. GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 64 English Step 2: To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 3). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control • Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Password Check Init Display First Frame Buffer Size Onboard GPU [Auto] [Press Enter] [CDROM] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Setup] [PCI Slot] [64M] [Enable If No Ext PEG] Item Help Menu Level• ........: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 3 Step 3: Save and exit BIOS Setup. -65 -Appendix English (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility" (Figure 4). Hit the F10 key to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. MediaShield IDE ROM BIOS 6.70 Copyright (C) 2006 NVIDIA Corp. Detecting array ... Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility ... Figure 4 Step 2: The Define a New Array screen is the first option screen when you enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. (Figure 5). You can press the TAB key to highlight through options. Step 3: In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (default), Striping. The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation. Step 4: If RAID 0 (Striping) is selected, you can manually set the striping block size. In the Striping Block field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to set the Striping Block size. The KB is the standard unit of Striping Block size. We recommend you leaving it to the default setting--Optimal (64K). The size range is from 4K to 128K. MediaShield Utility May 22 2006 - Define a New Array - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Port Disk Model Capacity 1 ST3120026AS 111.79GB 2 ST3120026AS 111.79GB Array Disks Port Disk Model Capacity [..........] Add [..........] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [....................] Select [ENTER] Popup Figure 5 GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard -66 English Step 5: Next, select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array. The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives. Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section. Select the target hard drives using the UP or DOWN ARROW key and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section (Figure 6). MediaShield Utility May 22 2006 - Define a New Array - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal [..........] Add [..........] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [....................] Select [ENTER] Popup 1 ST3120026AS 111.79GB 2 ST3120026AS 111.79GB Free Disks Port Disk Model Capacity Array Disks Port Disk Model Capacity Figure 6 Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear (Figure 7). If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal [..........] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [....................] Select [ENTER] Popup ST3120026AS 111.79GB ST3120026AS 111.79GB MediaShield Utility May 22 2006 - Define a New Array - Array Disks Disk Model Capacity Free Disks Port Disk Model Capacity Clear disk data ? [Y] YES [N] NO Figure 7 -67 -Appendix English After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear (Figure 8). (Note: BBS stands for BIOS Boot Specification. This indicates that the boot device is defined in the BIOS.) [Ctrl-X] Exit Boot BBS MediaShield Utility May 22 2006 - Array List [•• .................... ] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array ...