Step 5:
Enter the array capacity and press <Enter>. Finally press <Enter> on the Create Volume item to begin creating
theRAIDarray.Whenpromptedtoconrmwhethertocreatethisvolume,press<Y>toconrmor<N>to
cancel(Figure6).
When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION
section,includingtheRAIDlevel,stripeblocksize,arrayname,andarraycapacity,etc.(Figure7)
To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press <Esc> or select 4. Exit in MAIN MENU.
Now, you can proceed to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system.
Figure 6
Figure 7
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Press ENTER to create the specied volume.
[
hi
]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select
[ HELP ]
Name : Volume0
RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)
Disks : Select Disks
Strip Size : 128 KB
Capacity : 111.7 GB
Create Volume
[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]
WARNING : ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.
Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N) :
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RAID Volumes :
ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable
0 Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) 128KB 223.6GB Normal Ye s
Physical Devices :
ID Device Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.7GB Member Disk(0)
1 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.7GB Member Disk(0)
[
hi
]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu
[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]
[ MAIN MENU ]
3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID
4. Exit
1. Create RAID Volume
2. Delete RAID Volume