Gigabyte Q370M D3H GSM PLUS - Chapter 3 Appendix; 3-1 Configuring A Raid Set

Chapter 3 Appendix
Before you begin, please prepare the following items:
• At least two SATA hard drives or SSDs.
(Note1)
(To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you
usetwoharddriveswithidenticalmodelandcapacity).
(Note2)
• Windowssetupdisk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive.
ConguringtheOnboardSATAController
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Install the hard drives/SSDs in the Intel
®
Chipset controlled connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the
power connectors from your power supply to the hard drives.
B.ConguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup
MakesuretoconguretheSATAcontrollermodecorrectlyinsystemBIOSSetup.
Steps:
1. GotoPeripherals\SATAAndRSTConguration,makesureSATAController(s)isenabled.TocreateRAID,
setSATAModeSelectiontoIntelRSTPremiumWithIntelOptaneSystemAcceleration.Then save the
settings and restart your computer.
2. TousetheEZRAIDfeature,followthestepsin"C-1."TocongureUEFIRAID,followthestepsin"C-2."To
enterthelegacyRAIDROM,referto"C-3"formoreinformation.Finally,savethesettingsandexitBIOSSetup.
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from 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.
3-1 ConguringaRAIDSet
RAID Levels
(Note1) AnM.2PCIeSSDcannotbeusedtosetupaRAIDseteitherwithanM.2SATASSDoraSATAharddrive.
(Note2) Referto"1-7InternalConnectors,"fortheinstallationnoticesfortheM.2andSATAconnectors.
C-1. Using EZ RAID
GIGABYTEmotherboardsprovideyouwiththeEZRAIDfeature,allowingyoutoquicklycongureaRAID
arraywithsimpliedsteps.
Steps:
1. Afterrestartingthecomputer,entertheBIOSSetupandgotoPeripherals.Press<Enter>ontheEZRAID
item.SelectthetypeofharddrivesyouuseforRAIDintheTypetabandthenpress<Enter>.
2. GototheModetabtoselectaRAIDlevel.RAIDlevelssupportedincludeRAID0,RAID1,RAID10,
andRAID5(theselectionsavailabledependonthenumberoftheharddrivesbeinginstalled).Thenpress
<Enter> to move to the Create tab. Click Proceed to begin.
3. Aftercompleting,you'llbebroughtbacktotheIntel(R)RapidStorageTechnologyscreen.UnderRAIDVolumes
youcanseethenewRAIDvolume.Toseemoredetailedinformation,press<Enter>onthevolumetocheck
forinformationonRAIDlevel,stripeblocksize,arrayname,andarraycapacity,etc.
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
Minimum
NumberofHard
Drives
≥2 2 ≥3 4
Array Capacity
Numberofharddrives
*Sizeofthesmallest
drive
Sizeof the smallest
drive
(Numberofhard
drives-1)*Sizeof
the smallest drive
(Numberofhard
drives/2)*Sizeofthe
smallest drive
Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes Yes
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