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. C. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed with the installation of Windows operating system for a non-RAID configuration. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Option ROM Utility" (Figure 2). Press + to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. RAID Option ROM Version 3.3.1540.11 (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. No Array is defined.. Press to enter RAID Option ROM Utility... Figure 2 Step 2: Main Menu This is the first option screen when you enter the BIOS RAID Setup utility. (Figure 3). To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press <1> to enter the View Drive Assignments window. To create an array, press <2> to enter the LD View/LD Define Menu window. To delete an array, press <3> to enter the Delete LD Menu window. To view controller settings, press <4> to enter the Controller Configuration window. Option ROM Utility (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments........................... [ 1 ] LD View/ LD Define Menu...................... [ 2 ] Delete LD Menu....................................... [ 3 ] Controller Configuration............................ [ 4 ] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to Select Option [ESC] Exit Figure 3 Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press <2> to enter the LD View Menu window (Figure 4). To create an array, press to access the LD Define Menu. Option ROM Utility (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD View Menu ] < There is no any LD > [ Keys Available ] [h] Up [i] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Define LD [Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit Figure 4 In the LD Define Menu, use the up or down arrow key to move to an item for further configuration (Figure 5). Option ROM Utility (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block 64 KB Initialization Fast Gigabyte Boundary ON Read Policy Read Ahead Write Policy WriteBack [ Drives Assignments ] Port:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB) Assignment 01:00 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89 N 02:00 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.02 N [ Keys Available ] [ Keys Available ] [h] Up [i] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option [Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit Figure 5 In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example. 1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the key to select RAID 0. 2. Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default. 3. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive. 4. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to Y. This action adds the drive to the disk array. The Drv section will show the number of disks assigned. 5. Press + keys to save the information. The message in Figure 6 will appear. Press to input the array name. If you do not input the array name, the default array name will be used. Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name, the default LD name will be used. Figure 6 6. When the next message appears, press + to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this option. Fast Initialization option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks. Figure 7 7. Then, the message in Figure 8 will appear. Press + to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other keys to set the array to its maximum capacity. 8. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to LD View Menu where you will see the newly- created array. 9. Press to return to Main Menu and press again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility. Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity... Figure 8 View Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments option in the Main Menu displays whether the attached hard drives are assigned to a disk array or are unassigned. Under the Assignment column, drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as Free if unassigned. Option ROM Utility (c) 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ View Drives Assignments ] Port:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB) Assignment 01:00 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89 [S.M.A.R.T.] Health Extent 1 79.82 LD 1-1 02:00 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.2 [S.M.A.R.T.] Health Extent 1 80.02 LD 1-2 [ Keys Available ] [h] Up [i] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+H] Secure Erase [ESC] Exit Figure 9 Delete an Array The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion o...
