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Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0
4-Port SATA II PCI RAID5/JBOD Controller Card
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Chapter 3 BIOS Installation (RAID Setting)
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot
up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow
the user to choose what to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card
when BIOS not configured for RAID. Just proceed to Software
Installation section directly. If you use traditional parallel ATA HDD, make
sure your hard drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting.
3.1 Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.
3. Select Stripe then press Enter.
4. Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives Press Enter.
5. Press Y to save your settings.
6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.
7. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation
section.
3.2 Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.
3. Select Mirrored then press Enter.
4. Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives. Press Enter.
5. Press Y to save your settings.
6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.
7. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software
installation section.
3.3 Creating a Mirrored-Striped Set (RAID 1+0)
1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.
3. Select RAID 1 set then press Enter.
4. Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives. Press Enter.
5. After the Raid 1 set is created then click on Create Raid Set again.
6. Press Create the spare drive. Select the drive to be the spare.
7. Press Y to save your settings.
8. Press Ctrl-E then Y to exit the setup.
9. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software
installation section.