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After returning to the RAID configuration screen, you have to select whether you want the RAID array
to be configured automatically or manually. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives, block size
and create arrays automatically.
After completion, you can will both of the hard disks marked with a asterisk. Press <F1> if you want
to view the information about the RAID ARRAY.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
,
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
Auto create will destroy all
data on disks, Continue?<Y/N>
Manual Setup: If you select to create RAID 0 manually, you have to configure the Stripe 0 and Stripe 1
hard disks. Then you have to set block size, ranging from 4K to 64K (Figure 6). Finally, select Start
Create Process and then follow the on-screen instructions to complete manual setup of RAID 0.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
,
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
4K
8K
16K
32K
64K
Auto Setup:
Select Auto Setup For Performance and press <Enter>. When the Auto create array will destroy
all data on disks, Continue? <Y/N> message (Figure 5) appears, press <Y> to confirm or <N> to
quit.
Figure 5
Figure 6
Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load
drivers under Windows. You can refer to Page 68.