IOGear GIC704SR5W6 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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BIOS (RAID Settings)
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 access to its settings. The board will act as a
normal NON-RAID card when the BIOS does not have it con gured for RAID. If you’re using traditional parallel
ATA HDDs, make sure your hard drives are set to master mode before accessing the RAID settings.
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 RAID 0 then press Enter.
4. Select the Number of hard drives. Press Enter.
4. Select RAID size. Press Enter.
5. Press Y to save your settings.
6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.
7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps to prepare the hard drives.
8. Your RAID hardware con guration is complete. Proceed to software installation section.