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Confi guring SATA RAID

Note: applies only to Operating Systems that support RAID functions (Windows,

Red Hat & SuSe, Linux, etc.)

1. Select "Advanced Setting" from the AMI BIOS menu.

2. Select the IDE Confi guration menu.

3. Change the IDE Confi guration to "P-ATA Only."

4. Under the item-"Confi gure S-ATA as RAID", select "Yes".

5. Tap the key and scroll down to "Exit". Select "Save and Exit" from the

"Exit" menu. Press the key to save the changes and exit the BIOS.

6. Once you've exited the BIOS Utility, the system will re-boot.

7. During the system startup, press the and the keys simultaneously to

run the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility when prompted by the following mes-

sage:

Press for the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility.

Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller Driver

Adaptec's Embedded SATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality

to the SATA I/O controller and enhances the performance of PCI-Express based

products. RAID striping (RAID 0) allows data to be written across across multiple

drives, greatly improving hard disk I/O performance. RAID mirroring (RAID 1) al-

lows data to be simultaneously written to two drives, improving data security even

if a single hard disk fails. By incorporating Adaptec's Embedded SATA into the

serverboard design, the X6DLP-EG2 offers the user the benefi ts of SATA RAID

without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications.

Note: For instructions on installing Adaptec's RAID driver, please refer to the

Adaptec RAID Controller User's Guide ("Emb_SA_RAID_UG.pdf") in the CD that

came with the serverboard. You can also download a copy of Adaptec's User's

Guide from our web site at www.supermicro.com.

Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility (ARC)

The Adaptec RAID Confi guration utility, an embedded BIOS utility, includes the

following:

Array Confi guration Utility: Use this utility to create, confi gure and manage arrays.

Disk Utilities: Use this option to format or verify disks.