Acnodes FES 5313 - Manual (Page 79)

6-2 Settings
To enable the RAID function, the following settings are required.
1. Connect the Serial ATA drives.
2. Configure Serial ATA in the AMI BIOS.
3. Configure RAID in the RAID BIOS.
4. Install the RAID driver during OS installation.
5. Install the Rapid Storage Drivers.
Step 1: Connect the Serial ATA Drives
Refer to chapter 2 for details on connecting the Serial ATA drives.
Important:
1. Make sure you have installed the Serial ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you
won t be able to enter the RAID BIOS utility.
2. Treat the cables with extreme caution especially while creating RAID. A damaged cable will ruin
the entire installation process and operating system. The system will not boot and you will lost all
data in the hard drives. Please give special attention to this warning because there is no way of
recovering back the data.
Step 2: Configure Serial ATA in the AMI BIOS
1. Power-on the system then press to enter the main menu of the AMI BIOS.
2. Configure Serial ATA in the appropriate fields.
3. Save the changes in the Save & Exit menu.
4. Reboot the system.
Step 3: Configure RAID in the RAID BIOS
When the system powers-up and all drives have been detected, the RAID BIOS status message
screen will appear. Press the and keys simultaneously to enter the utility. The utility
allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives.
Step 4: Install the RAID Driver During OS Installation
The RAID driver must be installed during the W indowsÆ XP or WindowsÆ 2000 installation using
the F6 installation method. This is required in order to install the operating system onto a hard
drive or RAID volume when in RAID mode or onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode.
1. Start Windows Setup by booting from the installation CD.
2. Press when prompted in the status line with the Press F6 if you need to install a third party
SCSI or RAID driver message.
3. Press to
“pecify Additional Device .
4. At this point you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Insert the
RAID driver diskette.
5. Locate for the drive where you inserted the diskette then select RAID or AHCI controller that
corresponds to your BIOS setup. Press to confirm.