Bios installation (raid setting) – Manhattan 176767 SATA 1.5 Gb_s RAID Controller PCI Card - Manual User Manual

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instantaneous protection from a single disk failure. If a read failure occurs

on one drive, the system reads the data from the other drive.

bIoS InSTAllATIon (RAID SeTTIng)

Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS (basic

integrated operating system). During boot up, the RAID setting message

will appear and pause for a few moments to allow you to choose what

to do. This board will act as a normal non-RAID card when BIOS is not

configured for RAID. Just proceed to Driver Installation. NOTE: If using

a traditional parallel ATA hard drive, make sure it’s set up in master mode

first.

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." 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 as if installing a

conventional hard drive.

8. Your RAID configuration is complete. Proceed to Driver Installation.

Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)
1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the Raid bios utility.