E.2 features and benefits, E.3 accessing the ali raid utility – IEI Integration ROCKY-3786 v4.0 User Manual

Page 165

0-16

ROCKY-3786EV CPU Card

165

cables within the chassis to avoid system down time.

E.2 Features and Benefits

Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and JBOD

Supports connectivity to two disk drives

Supported Operating Systems include: Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000 and

Windows XP

Windows-based software for RAID management

E.3 Accessing the ALi RAID Utility

To access the Ali RAID Utility, please follow the steps below:

Step 1:

Connect SATA drives to the system. Connect two SATA drives to the system.

Make sure the drives have the same capacity, are the same type and have the

same speed.

NOTE:

Make sure the SATA drives are EXACTLY the same

when they are configured in a RAID configuration

(JBOD, RAID 0 or RAID 1). If they are not the same

size, disk drive capacity is sacrificed and overall

performance affected.

Step 2:

Enable SATA drives in BIOS. Start the computer and access the Phoenix Award

BIOS setup program. Next, open the Advanced BIOS Features menu. Enable

the SATA BOOT ROM Control BIOS option. (See Chapter 5, Section 5.3)

Step 3:

Save and Exit BIOS. After the SATA BOOT ROM Control BIOS option is enabled,

save and exit the BIOS.

Step 4:

Reboot the system. Reboot the system after saving and exiting the BIOS.

Step 5:

Press Ctrl-A. When the screen in Figure E-1 appears press Ctrl-A to enter the

ALi RAID BIOS setup program.