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Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction
Entering the RAID BIOS Setup
1. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to
press . The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot
process prior to loading OS.
2. Press , and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- Define a New Array window will
appear.
By default, RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and Striping Block is set to Optimal.
Understanding the “Define a New Array” Window
Use the Define a New Array window to
• Select the RAID Mode
• Set up the Striping Block
• Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array
Depending on the platform used, the system can have one or more channels. In
a typical system there is usually one adapter and multiple channels, and each
channel has a slave and a master.
The adapter/channel/master/slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc
(location) columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists.
1.0.M
M: Master
S: Slave
0: Channel
Adapter - Typically, adapter 0 is used for
Parallel ATA drivers while adapter 1 and
above is used for Serial ATA drives.