User manual GIGABYTE 7VT600P-RZ

[. . . ] For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is controlled by the SATA controller on South-Bridge. ) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) 2- (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, select SATA Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 1) and set this item to RAID (RAID by default). [. . . ] The supported RAID modes include RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, and RAID SPAN for capacity. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Auto Setup For Data Security RAID 0 for performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 1 Drives Select Diskfor data protection RAID SPAN Block Size 64K for capacity Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Hdd Hdd Channel Serial_Ch0 Master Serial_Ch1 Master Drive Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Figure 7 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) 6- After selecting a RAID mode, you must decide whether you want the RAID array to be configured automatically or manually. Auto Setup allows BIOS to assign the hard drives and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recommended all hard drives are new ones when you want to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets users select the array drives by their requirements. Select the Select Disk Drives item and press ENTER, use the ARROW keys to select the target hard drive(s). The selected hard drives will be marked with an asterisk (Figure 8). VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Auto Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Stripe0 Stripe1 Channel Drive Name [*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS Figure 8 If you select to create RAID 0 array manually, you can specify the block size. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Auto Setup For Performance 4K Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) 8K Select Disk Drives 16K Block Size 64K 32K Start Create Process 64K Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Stripe0 Stripe1 Channel Drive Name [*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS Figure 9 Next, use the ARROW keys to select Start Create Process and press ENTER. Important All existing contents in the hard drive will be destroyed after the array creation. -7SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å B. Delete Array: If you want to delete an existing array, select Delete Array in Main Menu and press ENTER. A warning message will show up, press Y to confirm or press N to cancel (Figure 10). VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Delete a RAID array contain the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0 : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Stripe0 Stripe1 The selected array will be destoried. Press Y/N Channel Drive Name [*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS Figure 10 Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except for RAID 1 array(s). When a RAID 1 array is deleted, the data on the two hard drives will be reserved and the two hard drives will become two normal drives. Select Boot Array: You can select a disk array as boot device if you want to boot operating system from an array. Boot disk array cannot be selected if the operating system does not boot from the disk array. Highlight the Select Boot Array item in Main Menu; press ENTER and the channel column will be activated. If you want to cancel the boot array setting, select the disk array that has an asterisk and press ENTER, its boot setting will be canceled (Figure 11). VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2. 31 u u u u u Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Set/Clear bootable array F1 h, i Enter ESC Array Name ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0 : : : : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111. 79 111. 79 Status Boot Boot Channel Drive Name [*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS Figure 11 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) 8- D. Use the ARROW keys to select a drive, and the selected drive's serial number can be viewed in the last line. [. . . ] The driver installation will be finished in about one minute. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 21 "*" If you want to create a RAID array, select the item depending on the operating system that you want to install. If you do not want create a RAID array, select VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows XP). - 13 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen as below. [. . . ]