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Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction

NF3250K8AA/NF3250GK8AA Series User Manual

Entering the RAID BIOS Setup

1. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to

press F10. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process

prior to loading OS.

2. Press<N>, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- Define a New Array window will appear.

The default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and the default 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 have one or more adapters. In a typical

system there are usually one channel and multiple adapters, and each adapter

have 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 0 is used for PATA drives;

Adapter 1 is used for SATA drives.

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