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Chapter 3 Appendix

3-1 ConguringaRAIDSet

RAID Levels

Before you begin, please prepare the following items:

• AtleasttwoSATAharddrivesorM.2SATASSDs.(Toensureoptimalperformance,itisrecommendedthat

youusetwoharddriveswithidenticalmodelandcapacity).

• Windows setup disk.

• Motherboard driver disk.

• A USB thumb drive.

ConguringtheOnboardSATAController

A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer

Installtheharddrives/SSDsintheSATA/M.2connectorsonthemotherboard.Thenconnectthepowerconnectors

from your power supply to the hard drives.

B.ConguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup

MakesuretoconguretheSATAcontrollermodecorrectlyinsystemBIOSSetup.

Steps:

1. Turnonyourcomputerandpress<Delete>toenterBIOSSetupduringthePOST(Power-OnSelf-Test).

Under Chipset, ensure APU SATA Port Enable and Chipset SATA Port Enable are enabled. Set SATA

Mode to RAID. Then save the settings and restart your computer.

2. IfyouwanttocongureUEFIRAID,followthestepsin"C-1."ToenterthelegacyRAIDROM,savethe

settingsandexitBIOSSetup.Referto"C-2"formoreinformation.

The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.

The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and

the BIOS version.

RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10

Minimum Number of

HardDrives

≥2 2 4

Array Capacity

Number of hard drives *

Sizeofthesmallestdrive

(Numberofharddrives/2)*

Sizeofthesmallestdrive

Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes

C-1.UEFIRAIDConguration

OnlyWindows1064-bitsupportsUEFIRAIDconguration.

Steps:

1. In BIOS Setup, go to BIOS and set CSM Support to Disabled. Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.

2. After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. Then enter the Peripherals\RAIDXpert2Conguration

Utility sub-menu.

3. On the RAIDXpert2CongurationUtilityscreen,press<Enter>on Array Management to enter the Create

Array screen. Then, select a RAID level.RAIDlevelssupportedincludeRAID0(Stripe),RAID1(Mirror),

andRAID10(theselectionsavailabledependonthenumberoftheharddrivesbeinginstalled).Next,press

<Enter>onSelect Physical Disks to enter the Select Physical Disks screen.

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