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• Configuring ide raid hard drive s controller via vt6410 2 p.1
• Table of contents p.1
• 3 configure raid set in raid bios 4 make a floppy disk containing the ide raid controller driver p.2
• 1 install ide hard drive s in your computer 2 configure vt6410 ide controller mode and boot sequence in bios setup p.2
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• To set up ide raid hard drive s you have to follow the steps below p.2
• Configuring ide raid hard drive s controller via vt6410 p.2
• Before you begin p.2
• 5 install the ide raid controller driver during os installation p.2
• 1 installing ide hard drive s in your system p.2
• You have to make sure whether the vt6410 ide controller are configured correctly in system bios setup and set bios boot sequence for the ide raid hard drive s p.3
• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 3 p.3
• Step 1 turn on your computer and press the del key to enter bios setup during post power on self test to enable the vt6410 ide controller please select onboard h w raid under the integrated peripherals menu and then press enter make sure the onboard h w raid item is set to enabled enabled by default figure 1 if you set this option to disabled the vt6410 ide controller will be disabled and will not support any devices p.3
• Figure 1 p.3
• 2 configuring vt6410 ide controller mode and boot sequence in bios setup p.3
• Step 2 select hard disk boot priority under the advanced bios features menu and then choose the model of the ide hard drive onto which you want to install microsoft windows 2000 xp figure 2 p.4
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• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 4 p.4
• Step 4 save and exit bios setup p.4
• Step 3 set first boot device under the advanced bios features menu to cd rom to boot from cd rom after system restarts figure 3 p.4
• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 5 p.5
• To create raid on the vt6410 controller you have to enter the raid setup utility skip this step and proceed with section 4 on page 10 if you do not want to create raid p.5
• Step 2 after you press the tab key a screen similar to that below will appear figure 5 you can press the up and down arrow keys to highlight the option you need p.5
• Key into user window figure 4 hit the tab key to enter the raid setup utility p.5
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• 3 configuring raid set in raid bios p.5
• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 6 p.6
• The first step is to set the raid mode highlight the array mode option and press enter and a list of raid modes will appear figure 7 including raid 0 for performance raid 1 for data protection raid 0 1 and raid span for capacity use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the raid mode you want to create and press enter to confirm the selection p.6
• Figure 7 p.6
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• A create array use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the create array command and press enter to call out the list of creation steps as shown in figure 6 below p.6
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• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 7 p.7
• Use the arrow keys to highlight the block size item and press enter then a list of block size options will appear the block size can be selected from 4k to 64k bytes figure 9 use the arrow keys to highlight the block size you need and press enter p.7
• Next use the arrow keys to highlight start create process and press enter to begin the creation of raid array then you should see a warning message which says the data on the selected disks will be destroied continue y n press y to finish the creation or press n to cancel the creation the content of hard drive will be destroyed after array creation p.7
• Figure 9 p.7
• Figure 8 p.7
• After selecting an array mode you have to decide the way to create the array there are two methods to create a disk array one method is auto setup and the other is select disk drives auto setup lets bios select the disk drives and create array automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even user selects create and duplicate for raid 1 and 0 1 it is suitable when the disk drives with which you want to create an array are new ones select disk drives lets user select the array drives as required when using the select disk drives method the channel column will be activated just highlight the target drives that you want to use and press enter to select them respectively the selected hard drives will be marked with an asterisk see figure 8 p.7
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• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 8 p.8
• Figure 11 p.8
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• Deletion of a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except for raid 1 when a raid 1 array is deleted the data on the two hard drives will be reserved and will become two normal drives p.8
• Delete array if you want to delete an existing raid array use the arrow keys to highlight the delete array item in main menu interface and press enter use the arrow keys to highlight a member of an array that you want to delete and press enter a warning message will display figure 10 press y to delete a specific array or press n to cancel p.8
• C select boot array user can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an array boot disk array can be not selected if user does not boot operating system from disk array use the arrow keys to highlight the select boot disk item then press enter the channel column will be activated just use the arrow keys to highlight the target disk array then press enter if user select a disk array that has a boot mark an asterisk and press enter then its boot setting will be cancelled see figure 11 p.8
• E view array status press the f1 key to show the array status on the lower screen if there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen figure 13 p.9
• D serial number view highlight the serial number view item in main menu and press enter use the arrow key to select a hard drive user can see the serial number of the selected drive at last column serial number is assigned by manufacturers of hard drives p.9
• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 9 p.9
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• 4 making a ide raid controller driver disk p.10
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• 5 installing ide raid controller driver during os installation p.12
• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 13 p.13
• Step 4 when the screen as shown below appears press enter to proceed with ide raid controller driver installation from the floppy disk the driver installation will be finished in about one minute p.13
• Step 3 use the arrow keys to select via raid controller windows xp figure 20 and press enter then it will begin to load the ide raid driver from the floppy disk p.13
• Please select the driver according to which of the following operating systems you want to install windows 2003 ia32 windows xp windows 2000 or windows nt4 p.13
• If a message appears saying that one or some files cannot be found please check the floppy disk or copy the correct ide raid driver again from the motherboard driver cd p.13
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• After the ide raid driver installation is completed you should see a screen similar to figure 22 below it indicates that you have installed the ide raid driver successfully you can proceed with the windows 2000 xp installation p.14
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• Via vt6410 ide raid drives configuration 14 p.14
• Note each time you add a new hard drive to a raid array the raid driver will have to be installed under windows once for that hard drive after that the driver will not have to be installed p.14