12 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 1.0
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HAPTER 2
Configuring the BIOS
Understanding the Define a New Array Window
UsetheDefineaNewArraywindowto
• SelecttheRAIDMode
•SetuptheStripingBlock
•SpecifywhichdiskstousefortheRAIDArray
TheSATAportsarecalledchannelsandtheyareassociatedwithadapters.Thefirst
digitintheLocationfielddefinestheadapterthattheportisassociated
with.The2nd
digitdefinesthechannel.(TheʺMʺfield,whichusedtospecifyMasterorSlave,is
obsolete.)
Figure 2.5
Loc Column Information
InLocColumnInformation,1.0.meanstheharddriveisattachedtoAdapter1,
Channel0.
Thelocation,diskmodelandcapacityfieldsshouldallowyoutoidentifydisks.Itmaybe
usefultotryattachingaSATAharddrivetotheportsprovidedwithyourplatformand
determinewhichlocation
IDsareassociatedwithSATAportsonyourmotherboard.
Using the Define a New Array Screen
Ifnecessary,pressthetabkeytomovefromfieldtofielduntiltheappropriatefieldis
highlighted.
•SelectingtheRAIDMode
Bydefault,thisissettoMirroring.TochangetoadifferentRAIDmode,pressthedown
arrowkeyuntilthemodethatyouwantappearsintheRAID
Modebox—either
Mirroring,Striping,Spanning,StripeMirroringorRAID 5.
Note:NotallRAIDlevelsaresupported onallplatforms.
•SelectingtheStripingBlockSize
Stripingblocksizeisgiveninkilobytes,andaffectshowdataisarrangedonthedisk.It
isrecommendedtoleavethisvalueatthedefaultOptimal,
whichis64KB,butthe
valuescanbebetween4KBand128KB(4,8,16,32,64,and128KB)
1.0.M
Channel
Adapter
(Obsolete)
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