Syba SB-ATA8212-133R User Manual

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Reasonableeffortshavebeenmadetoensurethattheinformationinthis manualisaccurate.Weassumenoliabilityfortechnicalinaccuracies, typographical,orothererrorscontainherein.

BackupyourimportantdatabeforeusingtheIDERAIDproduct,and useatyourownrisk.Innoeventshallwebeliableforanylossof profile,orfordirect,indirect,special,incidentalorconsequential damagesarisingfromanydefectorerrorinourproductsormanuals.

Contents

Introduction..............................................................................................................1

Features...........................................................................................................2

WhatistheRAIDExpress133card..................................................................3

QuickStart................................................................................................................5

UnpackyourRAIDExpress133Cardpackage.................................................5

InstalltheRAIDExpress133Card....................................................................6

CreateYourDiskArray.....................................................................................8

SetupUtility............................................................................................................14

UsingtheRAIDExpress133CardSetupUtility..............................................14

RAIDExpress133CardSetupUtilityMainMenu...........................................15

AutoConfiguration..........................................................................................16

DefineRAID...................................................................................................21

DeleteRAID...................................................................................................27

RebuildRAID.................................................................................................30

RAIDCardConfiguration................................................................................35

TechnologySupport..............................................................................................94

DriverInstallation..................................................................................................37

WindowsXP...................................................................................................38

Windows2000................................................................................................44

Windows98SE/ME.........................................................................................52

WindowsNT...................................................................................................60

Linux...............................................................................................................68

Application.............................................................................................................76

Installation......................................................................................................76

FunctionsDescription.....................................................................................79

HowtoCreateDiskArray?.............................................................................91

Q&A.........................................................................................................................93

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Introduction

ThismanualismainlytohelpuserssetuptheRAIDExpress133cardandsolve problemswhentheyuseit. IfitisyourfirsttimetousetheRAIDExpress133cardandyouareabouttoinstallit, pleaserefertothe “QuickStart” sectiononpage5.Afterfinishinginstallingit,you cangettheadvantagesofenhancingtheperformanceandraisingthesystem’s reliability. Whenyoufaceanydifficultiesandfindanythingyoudon’tunderstandwhileusingthe RAIDExpress133card,pleaserefertothe “Q&A” sectiononpage93.Inthissection, youcanrefertotheproblemsusersmayfaceandfindthecorrectsolutions.Youcan followtheinstructionstosolveyourproblemsandthenyouwillgetsatisfactory results. Iftherearestillanyquestionsyoudon’tunderstand,pleaserefertothe “Technology

Support” sectiononpage94tolookfortechnicalsupport.

Features

l CompatiblewiththeATA/ATAPI-6specificationandsupportstwoIDEchannels

with4drives.

l SupportsANSIATAproposalPIOmodes0,1,2,3,4withflowcontrol,DMA

Modes0,1,2,3,4,5,6.

l 512bytesFIFOforautotransferperIDEchanneltogetahighperformance l SupportstheRAID0/1/0+1function. l SupportstheJBODfunction. l SupportstheScatter/GatherfunctionfortheDMA/UDMAfunction. l IncludesoneembeddedCPUandfirmwareonthesystemtohandletheRAID

function.Itcanreducethedriver’sloadingofsystemCPUandimprovethe system’sability.

l SupportsHotSwapfunctionanddoesn’tneedanyspecialHDremovablebox. l LowCPUutilizationbasedonlocalprocessorarchitecture. l CompatiblewithPCILocalbusspecificationv2.2.Oursystemscanbeeasily

installedtoPCs.

l SupportsPCIpowerManagementv1.0toreducethepowerconsumption. l SupportsthedriversforWindows98SE/ME,WindowsNT4.0,Windows

2000/XPandLinuxv2.4.1.0.

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WhatistheRAIDExpress133card

ThisRAIDExpress133cardisanexcellentproductresultingfromSocconcept.It includesoneRAIDChipcombiningtheCPU,firmware,advancedPCIcontrollerand IDEcontroller.ItsarchitecturecanprovideusersaRAIDsystemwithlowCPU utilization.WhenaPCisinthehighCPUoperationorPCItraffic,userswon’thave anypenaltiesforinstallingtheRAIDsystem.Thisisbecausethissystemembedsa localCPUtodealwiththeRAIDfunctionandit’sunnecessarytoshareCPU’s performance.ItisentirelydifferentfromthetraditionalsoftwareRAIDsystem. Similarly,italsoprovidesusersmoresystemstability.Itprovidesusershighspeed andintegrationandalowpricePCRAIDsystem.Additionally,italsoprovidesPCI 33MHzinterfaceandiscompatiblewithPCIspec.v2.2.Itcanbeeasilyinstalledinto thePCsystemnowadays.Besides,weprovideeachOSacorrespondingdriverso thatusersdon’thavetoworrythattheirsystemsandtheIDERAIDsystemhaveany compatibilityissue. ThisRAIDExpress133cardcansupportIDEdriversrangingfromthelowestspeedof PIOmodedrivetothehighestspeedofATA/133drive.Thus,userscanusethis characteristictocombineRAIDsystemwithoutanylimitations.Userscanuse

characteristictolettwodriverstransmitatthesametimeandbalancethe performancetoraisethethroughput.TheRAID0+1modeusesfourdriverstogetthe meritsofRAID0andRAID1.AsfortheJBODmode,itcombinesmorethantwo drivesintoadrivewithalargecapacity.ThismodedoesnothavetheRAIDfunction anditsmerits.

ATA/133driveandRAIDfunctiontoachievethebestperformanceandgetthemerit ofsystem’sstability. TheRAIDExpress133cardcansupporttheRAID0(striping),RAID1(mirroring), RAID0+1(stripingandmirroring)orJBOD(spanning)mode.Whenasystemis programmedtotheRAID0mode,itcanreadorwritetwodriversatthesametimeto enhancetheperformance.WhenasystemisprogrammedtotheRAID1mode,two drivershavethesamedataanditwillpreventdatafrombeingdamaged.Oncedata aredamaged,thesystemwillstarttherebuildfunctionautomaticallyandsavedata backtoanothernewdrive.Similarly,thissystemcanusethisdata-copying

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QuickStart

ThissectionleadsyoutoquicklyestablishyourRAIDsystemwithdefaultsettings. Thedefaultsettingscanmeetmostpeople’srequirements.Ifyouneedmore advancedoptimal,pleasereferto SetupUtility onpage14toachieveyourgoal.

UnpackyourRAIDExpress133Cardpackage

WhenyouunpackyourRAIDExpress133cardpackage,youcanseethefollowing items.

l RAIDExpress133card. l RAIDExpress133manual. l RAIDExpress133cardsoftwareCD. l Two80-wire/40-pinUltraATA/133harddrivecables.

Ifyoulackanythingmentionedabove,pleasecontactyourdistributortoaskfor remedy.

Warning:Inordertopreventanydatalossresultingfrom inappropriateoperation,pleasebackupdatabeforeyoustartto

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installyoursystem.

InstalltheRAIDExpress133Card

ThisRAIDExpress133cardmeetsthePCIv2.2standardandcanbeeasilyinstalled under32-bitPCIslotsofdifferentPCsystems.Pleasefollowthefollowingprocedures toinstallit.

1.RemovethecaseofthePCsystem.

2.Removetheinsideslotcoverofanyavailable32-bitPCIslot.

3.InstalltheRAIDExpress133cardinthisopenslot.

4.AttachUltraATA/133harddrivestotheRAIDExpress133card.

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Theharddriveswhicharerequiredfortheinstallation

Theharddrives,whichareconnectedontheRAIDExpress133card,cansupport UltraATA/133,UltraATA/100,UltraATA/66,UltraATA/33,EIDEorFastATA-2drives. Nevertheless,forthebestperformance,itissuggestedthatyouhadbetterusethe harddrivesofthesametypeandcapacitytoestablishyourownRAIDsystem.After gettingreadyfortheharddrives,youcanfollowtheproceduresbelowtoinstallthe system.

1.Exactlysetupeveryharddrive’smasterandslavesettingtoassurethatthe harddrivescansurelyactionandunnecessarilyincorrectactionofdataaccess won’toccur.

2.Exactlyinserttheharddrive’scablesintotheconnectorsontheharddriveand checkifit’sreallyfirmlyinserted.

3.Inserteverypowercableconnectorintothecorrespondingharddriveand checkifit’sfirmlyinsertedinacorrectdirection.

Warning:Becausethissystemcansupporttheharddrivesof UltraATA/133,itissuggestedthatyoucanusethe80-wire,

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40-pincableincludedinthepackagetoconnectthe

CreateYourDiskArray

YoucancreateyourownarrayusingtheonboardBIOSutilityoftheRAIDExpress 133cardwiththeattachedharddrives.Pleasefollowthestepsbelowtosetupyour diskarray.

Warning:Pleasebackupdatainyourharddrivestopreventdata

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1.Bootyoursystem PleaseattachyourharddrivestotheRAIDExpress133card,bootyoursystem andthenyouwillseethefollowingmessageshownbytheRAIDExpress133 cardonboardBIOSonthescreen.

damageresultingfromtheunfamiliaritywiththeoperation.

RAIDExpress133cardandharddrivesinordertoassurethe system’sabilityandefficiency.Ifthecableisdamagedafteraperiodoftime,it isalsosuggestedtobuythecablewiththesamespecification.

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Pleasepress “Ctrl-F” or“Ctrl-E” keystoentertheBIOSutility MainMenu.Thescreen belowwillappear.

Pleaseclick ”1” toenterthe AutoConfiguration window.Itwillguideyoutosetan arrayandthisisthesimplestandfastestwaytocreateyourfirstarray.Underthe SetupArrayTypeas option,youcanusearrowkeys → and ← andthe “space” barkeytochangeyouroptiontosetupyourarraytype.

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Totally,therearefiveconfigurationssupported: RAIDlevel/TypeConfigurationsNumberofdisksneeded RAID0DiskStriping2or3or4

RAID1DiskMirroring2 RAID0+1DiskStriping+Mirroring4 JBODDiskConcatenation2or3or4 NormalNone1or2or3or4

SetupArrayforRAID0:

TheRAIDExpress133cardallowsyoutousetwo,threeorfourharddrivestoseta RAID0(stripe)array.Alltheharddrivesattachedonthecontrollerwillbesetasarray

0.Whenyoucreateastripedarray,filesarebrokeninto64k(stripesize)andstripes aresenttoeachdiskinthearray.SelectingRAID0canincreasedatatransferrate andallowthebestoverallperformancecharacteristicsbecauseofgivingup redundancy.

SetupArrayforRAID1:

TheRAIDExpress133cardallowstwodrivestobesetupasaRAID1(mirror)array orfourdrivesastwoarrays.Thefirstmirroredarraywillbesetasarray0andthe secondasarray1.RAID1isimplementedasmirroring;adrivehasitsdata duplicatedontheotherdifferentdrive.SelectingRAID1canenhanceread performanceandallowfaulttolerance.ARAID1arraycanthoroughlybackupyour filestopreventdataloss.

Warning:TwoharddrivesthatformaRAID1arrayhavetobe

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attachedasthesamemasterorslaveharddisks.

SetupArrayforRAID0+1:

ARAID0+1(mirrorandstripe)arrayhastobeformedbyfourharddrives.RAID0+1 isimplementedasamirroredarraywhosesegmentsareRAID0arrayssoRAID0+1 alsohasfault-tolerancecapacityasRAID1.Itnotonlyenhancesharddiskaccess performancebutalsobackupsdatatopreventdataloss.Theformedarrayis

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automaticallysetasarray0.

SetupArrayforJBOD:

TheRAIDExpress133cardallowsyoutousetwo,threeorfourharddrivestoforma JBOD(JustaBunch Of Disks)arrayasarray0.AlthoughJBODdoesn’tofferother RAIDfunctionality,itmakestheharddisksappeartobeasingleonebycombining thedrivesintoonelargerlogicalonewithoutanycapacityloss.

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SetupArrayforNormal:

YoucanusetheRAIDExpress133cardasanormalIDEcontroller.The RAIDExpress133cardallowsyoutouseone,two,threeorfourharddrives.Allthe harddrivesattachedontheRAIDExpress133controllerarelefttoactas independentdrivevolumes. Pleasefollowtheproceduresbelowtosetanarray:

l Usethe “space” barkeytoselectaRAIDtype. l Press “Ctrl-Y” keystosaveandcreateanarray.IfyouselectRAID0,1,0+1or

JBOD,thebootsectorofthenewlycreatedarraywillbeerased.Ifyouselect Normal,thebootsectorwillberemained.

Warning:Ifyouprefertokeepdatainyourharddrives,please followtheproceduresintheDefineRAID sectiononpage21to

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l Clickthe “Esc” keytogobacktothe MainMenu onpage9. l Clickthe “Esc” keytoquitBIOSandboot.

setupyourarraysmanually.

SetupUtility

UsingtheRAIDExpress133CardSetupUtility

TheRAIDExpress133cardSetupUtilityprovidesfunctionstocreate,deleteand rebuildanarray.Italsoprovidestheinformationofeachharddriveandthe configurationoftheRAIDExpress133card.Pleaseattachyourharddrivestothe RAIDExpress133cardandbootyoursystem.Ifyourarray’sconfigurationiscorrect, youwillseethefollowingmessageshownbytheRAIDExpress133cardonboard BIOSonthescreen.Youcanpress “Ctrl-F” or “Ctrl-E” keystoenterSetupUtilityor pressthe “Esc” keytoskipandbootdirectly.

Ifyourarray’sconfigurationisincorrect,youwillseeanerrormessageonyour screen.YouhavetoenterSetupUtilitytoreconfigurethearraysthenquitutilityto

l YouneedtoFDISKandformatyournewarray.Thenewarraywillberegarded

asanewharddrivebythesystem.

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RAIDExpress133CardSetupUtilityMainMenu

Therearefiveoptionsinthe SetupUtilityMainMenu,pleasepress1~5toenter thesubmenuorthe “Esc” keytoquittheSetupUtility.

Ifyouarenotfamiliarwiththearraysetting,pleasefollowtheproceduresin Auto

Configuration onpage16tocreatenewarraysautomatically.Youcanuse Define RAID onpage21and DeleteRAID onpage27tomanuallycreateordeletearrays. Youcanalsouse RebuildRAID selectiononpage30tohelpyourebuildamirrored

AutoConfiguration

Click “1” onthe MainMenu toenter AutoConfiguration.Youcanusearrowkeys → and ← andthe “space” barkeytochangeyouroption.Afterselectingyouroption, youcanpress “Ctrl-Y” keystosavethesettingandclickthe “Esc” keytoleave Auto Configurationmenu andgobacktothe MainMenu onpage15.

(RAID1orRAID0+1)array.Besides,youcanuse RAIDCardConfiguration on page35toseethecontroller’sresources,eachharddrive’sstatusandthesettingof theRAIDExpress133card.

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SetupArrayforRAID0:

TheRAIDExpress133cardallowsyoutousetwo,threeorfourharddrivestoseta RAID0(stripe)array.Alltheharddrivesattachedonthecontrollerwillbesetasarray

0.Whenyoucreateastripedarray,filesarebrokeninto64k(stripesize)andstripes aresenttoeachdiskinthearray.SelectingRAID0canincreasedatatransferrate andallowthebestoverallperformancecharacteristicsbecauseofgivingup redundancy.

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SetupArrayforRAID1:

TheRAIDExpress133cardallowstwodrivestobesetupasaRAID1(mirror)array orfourdrivesastwoarrays.Thefirstmirroredarraywillbesetasarray0andthe secondasarray1.RAID1isimplementedasmirroring;adrivehasitsdata duplicatedontheotherdifferentdrive.SelectingRAID1canenhanceread performanceandallowfaulttolerance.RAID1arraycanthoroughlybackupyourfiles topreventdataloss.

Note:TwoharddrivesthatformaRAID1arrayhavetobeattachedasthesame masterorslaveharddisks.

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SetupArrayforRAID0+1:

ARAID0+1(mirrorandstripe)arrayhastobeformedbyfourharddrives.RAID0+1 isimplementedasamirroredarraywhosesegmentsareRAID0arrayssoRAID0+1 alsohasfault-tolerancecapacityasRAID1.Itnotonlyenhancesharddiskaccess performancebutalsobackupsdatatopreventdataloss.Theformedarrayis automaticallysetasarray0.

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SetupArrayforJBOD:

TheRAIDExpress133cardallowsyoutousetwo,threeorfourharddrivestoforma JBOD(JustaBunch Of Disks)arrayasarray0.AlthoughJBODdoesn’tofferother RAIDfunctionality,itmakestheharddisksappeartobeasingleonebycombining thedrivesintoonelargerlogicalonewithoutanycapacityloss.

SetupArrayforNormal:

YoucanusetheRAIDExpress133cardasanormalIDEcontroller.The RAIDExpress133cardallowsyoutouseone,two,threeorfourharddrives.Allthe harddrivesattachedontheRAIDExpress133controllerarelefttoactas independentdrivevolumes.

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DefineRAID

Click “2” ontheMainMenu thenyoucanenterthe DefineRAIDMenu.Pleaseuse arrowkeys ↑ and ↓ tohighlightthearraynumberyouwanttodefine;usethe “space” keytospecifythebootablearrayifyouwouldliketobootyoursystemfrom arrayattachedonRAIDExpress133controller;andclickthe “Enter” keytoselectit andenterthe DefineRAIDSub-Menu tocreateyourarray.Ifyouwanttoquitandgo backtothe MainMenu,pleaseclickthe “Esc” key.

DefineRAIDSub-Menu

Whenyouhighlightthearrayyouwanttodefineonthe DefineRAIDMenu,clickthe “Enter” keythenyouwillenterthis DefineRAIDSub-Menu.Youcanusearrowkeys

↑ and ↓ tohighlightdifferentpositions.The “space” barkeycanhelpyoucycle throughthedifferentoptions. “Ctrl-Y” keyscansavethechangeandthe “Esc” key canhelpyouquitthengobacktothe DefineRAIDMenu onpage21.

WhenanarrayisnotassignedaRAIDlevel,youwillsee “ ” ontheraw. Column “ArrayMode” showstheRAIDlevel(Stripe,Mirror,Stripe+MirrororJBOD) assignedtothearray.Column “DriveNo” showsthenumberofharddriveincludedin thearray.Column “Size” showsthearray’stotalcapacity.Ifthereisasymbol showninfrontof “Size”,thecapacityunitisgigabyte.Column “Status” showsarray status.Youwillsee “Functional” ifthearrayisoperationaland “Non-Functional” ifthe arrayhaslostitsfunctionality. Pleasehighlightthearraynumberyouwanttodefineandclickthe “Enter” key,then the DefineRAIDSub-Menu willappearandallowdriveassignmentstothearray.

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BlockSizeOption

YoucanselectStripeBlocksizerangingfrom1kto64kforStripe(RAID0)orStripe+ Mirror(RAID0+1)array.Theselectionofblocksizeisrelatedtohowyourdataissent andregainedfromharddrives.Youcandosometeststodecidewhichblocksizeis suitableforyoursystem.Generally,alargeblocksizeissuitabletomanagelargefile transfersuchasMPEGfiles.Onthecontrary,thesmallblocksizeissuitableto managesmallfilessuchase-mailfiles.

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DriveAssignmentsOption

Youcanusearrowkeys ↑ and ↓ tohighlightthedriveyouwanttoassigntothe diskarrayandchangethestatusof Assignments to “Y” bypressingthe “space” bar key.

Forthemeaningsof “ArrayMode”, “DriveNo” and “Status”,pleasereferto Define RAIDMenu onpage21.Thelocationoftheharddriveisshownatcolumn “Channel ID”. “Pri” representstheprimarychanneland “Sec” representsthesecondarychannel. D0representsamasterharddrivewhileD1representsaslaveharddrive.Column “DriveName” showsthemodelnameoftheharddrive.Column “Size” showsthe capacityofeachharddrive.Whenasymbol isshownbeforethesize,thecapacity unitisgigabyte.

Whenyoupress “Ctrl-Y” keystosaveyourchange,SetupUtilitywillcheckifthe settingislegal.Ifnot,anerrormessagewillpopuptoshowyouwhattheerrorisand youhavetocorrectthesetting.Limitationsareshownasbelow.

Stripe+Mirror(RAID0+1):ARAID0+1arrayhastobeformedbyfourharddrives. RAID0+1isimplementedasamirroredarraywhosesegmentsareRAID0arrays.

SPAN(JBOD):Thereisn’tanyspecificlimitation.

Normal:Ifaharddriveisnotincludedinanarray(Column “Assignment” intheView DriveAssignment isshown “Free”),thisharddriveisregardedasanormaldrive. Theexistenceofthenormalharddrivesometimeswillinfluencethearraynumber userspecified.IfthePri/D0,Pri/D1,Sec/D0orSec/D1harddriveisanormaldrive, array0,1,2or3cannothavethearraysettingrespectively.However,youdonot havetoconcernaboutthislimitation.IfSetupUtilityfindsanyconflicts,ArrayNowill beadjustedautomatically.Afterfinishingsettingthearray,gobacktothe Define RAIDMenu onpage21thenyouwillfindtheArrayNoischanged.Thisisbecause theexistenceofthenormalharddrive(s)causestheArrayNotobeadjusted automatically.

Whenyoupress “Ctrl-Y” keystosaveyourchangeandyoursettingscheckedby

Stripe(RAID0):Thereisn’tanyspecificlimitation.

Mirror(RAID1):TwoharddrivesthatformaRAID1arrayhavetobeattachedasthe samemasterorslaveharddisks.Forexample,primarychannel(Pri)masterdrive (D0)andsecondarychannel(Sec)masterdrive(D0)canformamirrorarray;primary channel(Pri)slavedrive(D1)andsecondarychannel(Sec)slavedrive(D1)canform amirrorarray;butprimarychannelmasterdriveandprimarychannelslavedrive cannotformamirrorarray.

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SetupUtilityarecorrect,thefollowingwindowwillappear.Youcanchoosetoclear thebootsectorforthenewlycreatedarrayornot.IfyourRAIDModeisneitherMirror norStripe+Mirror,thisarraysettingisfinishedandthenyoucanclickthe “Esc” key togobacktothe DefineRAIDMenu onpage21.

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drives.Thus,thefollowingwindowwillappear.

thebootsectorofthearray,thefollowingwindowwillappeartoaskwhetheryouwant torebuildanarray.Ifyouchoose “Y”,the RebuildRAIDMenu willappear.(Please refertopage30.)

Ifyouchoosenottorebuildthisarrayforthetimebeing,theRAIDExpress133card cannotreaddatacorrectlybecausethedataisinconsistentinthemirroredhard

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Pleasepressarrowkeys ↑ and ↓ tohighlightyourselectionandpressthe “Enter” keytoselectthesourcedisk(s)thenthesettingwillbefinishedandthescreenwillgo backtothe DefineRAIDSub-Menu automatically.Thisarray’ssetupiscompleted. Youcanpressthe “Esc” keytogobacktothe DefineRAIDMenu onpage21.

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