Instruction Manual

System Configuration Setup

Configuring MegaRAID IDE

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POST Display Mode

Controls the data displayed during startup.

Support Removable Disks Under

Int13 as Fixed Disks

Specifies whether removable disks are to be supported

under SCSI BIOS.

SCSI Controller Int13 Support

Enables or disables Int13 Extension.

Configuring MegaRAID IDE

This section explains how to:

configure MegaRAID IDE and arrays

assign RAID levels

plan the array configuration

optimize storage

use the MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility

Configuring Arrays

Organize the physical disk drives in arrays after the drives are con-

nected to MegaRAID IDE. Each array can consist of one to two

physical disk drives.

Configuration Strategies

The most important factors in RAID array configuration are drive

availability (fault tolerance), and drive performance.

Maximizing Drive Availability

You can maximize the drive availability by increasing fault toler-

ance. Use RAID 1 or mirror configuration to attain this objective.