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DSBV-DX Motherboard

 

Intel 6321ESB SATA port S/W RAID setting (3-pin RAID_SEL1)

 

This jumper selects Serial ATA RAID configuration utility to use when you create disk arrays.

 

Place the jumper caps on pins 1-2 when using the LSI MegaRAID Serial ATA RAID utility (default); otherwise, place the jumper caps on pins 2-3 to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager (IMSM).

 

 

RAID setting in BIOS

 

You must configure the RAID settings in BIOS before a RAID set can be set.

Main Menu>IDE Configuration>S-ATA Configuration

SATA Controller Mode Option [Enhanced]

SATA RAID Enable [Enabled]

 

By default, LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility is selected on mainboard.

This utility can create RAID 0 and RAID 1 but not RAID 5.

 

To access the SATA drives, you must create RAID 0 or RAID 1.

 

During computer starts, press <Ctrl>+<M> to enter the LSI utility.

 

Menu	Description
Configure	Create RAID 0 or RAID 1 using Easy Configuration. This menu also allows you to view, add, or clear RAID configuration or select the boot drive.
Initialize	Initialize the logical drives of a created RAID set
Objects	Initialize logical drives or change the logical drive paramters
Rebuild	Rebuild failed drives
Check Consistency	Check the data consistency of the logical drives of a created RAID set

 

Rebuild the failed drive

 

With RAID 1 configuration, if a drive fails, you can replace a same or larger size drive to rebuild the RAID 1.

 

 

<F10>

 

Press <Y> to rebuild the drive

 

An experience:

For 500 GB drive, it will take 12 hours. During that time, nobody can access the computer. Unfortunately, it fails to rebuild on 99%.

 

 

If you configure the motherboard to use Intel Matrix Storage Manager, you could create RAID 5.

 

From P4P800-E RAID configuration experience, when a failed drive occurs for RAID 1, the above rebuild process shouldn’t be used. I should just let the computer boot. RAID 1 will automatically rebuild in the background.