6. NEXT: After completing the settings above, move to NEXT and press to begin creating the array. When prompted to confirm, press to confirm or to cancel (Figure 7). Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. [ Adapter ] [ Selection ] [ Devices ] [ RAID ] RAID Config Port Disk Name Size Max Speed Status * S0 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s FREE * S1 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s FREE Select free disks to create RAID Level : Max Size (MB): 152478Stripe Size : 64KBQuick Init : NoCache Mode : WriteBackVD Name : Disks ID : 0 1NEXT Create VD RAID0 ENTER/SPACE: Select, ESC: Back/Exit Figure 6 Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. [ Adapter ] [ Selection ] [ Devices ] [ RAID ] RAID Config Port Disk Name Size Max Speed Status * S0 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s FREE * S1 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s FREE NEXT Select free disks to create RAID Level : RAID0 Max Size (MB): 152478Stripe Size : 64KBQuick Init : NoCache Mode : WriteBackVD Name : GBTDisk ID : 01 Create VD NEXT Create the VD?[Y] Figure 7 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) When completed, the RAID tab will display the new array (Figure 8). Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. [ RAID ] [ Devices ] [ Selection ] [ Adapter ] [Virtual Disks] ID Name Size Level Status Stripe CacheMode 0 GBT 152.4GB RAID0 ONLINE 64KB WriteBack [Physical Disks] Port Disk Name Size Max Speed Status S0 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s ASSIGNED S1 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s ASSIGNED ENTER/SPACE: Select, ESC: Back/Exit Figure 8 To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press on the main screen and press to confirm. Now, you can proceed to install the operating system. Delete the RAID Array: To deleted the existing array, press on the RAID tab and select Delete VD. When the Delete VD menu appears, press on the array to select it and then press on NEXT. When prompted, press to confirm (Figure 9). When the message "Do you want to delete the VD's MBR?" appears, press to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore. Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. [ RAID ] [ Adapter ] [ Selection ] [ Devices ] RAID Config ID Name Size Level Status Stripe CacheMode* 0 GBT 152.4GB RAID0 ONLINE 64KB WriteBack Delete VD NEXT Delete the VD?[Y] Figure 9 Use the Marvell® Storage Utility in the Operating System: With the Marvell® Storage utility, you can set up an array or view the current array status in the operating system. To install the utility, insert the motherboard driver disk, then go to Application Software\Install Application Software and select Marvell Storage Utility to install. Note: After the installation, you must login the utility with the same account name and password that you use to login the operating system. If you did not set the account password before, click Login to enter the Marvell Storage Utility directly. Please note that if you set the hard drive(s) to IDE or AHCI mode, it is normal that you will not see the hard drive(s) in the Marvell Storage Utility. Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) 3-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system. A. Installing Windows 8/7 (The following instructions use Windows 8 as the example operating system.) For the AMD SB950: Step 1: You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Use an alternative system to copy the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. Copy the Hw8 folder under BootDrv in the driver disk. Step 2: Boot from the Windows 8 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you to load the driver appears, select Browse. Step 3: Then browse to the USB flash drive and select the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8\RAID\x86 RAID driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8\RAID\x64 AHCI driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8\AHCI\W8 AHCI driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8\AHCI\W864A For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7 folder. Step 4: When a screen as shown in Figure 1 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. Figure 1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) For the Marvell® 88SE9172: Step 1: Copy the Marvell folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB flash drive. Step 2: Boot from the Windows 8/7 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you to load the driver appears, select Browse. Step 3: Insert the USB flash drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy32 RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy64 AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy32 AHCI driv...
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