NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide

About this manual

The NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide provides step‑by‑step instructions for setting up RAID functions in the BIOS, creating RAID arrays, and installing Windows operating systems with the NVIDIA RAID driver. It covers supported RAID levels, BIOS configuration, driver preparation, and post‑installation tasks.

Key sections include an introduction to RAID concepts, precautions for RAID configurations, detailed procedures for installing Windows 2000/XP/Vista (including 64‑bit versions), and instructions for creating and initializing disk arrays using the NVIDIA RAID Utility.

What's inside

• Introduction to RAID
• RAID Configurations Precautions
• Supported RAID Modes
• Installing Windows with RAID Functions
• Create Disk Array
• Initializing NVRAID Array Disks
• RAID 0 (Data Striping)
• RAID 1 (Data Mirroring)
• RAID 0+1 (Stripe Mirroring)
• JBOD (Spanning)

Specifications

Frequently asked questions

How do I enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility?

After setting the SATA operation mode to RAID in BIOS, press during the POST to launch the RAID setup utility.