Setting Up A "Raid Ready" System; Migrating A "Raid Ready" System To Raid - ASROCK 775XFIRE-ESATA2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 02-2006 Installation Manual

After the installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit OS, if you want to
manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel
Matrix Storage Manager Information" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document
in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which
is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document
in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager", which is located in the folder at
the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information
If you want to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in Windows environment,
please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that "Intel Matrix
Storage Manager" will be installed to your system as well.
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Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System

Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
2.13.1 2.13.1 2.13.1 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
You can also set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA hard disk. A "RAID
Ready" system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at a later
date by using RAID migration feature of Intel Matrix Storage. The following steps
outline how to build an Intel "RAID Ready" system.
1. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA hard drive.
2. Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 30. When done, exit Setup.
3. Make a SATA driver diskette as step 2 of page 30. Begin Windows setup by
booting from the installation CD.
4. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party SCSI or
RAID driver. When prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the Intel RAID
driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the
driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. You
may select: "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R-
Windows XP/2000)" for Windows XP/2000 or "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID
Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)" for Windows XP 64-bit.
5. Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers.
6. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included
with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add
the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID
configuration.
7. After setting up a "RAID Ready" system as the above steps, you can follow the
procedures of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID
5.
2.13.2 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.13.2

Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0,

Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0,
RAID 1 or RAID 5 RAID 1 or RAID 5
RAID 1 or RAID 5 RAID 1 or RAID 5 RAID 1 or RAID 5
If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you can use the following
steps to perform a migration from a single non-RAID configuration to a two drive
RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration. To prepare for
this, you will need another SATA hard drive with a capacity equal to or greater
than that currently being used as the source hard drive.
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