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Guide to SATA Hard Disks
Installation and RAID Configuration
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ............................ 2
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Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ............... 2
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Guide to RAID Configurations ......................................... 3
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Introduction of RAID ............................................... 3
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RAID Configuration Precautions ............................ 5
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Setting the BIOS RAID Items ................................ 11
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Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS ........................... 11
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Deleting RAID Volume .......................................... 15
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ......2 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ....2 Guide to RAID Configurations ......... 3 Introduction of RAID ..........3 RAID Configuration Precautions ......5 ®... -
Page 2: Guide To Sata Hard Disks Installation
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel X79 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. -
Page 3: Guide To Raid Configurations
Guide to RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. This section will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID, and the guide to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. - Page 4 Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data.
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Page 5: Raid Configuration Precautions
2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions Please use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. It is recommended to use two SATA drives of the same size. If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for each drive. -
Page 6: Installing Windows
2.3 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. - Page 7 STEP 4: Install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. After making a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette and using “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration, you can start to ® install Windows XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver.
- Page 8 6. Install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel(R) Rapid 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.
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Page 9: Bit With Raid Functions
2.3.4 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. - Page 10 ® If you want to use “Intel Rapid Storage” in Windows environment, please install “SATAII drivers” from the Support CD again so that “Intel Rapid Storage” will be installed to your system as well.
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Page 11: Setting The Bios Raid Items
2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before setting your RAID configuration. Boot your system, and press <F2> key to enter BIOS setup utility. Highlight Advanced and press <Enter>, then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear. - Page 12 Volume0 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your RAID volume then press <Enter>. Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level. You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your RAID level.
- Page 13 Volume0 If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press <Enter>.The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB.
- Page 14 Volume0 Press <Enter> under the Create Volume item. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below. Volume0 Press <Y> to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up.
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Page 15: Deleting Raid Volume
Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press <Enter>, and then...