Bios ConfiguratOn - MSI P55-CD45 series Technical Manual

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onfiguration
The Intel Matrx Storage Manager Opton ROM should be ntegrated wth the system
BIOS on all motherboards wth a supported Intel chpset. The Intel Matrx Stroage Man-
ager Opton ROM s the Intel RAID mplementaton and provdes BIOS and DOS dsk
servces. Please use <Ctrl> + <I> keys to enter the "Intel
screen, whch should appear early n system boot-up, durng the POST (Power-On Self
Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID functon n BIOS to create, delete and reset
RAID volumes.
Usng the Intel Matrx Stroage Manager Opton ROM
Creatng, Deletng and Resettng RAID Volumes:
The Seral ATA RAID volume may be configured usng the RAID Configuraton utlty
stored wthn the Intel RAID Opton ROM. Durng the Power-On Self Test (POST), the
followng message wll appear for a few seconds:
Important
The "Drvce Model", "Seral #" and "Sze" n the followng example mght be dfferent
from your system.
After the above message shows, press <Ctrl> and <I> keys smultaneously to enter the
RAID Configuraton Utlty.
Important
The followng procedure s only avalable wth a newly-bult system or f you are renstall-
ng your OS. It should not be used to mgrate an exstng system to RAID.
MS-7586 MS-7586
RAID for Seral ATA" status
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