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Chapter 3
Appendix
3-1 Configuring a RAID Set
RAID Levels
RAID 0
Minimum
Number of Hard
≥2
Drives
Array Capacity Number of hard
drives * Size of the
smallest drive
Fault Tolerance
No
Before you begin, please prepare the following items:
• At least two SATA hard drives or SSDs.
use two hard drives with identical model and capacity).
• Windows setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive.
Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Install the hard drives/SSDs in the Intel
power connectors from your power supply to the hard drives.
B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup
Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup.
Steps:
1. Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test).
Go to Peripherals\PCH SATA Configuration, make sure SATA Controller is enabled. To create RAID, set
Configure SATA as to RAID.
2. In BIOS Setup, go to BIOS and set CSM Support to Disabled. Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.
3. After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. Then enter the Peripherals\Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller
sub-menu.
4. On the Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller menu, press <Enter> on Create RAID Volume to enter the Create
RAID Volume screen. Enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) under
the Name item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level. RAID levels supported include RAID 0, RAID
1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being installed).
Next, use the down arrow key to move to Select Disks.
5. Under Select Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Press the <Space> key
on the hard drives to be selected (selected hard drives are marked with "X"). Then set the stripe block size.
The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set the
volume capacity.
6. After setting the capacity, move to Create Volume.
7. After completing, you'll be brought back to the Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller screen. Under RAID Volumes
you can see the new RAID volume. To see more detailed information, press <Enter> on the volume to check
for information on RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc.
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.
The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and
the BIOS version.
(Note)
Please note that a U.2 SSD cannot be used to create a RAID set with SATA hard drive(s).
RAID 1
2
Size of the smallest
(Number of hard
drive
drives -1) * Size of
the smallest drive
Yes
(To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you
(Note)
Chipset controlled connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the
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RAID 5
RAID 10
≥3
4
(Number of hard
drives/2) * Size of the
smallest drive
Yes
Yes
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