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1. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII hard drive.
2. Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 46. When done, exit Setup.
3. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette as step 2 of page 46. Begin Windows
setup by booting from the installation CD.
4. At the beginning of Windows
driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the
Intel
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented.
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Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you
install. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop
ICH8R-Windows 2000)" for Windows
Controller (Desktop ICH8R-Windows XP)" for Windows
DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R-Windows XP64)" for Windows
XP 64-bit.
5. Finish the Windows
installation and install all necessary drivers.
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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.
2.19.3
2.19.3
2.19.3
2.19.3
2.19.3
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 / SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or
greater than that currently being used as the source hard drive.
1. Physically attach one additional SATA / SATAII hard drive to the SATAII port not
being used. Note the serial number of the hard drive already in the system; you
will use this to select it as the source hard drive when initiating the migration.
2. Boot Windows
, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not
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already installed, using the setup package obtained from a CD-ROM or from the
Internet. This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links.
3. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select "Create RAID
volume from Existing Hard Drive" from the Actions menu. This will activate the
Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Click through the dialogs
as prompted. It's important to understand what will occur during the migration
process because any data on the destination hard drive will be lost.
setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID
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2000, "Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID
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4 8
4 8
4 8
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