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Guide to Intel Rapid Storage
Overview
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance,
and expandability for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using one or multiple
hard drives, users can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power
consumption. When using more than one drive, the user can have additional
protection against data loss in the event of a hard drive failure.
Starting with version 9.5, a brand new user interface makes creating and managing
your storage simple and intuitive. Combined with Intel® Rapid Recover Technology,
setting up data protection can be accomplished easily with an external drive.
Valuable digital memories are protected against a hard drive failure when the
system is configured for any one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels:
RAID
1,
RAID
5,
and
RAID
10. By seamlessly storing copies of data on one or more additional hard
drives, any hard drive can fail without data loss or system downtime. When the
failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault
tolerance is easily restored.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology can also improve the performance of disk intensive
retrieval applications such as editing home video. By combining from two to six
drives in a
RAID 0
configuration, data can be accessed on each drive simultaneously,
speeding up response time on data-intensive applications. Also, due to drive load
balancing, even systems with RAID 1 can take advantage of faster boot times and
data reads.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of a single drive as well.
Through AHCI, storage performance is improved through
Native Command Queuing
(NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with Link Power Management (LPM),
which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard
drive.
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- Page 1 10. By seamlessly storing copies of data on one or more additional hard drives, any hard drive can fail without data loss or system downtime. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is easily restored.
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Page 2: Installation Instructions
Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Save the file to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Click Continue (if needed) to launch the installation program. - Page 3 6. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. Click Next. The application files will now be installed.
- Page 4 8. Click Next. 9. Click Yes to the restart option and then click Finish to restart your computer.
- Page 5 10. Restart your system. You will find the “Intel Rapid Storage Technology” icon on the Windows task bar.
- Page 6 1. Double-click “Intel Rapid Storage Technology” icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Click the “Create” icon to create a RAID array. Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In “Select Volume Type”, click “Real-time data protection (RAID 1)”. Click...
- Page 7 4. In “Configure Volume”, you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Click “Next”. 5. In “Confirm Volume Creation”, you may review the selected configuration. Then click “Create Volume”.
- Page 8 6. The volume is created successfully. But you still need to partition your new volume by using Windows Desk Management before adding any data. Click “OK”. 7. You will see the current status.
- Page 9 8. In Windows Desk Management, you need to initialize a disk before Logical Disk Management can access it. Click “OK”. 9. Right-click on Disk 0, click “New Simple Volume”.
- Page 10 10. Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function.
- Page 11 Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions.
- Page 12 Use the following steps to create a RAID volume. 1. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter.
- Page 13 Perform the following steps to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system setup: 1. Press F6 when you see a message in the status line that says, Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. This message appears at the beginning of Windows XP* setup (during text-mode phase).
- Page 14 Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as needed.
- Page 15 • Your system has a RAID I/O controller hub (ICH). If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. •...
- Page 16 Use the following steps to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using the F6 installation method. 1. Press F6 when you see a message in the status line that says, Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. This message appears at the beginning of Windows XP* setup (during text-mode phase).
- Page 17 4. Press Enter. 5. Select your controller from the list of available SCSI adapters. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be visible. 6. Press Enter to confirm your controller and continue. At this point, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue.
- Page 18 How to do unattended install of AHCI/RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003* The unattended method of installation is available for Microsoft Windows XP*, Windows 2000* and Windows Server 2003*. It is used to install the RAID or AHCI driver, as outlined in the Microsoft document Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT* Setup.
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Page 19: Operating System
"Intel(R) 82801R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM [OEMBootFiles] iaAhci.inf iaStor.sys iaAhci.cat Txtsetup.oem 3. Place IAAHCI.CAT, IAAHCI.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM into the following folder: <SystemRoot>:\i386\$OEM$\Textmode Operating System: Windows* 2000, Windows* XP Professional, Windows* XP Home Edition, Windows Server* 2003...