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- Page 1 RAID User Guide Trademarks All brand or product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trade- marks of their respective holders.
- Page 2 Contents Intel ICH7R SATA RAID ..............1 1. Introduction ..................... 1 2. Installing SATA Hard Disks ..............3 3. BIOS Configuration ................3 4. RAID Configuration Utility ............... 3 5. Installing Windows 2000/XP with RAID ..........1 4 6. Installing RAID Driver ................1 6 Silicon 3114 SATA RAID(optional) ...........
- Page 3 RAID User’s Guide Intel ICH7R SATA RAID 1. Introduction RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is achieved through data re- dundant operation, where if one drives fails, a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive.
- Page 4 RAID User’s Guide RAID 5 RAID 5 Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Level 5 is one of the most popular implementations of RAID. RAID 10(0+1) RAID 10 is a combination of striping and mirroring.
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Page 5: Installing Sata Hard Disks
RAID User’s Guide 2. Installing SATA Hard Disks STEP 1: Install two SATA hard disks into the drive bays at least. (SATA_1, SATA_2, SATA_3, SATA_4) STEP 2: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s one of SATA connectors. - Page 6 RAID User’s Guide b. Choose Create RAID Volume and press <Enter> to enter. Press <Tab> to switch to RAID Level item, and then use Up and Down arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe), pressing <Enter> confirms. c. Using up or down arrow key to select the hard disks you want to set RAID 0 from Disks item, <Space>...
- Page 7 RAID User’s Guide d. Use Up and Down arrow keys to select desired strip size when enter Strip Size menu. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be based on the planned drive usage. Some suggested selections are listed below.
- Page 8 RAID User’s Guide B. Setting RAID1 a. Select RAID1 (Mirror) by using Up and Down arrow keys in RAID Level item. Press the <Enter> key to make selecting. b. Using up or down arrow key to select the hard disks you want to set RAID 1 from Disks item, <Space>...
- Page 9 RAID User’s Guide d. Select option 4. Exit in main menu and press the <Enter> key to exit the RAID configuration utility. Press <Y> key to confirm the exit. C. Setting RAID5 a. Select RAID5 (Parity) by using Up and Down arrow keys in RAID Level item. Press the <Enter>...
- Page 10 RAID User’s Guide c. Use Up and Down arrow keys to select desired strip size when enter Strip Size menu. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be based on the planned drive usage. Some suggested selections are listed below.
- Page 11 RAID User’s Guide D. Setting RAID 10(RAID0+1) a. To utilize RAID 10 function, four SATA hard disks should be installed. b. Choose Create RAID Volume and press <Enter> to enter. Press <Tab> to switch to RAID Level item, and then use Up and Down arrow keys to select RAID10(RAID0+1), pressing <Enter>...
- Page 12 RAID User’s Guide d. Press the <Enter> key after the Create Volume prompt appears to create the array. Press the <Y> key after the prompt to confirm this selection. e. Select option 4. Exit in main menu and press the <Enter> key to exit the RAID configuration utility.
- Page 13 RAID User’s Guide E. Setting Matrix RAID a. Intel ICH7R chipset features a new RAID form named Matrix RAID, a combina- tion of RAID 0 and RAID 1 bringing you the best of both worlds. b. Follow Setting RAID 0 steps to set RAID 0. You should divide half capacity size or less for RAID 1 in Capacity item.
- Page 14 RAID User’s Guide c. You may see the RAID type (Member Disk (0,1)) in the main menu, when you finished the setting steps. Note: This operation will delete all the data from hard disk, so please take care. And our company will not be responsible for data lose and benefit damage caused.
- Page 15 RAID User’s Guide F. Delete RAID Volume 1. Select Delete RAID Volume in main menu and press <Enter> key. 2. Press <Del> key to delete the RAID volume in below screen. 3. Press <Y> key to confirm the volume deletion, and press <N> to cancel the operation.
- Page 16 RAID User’s Guide G. Reset RAID 1. Select Reset Disk to Non-RAID in main menu and press <Enter> key to delete the RAID setting and remove all RAID structures from the drives. Then you will see: Are you sure you want to reset RAID data on selected? (Y/N): 2.
- Page 17 RAID User’s Guide 5. Insert the add-on RAID installation disk into floppy disk drive (ICH7R S-ATA RAID Driver floppy) following the on-screen instructions and press <Enter> to continue. 6. Select the right choice and press <Enter> to continue. The choice is deter mined by South Bridge.
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Page 18: Installing Raid Driver
RAID User’s Guide 7. Press <Enter> to continue. 8. After this, the installation steps are the same as normal setup methods. No details are provided herein. 6. Installing RAID Driver When you finish installing Operation System with RAID, in order to enable RAID function you need to install RAID driver.
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