Installing Serial Ata Hard Disks; Setting The Raid Item In Bios; Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager Option Rom Utility - Asus P7P55D PRO User Manual

4.5.2

Installing Serial ATA hard disks

The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install
identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
4.5.3

Setting the RAID item in BIOS

You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set(s) using
SATA HDDs. To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
Go to the Main menu > Storage Configuration, and then press <Enter>.
2.
Set the Configure SATA as item to [RAID].
3.
4. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to Chapter 3 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.
Due to chipset limitation, when set any of SATA ports to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at
RAID mode together.
4.5.4 Intel
To enter the Intel
®
1. Turn on the system.
2. During POST, press <Ctrl> + <I> to display the utility main menu.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1014 PCH-D wRAID5
Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation.
RAID Volumes:
None defined.
Physical Disks:
Port Drive Model
0
1
2
3
[↑↓]-Select
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Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility
®
Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility:
[
1. Create RAID Volume
2. Delete RAID Volume
[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION
Serial #
ST3160812AS 9LS0HJA4
ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL
ST3160812AS 3LS0JYL8
ST3160812AS 9LS0BJ5H
[ESC]-Exit
All Rights Reserved.
MAIN MENU ]
3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID
4. Recovery Volume Options
5. Exit
]
Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
149.0GB Non-RAID Disk
149.0GB Non-RAID Disk
149.0GB Non-RAID Disk
149.0GB Non-RAID Disk
[ENTER]-Select Menu
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