Intel BLKDX79TO Configuring for RAID Using Intel Rapid Storage Technology, Configuring the Bios

4Configuring for RAID Using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology

NOTE

Intel RST requires a Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows XP operating system and SATA hard drives.

This section describes how to:

•Configure the BIOS for RAID

•Create a RAID Set

•Load the Intel RST RAID Drivers and Software (required for Microsoft Windows XP installation only)

•Create a “RAID Ready System”

Configuring the BIOS

1.Assemble your system and attach two or more SATA hard drives to the black SATA connectors.

2.Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing <F2> after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory tests begin.

3. Go to Configuration SATA Drives.

4.Select Chipset SATA Mode and change the value to RAID.

5.Then save your settings by pressing <F10>.

Creating Your RAID Set

1.Upon re-boot, you will see the following Intel Rapid Storage Manager option ROM status message on the screen: Press <Ctrl-I> to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Press <Ctrl-I> and enter the RAID Configuration Utility.

2.In the Intel Rapid Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select option #1: Create RAID Volume. Enter a volume name (using English alphanumeric ASCII characters) and press <Enter>.

3.Use the arrow keys to select RAID 0 or RAID 1 (if only two SATA drives are available), RAID 5 and RAID 10 (these options will only appear if three or four SATA drives are installed respectively). Press <Enter> once you have selected the

RAID LEVEL.

4.Select the drives to be used in the RAID array (only if there are more than two drives available) and press <Enter>.

5.Select the strip size, if necessary, and press <Enter>.

6.Enter the size of the volume (if you enter less than the maximum volume size, you can then create a second RAID array on the remaining portion of your volume) and press <Enter>.

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