Intel DX58SO manual Configuring for RAID

Configuring for RAID

Configuring for External RAID Using Marvell* Storage Technology

Configuring the BIOS

1.Assemble your system and attach two External SATA hard drives to the Desktop Board’s two back panel eSATA connectors.

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

3. Go to Advanced Peripheral Configuration Secondary SATA Controller; ensure that RAID is selected.

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

Creating Your RAID Set

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

2.In the Marvell Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select: 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. Press <Enter> once you have selected the RAID LEVEL.

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

5.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>.

6.Finally, press <Enter> to Create Volume.

7.Exit the Option ROM user interface by pressing <Esc> or going to the EXIT option in the MAIN MENU.

Loading the Marvell Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software

1.Begin Windows Setup by booting from the Windows installation CD.

2.At the beginning of Windows Setup, press <F6> to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver. When prompted, insert the diskette that contains the Marvell Storage Technology RAID Driver in a USB floppy disk drive. Refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196/en-us for information on supported USB floppy disk drives. Install the Marvell 88SE61XX SATA RAID Controller driver.

3.Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers.

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