Intel® Matrix Storage. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH8R chip allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 function to improve both system performance and data safety. You can also combine two RAID sets to get higher performance, capacity, or fault tolerance provided by the difference RAID function. For example, RAID 0 and RAID 1 set can be created by using only two identical hard disk drives.

If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. Refer to section “5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.

5.4.2Installing 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.

5.4.3Intel® RAID configurations

This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel® ICH8R Southbridge chip.

Setting the RAID item in BIOS

You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). To do this:

1.Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.

2.Go to the Main Menu, select IDE Configuration, then press <Enter>.

3.Select the item Configure SATA As, then press <Enter> to display the configuration options.

4.Select RAID from the Configure SATA As item options, then press <Enter>.

5.Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.

Refer to the system or the motherboard user guide for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.

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