Intel¨ Matrix Storage. The Intel¨ Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH7R chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The Intel¨ Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data.

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 Ò5.6 Creating a RAID driver diskÓ for details.

5.5.1Installing hard disks

The motherboard supports Ultra DMA /133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.

Installing Parallel ATA hard disks

To install IDE hard disks for a RAID configuration:

1.Set the jumpers of each hard disk as Master/Master or Slave/Slave.

2.Install the hard disks into the drive bays.

3.Connect the HDD signal cables.

4.Connect a 4-pin power cable to the power connector on each drive.

Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks

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.

Refer to the RAID controllers user manual on the support CD for detailed information on RAID configurations.

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