Contents

 

5.1.4

RAID configuration utilities..............................................

5-4

5.2

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM Utilitys..............

5-5

 

5.2.1

Creating a RAID set.........................................................

5-6

 

5.2.2

Creating a Recovery set..................................................

5-7

 

5.2.3

Deleting a RAID set.........................................................

5-9

 

5.2.4

Resetting disks to Non-RAID.........................................

5-10

 

5.2.5

Recovery Volume Options..............................................

5-11

 

5.2.6

Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility........

5-12

 

5.2.7

Rebuilding the RAID......................................................

5-12

 

5.2.8

Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility............

5-14

Chapter 6:Driver installation

 

Chapter summary......................................................................................

6-2

6.1

RAID driver installation................................................................

6-3

 

6.1.1

Creating a RAID driver disk.............................................

6-3

 

6.1.2

Installing the RAID controller driver.................................

6-6

6.2

Intel® chipset device software installation.................................

6-9

6.3

LAN driver installation...............................................................

6-11

6.4

VGA driver installation...............................................................

6-14

 

6.4.1 XGI Volari Z9s VGA Driver (R1.0x)......................................

6-14

 

6.4.2 ASPEED AST1100 VGA Driver (R2.0x)...............................

6-16

6.5

Management applications and utilities installation.................

6-18

 

6.5.1

Running the support DVD..............................................

6-18

 

6.5.2

Drivers menu.................................................................

6-18

 

6.5.3

Utilities menu.................................................................

6-19

 

6.5.4

Make disk menu............................................................

6-19

 

6.5.5

Contact information.......................................................

6-19

Appendix:Reference information

 

A.1

P8B-X block diagram (R1.0x).......................................................

A-3

A.2

P8B-X block diagram (R2.0x).......................................................

A-4

ASUS contact information...........................................................................

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