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Asus RS300E8PS4 RAID configuration

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Chapter 6

This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities.

RAID configuration

Contents

Page Page Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware setup Chapter 3: Installation options Chapter 4: Motherboard Info Chapter 5: Page Chapter 6: RAID configuration Chapter 7: Driver installation Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement REACH Electrical Safety Operation Safety Australia statement notice Audience Contents Conventions Typography References Page Product introduction 1.1System package contents 1.2Serial number label 1.3System specifications Page Asset tag 1.5Rear panel features 1.6Internal features 1.7.1Front panel LEDs 1.7.2LAN (RJ-45)LEDs HDD status LED Hardware setup Removing the rear cover 2.2.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.2.2Installing the CPU heatsink and airduct Page 2.3.1Overview 2.3.2Memory Configurations 2.3.3Installing a DIMM 2.4Hard disk drives Page 2.5.1Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket Page 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 2.6Cable connections Standard cables connected to the motherboard 2.7SATA/SAS backplane cabling 2.8.1System fans 2.8.2Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card (optional) Page 2.8.3Installing ASMB7 series management board (optional) 2.8.4Installing the SSD cage (optional) Page Installation options 3.1.1Attaching the fixing latches to the server Page Page Motherboard Info 4.1Motherboard layout Layout contents Page 4.2Jumpers Page P9D-CSeries RAID setting (Default) 4.3Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 4.4Internal LEDs Page Page BIOS setup 5.1Managing and updating your BIOS 5.1.1ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 5.1.2ASUS EzFlash Utility 5.1.3BUPDATER utility Page 5.2BIOS setup program 5.2.1BIOS menu screen 5.2.2Menu bar 5.2.3Menu items 5.2.4Submenu items 5.2.5Navigation keys 5.2.6General help 5.2.7Configuration fields 5.3Main menu 5.3.1System Date 5.3.2System Time 5.4Advanced menu 5.4.1CPU Configuration Page Page 5.4.2PCH-IOConfiguration 5.4.3SATA Configuration 5.4.4System Agent (SA) Configuration Page 5.4.5 PCI Subsystem Settings Page 5.4.6 USB Configuration 5.4.7TPM 5.4.8ACPI Settings 5.4.9WHEA Support 5.4.10NCT6779D Super IO Configuration 5.4.11Intel Server Platform Services 5.4.12Onboard LAN Configuration 5.4.13MIO Card Configuration 5.4.14Serial Port Console Redirection Page 5.4.15Runtime Error Logging Support 5.4.16APM 5.4.17Network Stack 5.4.18Intel RC Drivers Version Detail 5.5Event Logs menu 5.6Boot menu Page Page 5.7Monitor menu 5.8Security Page Page 5.9Tool menu 5.10Exit menu Page RAID configuration 6.1.1RAID definitions 6.1.2Installing hard disk drives 6.1.3Setting Jumpers 6.1.4Setting the RAID mode in BIOS 6.1.5RAID configuration utilities 6.2Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility 6.2.1Creating a RAID set Page 6.2.2Deleting a RAID set 6.2.3Resetting disks to Non-RAID 6.2.5Rebuilding the RAID Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk 6.2.6Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 6.3Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) 6.3.1Creating a RAID set Page 6.3.2Changing a Volume Type 6.3.3Deleting a volume 6.3.4Preferences Page Driver installation 7.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk Page 7.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver Page 7.2Managementapplicationsandutilities installation 7.3Running the Support DVD 7.3.1Drivers menu tab 7.3.2Utilities menu tab 7.3.3MakeDisk menu tab 7.3.4Manual menu 7.3.5Contact information menu 7.3.6Installing the Intel® Chipset device Software driver Page Page Page Page 7.4Installing the LAN driver Page Page Page Page 7.5Installing the VGA driver Page Page 7.6InstallingtheIntel® C22xMEINULLHECI Page 7.7Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Page Page Page Page ASUS contact information