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Asus TS300E8PS4 RAID configuration

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Chapter 6

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

ASUS TS300-E8 Series

RAID configuration

Contents

TS300-E8-PS4 User Guide Page Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware setup Chapter 3: Installation options Chapter 4: Motherboard Info Chapter 5: BIOS setup 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 1.2Serial number label 1.3System specifications Page 1.4Front panel features 1.5Rear panel features 1.6Internal features 1.7LED information 1.7.1Front panel LEDs 1.7.2Rear panel LEDs Page Hardware setup 2.1.1Removing the side cover 2.1.2Reinstalling the side cover 2.2.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink 2.2.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan 2.3.1Overview 2.3.2Memory Configurations 2.3.3Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket 2.4.1Removing the front panel assembly 2.4.2Reinstalling the front panel assembly 2.55.25-inchdrives Installing a 5.25-inchdrive 2.6.1Installing the HDD module cage Page 2.6.2Installing the second HDD module cage (optional) Page 2.6.3Removing the HDD module cage 2.6.4Installing a hot-swapSATA/SAS hard disk drive Page 2.6.5Removing and reinstalling the backplane 2.7.1Installing an expansion card Page 2.7.2Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card 2.7.3Installing ASMB7 management board 2.7.4Configuring an expansion card 2.8.1Motherboard connections 2.8.2SATA/SAS backplane connections Back side 2.9.1System fan 2.9.2Chassis footpads Page Installation options Removing the footpads Removing the top cover 3.3Attaching the rails to the rack 3.4Mounting the server to the rack Motherboard Info 4.1.1Placement direction 4.1.2Screw holes 4.1.3Motherboard layout 4.1.4Layout contents Page 4.2.1PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link) 4.2.2PCI Express x8 slot (x8 link) 4.2.3PCI Express x1 slot (x1 link) 4.2.5PCI slot 4.2.6PIKE slot 4.3Onboard LEDs Page Page 4.4Jumpers Page Page Page Page 4.5.1Rear panel connectors 4.5.2Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 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 4.5Event Logs menu 4.6Boot menu Page Page 4.7Monitor menu 4.8Security Page Page 4.9Tool menu 4.10Exit menu Page RAID configuration 6.1Setting up RAID 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 Page 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 7.1RAID driver installation 7.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk Page 7.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver Page 7.3Management applications and utilities installation 7.3Running the Support DVD Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7.4Installing the LAN driver Page Page Page Page 7.5Installing the VGA driver Page Page 7.6Installing the Intel® C22x MEI NULL HECI driver Page 7.7Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapter driver Page Page Page Page ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taiwan) ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (China) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria) ASUS Czech Service s.r.o. (Europe) ASUS Holland BV (The Netherlands) ASUS Polska Sp. z o.o. (Poland) ASK-Service(Russia and CIS)