Contents

 

6.1.3

Setting the RAID item in BIOS.........................................

6-3

 

6.1.4

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

6-3

6.2

LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility.....................................

6-4

 

6.2.1

Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.....................................

6-5

 

6.2.2

Creating a RAID 10 set...................................................

6-11

 

6.2.3

Adding or viewing a RAID configuration........................

6-15

 

6.2.4

Initializing the logical drives...........................................

6-18

 

6.2.5

Rebuilding failed drives.................................................

6-23

 

6.2.6

Checking the drives for data consistency......................

6-25

 

6.2.7

Deleting a RAID configuration.......................................

6-28

 

6.2.8

Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set......................

6-29

 

6.2.9

Enabling the WriteCache...............................................

6-30

6.3

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility..................

6-31

 

6.3.1

Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe).......................................

6-32

 

6.3.2

Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror).......................................

6-34

 

6.3.3

Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror).......................

6-35

 

6.3.4

Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity).......................................

6-36

 

6.3.5

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

6-37

 

6.3.6

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

6-38

 

6.3.7

Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager.....................

6-38

Chapter 7:Driver installation

 

7.1

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

7-2

 

7.1.1

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

7-2

 

7.1.2

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

7-5

7.2

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

7-13

7.3

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

7-16

7.4

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

7-19

 

7.4.1

Windows® Server ..........................................................

7-19

7.5

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

7-21

 

7.5.1

Running the support CD................................................

7-21

 

7.5.2

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

7-21

 

7.5.3

Management Software menu........................................

7-22

 

7.5.4

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

7-22

 

7.5.5

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

7-22

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