4Configuring for RAID Using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
NOTE
Intel RST requires a Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows XP operating system and SATA hard drives.
This section describes how to:
•Configure the BIOS for RAID
•Create a RAID Set
•Load the Intel RST RAID Drivers and Software (required for Microsoft Windows XP installation only)
•Create a “RAID Ready System”
Configuring the BIOS
1.Assemble your system and attach two or more SATA hard drives to the black SATA connectors.
2.Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing <F2> after the
3. Go to Configuration SATA Drives.
4.Select Chipset SATA Mode and change the value to RAID.
5.Then save your settings by pressing <F10>.
Creating Your RAID Set
1.Upon
2.In the Intel Rapid Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select option #1: Create RAID Volume. Enter a volume name (using English alphanumeric ASCII characters) and press <Enter>.
3.Use the arrow keys to select RAID 0 or RAID 1 (if only two SATA drives are available), RAID 5 and RAID 10 (these options will only appear if three or four SATA drives are installed respectively). Press <Enter> once you have selected the
RAID LEVEL.
4.Select the drives to be used in the RAID array (only if there are more than two drives available) and press <Enter>.
5.Select the strip size, if necessary, and press <Enter>.
6.Enter the size of the volume (if you enter less than the maximum volume size, you can then create a second RAID array on the remaining portion of your volume) and press <Enter>.
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