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Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) on HP Compaq dc7700 and dx7300 Business PCs Using Intel Matrix Storage Manager Introduction 3 Mirroring and Parity 3 Disk Striping 3 Basics of RAID Technology 3 Definitions 3 Basic RAID Types 5 RAID 0 with two hard drives (Striped 5 RAID 1 with two hard drives (Mirror 7 RAID 5 with three hard drives 8 Intel Matrix Storage Technology 10 Configurations 11 Recommended configurations 11 HP Backup and Recovery interactions 12 Other supported configurations 12 Unsupported configurations 12 Configuring RAID on non-factory preinstalled configurations 13 Enabling RAID through F10 System BIOS 13 Configuring RAID Option ROM 14 Configuring RAID Volume using the Option ROM 15 Notes for operating system installation 17 Intel Matrix Storage Manager software installation 18 Console Software Installation 18 Using the Intel Matrix Storage Console interface 19 RAID migrations 20 1

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Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) on HP Compaq
dc7700 and dx7300 Business PCs
Using Intel Matrix Storage Manager
Introduction
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Mirroring and Parity
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Disk Striping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Basics of RAID Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Definitions
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Basic RAID Types
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RAID 0 with two hard drives (Striped)
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RAID 1 with two hard drives (Mirror) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
RAID 5 with three hard drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Intel Matrix Storage Technology
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Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Recommended configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
HP Backup and Recovery interactions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Other supported configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Unsupported configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Configuring RAID on non-factory preinstalled configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Enabling RAID through F10 System BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Configuring RAID Option ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Configuring RAID Volume using the Option ROM
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Notes for operating system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Intel Matrix Storage Manager software installation
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Console Software Installation
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Using the Intel Matrix Storage Console interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
RAID migrations
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