MSI P35D3 Platinum SATA RAID
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Intel ICH9R SATA RAID 3. In the Disk field, press key and the following screen appears. Use key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then click key to finish selection. 4. Then select the strip value for the RAID array by using the "upper arrow" or " - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 2
MS-7356 Mainboard Important Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size (maximum) needs be half of what is shown by default. The second volume, when created, will automatically span the remainder of two hard drives. 6. Then the following screen appears for - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 3
lost. Important If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will become unbootable. Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Then press key to - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 4
-7356 Mainboard (3) Reset Disks to Non-RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press to delete the RAID volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen appears: Press key to accept the selection. Important 1. You will lose all data on the RAID drives - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 5
into the A: drive. Note: For W indows Vista you can use Floppy, CD/DVD or USB. Important Please follow the instruction below to make an "Intel® RAID Driver" for yourself. 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen. 3. Copy all the contents in \\IDE - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 6
MS-7356 Mainboard † Existing Windows Vista/XP/2000 Driver Installation 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Under the Driver tab, click on Intel IAA RAID Edition. 4. The drivers will be automatically installed. † Confirming Windows - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 7
important data. For this reason, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from the system after installation; however, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver components. Insert the MSI CD and click on the Intel IAA RAID Editor to install the software. Click on this item C-11 - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 8
MS-7356 Mainboard The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following: Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window. C-12 - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 9
Intel ICH9R SATA RAID The window shows the components to be installed. Click Next button to continue. After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to continue. C-13 - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 10
MS-7356 Mainboard The following window appears to show the Readme File Information. It shows the system requirements and installation information. Once the installation is complete, the following window appears. C-14 - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 11
-Chip ATA Devices for properly setting of the BIOS. 2. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during W indows Setup. Refer to Installing Software for instructions on installing the driver during W indows Setup. 3. Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console after the operating system is - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 12
MS-7356 Mainboard Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk, choose Action --> Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive. The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for the following procedure. Click Next to continue. C-16 - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 13
copy of your data. Note: Only half of the available volume space will be avail- able for data storage. RAID 5 (Useful) - RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks, with zero or more spare-disks. The resulting RAID-5 device size will be (N-1)*S, where N is the how many drive, S is the size of - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 14
setting for most users, you should choose the strip size value which is best suited to your specific RAID usage model. The RAID Ready system, this can be determined by making a note during POST of which port the single disk is attached to. You can also use the Intel Application Accelerator RAID - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 15
Intel ICH9R SATA RAID (3) Select Member Hard Drive(s) Then select the member disk (the target disk) that you wish to use and then click "-->" to move it to the Selected field. Then click Next to continue. Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive(s) will be deleted permanently. - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 16
, if you do not specify 100% of the hard drive space, the rest hard drive space will be worked as RAID 1 volume, which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID. Then click Next to continue. (5) Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Before you continue the procedure of - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 17
Intel ICH9R SATA RAID (6) Start Migration The migration process may take up to two hours to complete depending on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected. A dialogue window will appear stating that the migration process may take considerable time to complete, meanwhile a popup - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 18
Mainboard Degraded RAID Array A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 3. Reboot the system to W indows; the rebuild will occur automatically. Failed Hard Drive Member 1. Make sure the the system to Intel RAID Option ROM by press and keys simultaneously during the Power-On Self Test (POST). 4. Select the - MSI P35D3 Platinum | SATA RAID - Page 19
to W indows system. 6. W hen prompted to rebuild the RAID volume, click 'Yes'. 7. The Intel(R) Storage Utility will be launched. Right-click the new hard drive and select 'Rebuild to this Disk'. The 'Rebuild W izard' will be launched which will guide you through the process of rebuilding to the new
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Intel ICH9R SATA RAID
3.
In the
Disk
field, press <Enter> key and the following screen appears. Use
<Space> key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then
click <Enter> key to finish selection.
4.
Then select the strip value for the RAID array by using the
“
upper arrow
”
or
“
down arrow
”
keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the
<Enter> key to select and advance to the next field. The available values
range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip value should be
chosen based on the planned drive usage. Here are some typical values:
RAID0
–
128KB
RAID10
–
64KB
RAID5
–
64KB
5.
Then select the capacity of the volume in the
Capacity
field. The default
value is the maximum volume capacity of the selected disks.