ASRock Z97 Extreme4 RAID Installation Guide - Page 8

Configuring a RAID array

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2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility. OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Over 2.2 TB Not supported Windows 7 Under 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage n/a OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required RAID Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Windows 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled Disabled Under 2.2 TB Disabled UEFI SETUP UTILITY\ Option ROM Boot\CSM [Launch n/a n/a n/a Setting Storage OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required UEFI Setup UEFI Setup UEFI Setup RAID Utility Utility Utility Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility 8

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2.4
Configuring a RAID array
You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup
Utility or Intel
®
RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD
capacity and the OS you are installing. Please refer to the table
below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility.
OS
Windows 7
HDD Capacity
Over 2.2 TB
Under 2.2 TB
Ultra Fast Boot
Not supported
Not supported
Option ROM Setting
UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\
CSM
[Launch Storage
OpROM policy] =
[UEFI only]
n/a
Required RAID Utility
UEFI Setup Utility
Intel
®
RAID BIOS setup utility
OS
Windows 8.1 / 8
HDD
Capacity
Over 2.2 TB
Under 2.2
TB
Over 2.2 TB
Under 2.2
TB
Ultra Fast
Boot
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Option ROM
Setting
n/a
n/a
UEFI SETUP UTILITY\
Boot\CSM [Launch
Storage OpROM policy]
=
[UEFI only]
n/a
Required
RAID Utility
UEFI Setup
Utility
UEFI Setup
Utility
UEFI Setup
Utility
Intel
®
RAID
BIOS setup
utility