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RAID driver installation, 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk

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7.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk The system does not include a floppy drive. You have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. If you have created RAID sets with the LSI Software RAID configuration utility, the boot priority of the SATA optical disk drive has to be manually adjusted. Otherwise, the system will not boot from the connected SATA ODD. A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® or Red Hat® Enterprise operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support DVD). To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment 1. Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive. 2. Restart the computer, and then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the support DVD. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart the computer. The Makedisk menu appears. Create Driver Diskette Menu PCH INTEL RAID Driver PCH LSI RAID Driver FreeDOS command prompt 5. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create and press to enter the sub-menu. PCH INTEL RAID Driver PCH INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit(also support AHCI) Windows 64 bit(also support AHCI) Back Exit 7-2 Chapter 7: Driver installation

Section	Page
About this guide	9
Chapter 1: Product introduction	11
1.1 System package contents	12
1.2 Serial number label	12
1.3 System specifications	13
1.4 Front panel features	15
1.5 Rear panel features	16
1.6 Internal features	17
1.7 LED information	18
1.7.1 Front panel LEDs	18
1.7.2 Rear panel LEDs	19
Chapter 2: Hardware setup	21
2.1 Chassis cover	22
2.1.1 Removing the side cover	22
2.1.2 Reinstalling the side cover	23
2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	24
2.2.1 Installing the CPU	24
2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan	27
2.2.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan	28
2.3 System memory	29
2.3.1 Overview	29
2.3.2 Memory Configurations	29
2.3.3 Installing a DIMM	30
2.3.4 Removing a DIMM	30
2.4 Front panel assembly	31
2.4.1 Removing the front panel assembly	31
2.4.2 Reinstalling the front panel assembly	31
2.5 5.25-inch drives	32
2.6 SATA/SAS hard disk drives	33
2.6.1 Installing the HDD module cage	33
2.6.2 Installing the second HDD module cage (optional)	34
2.6.3 Removing the HDD module cage	36
2.6.4 Installing a hot-swap SATA/SAS hard disk drive	36
2.6.5 Removing and reinstalling the backplane	38
2.7 Expansion cards	39
2.7.1 Installing an expansion card	39
2.7.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card	40
2.7.3 Installing i Button	41
2.7.4 Installing ASMB4 management board	42
2.7.5 Installing the audio card	42
2.7.6 Configuring an expansion card	44
2.8 Cable connections	45
2.8.1 Motherboard connections	45
2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections	46
2.9 Removable components	48
2.9.1 System fan	48
2.9.2 Chassis footpads	49
Chapter 3: Installation options	51
3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting	52
3.2 Attaching the inner rail to the server	52
3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack	53
3.4 Mounting the server to the rack	54
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info	55
4.1 Motherboard layout	56
4.2 Jumpers	58
4.3 Internal connectors	63
4.4 Internal LEDs	71
Chapter 5: BIOS setup	73
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	74
5.1.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility	74
5.1.2 BUPDATER utility	75
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	77
5.2 BIOS setup program	78
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen	79
5.2.2 Menu bar	79
5.2.3 Navigation keys	79
5.2.4 Menu items	80
5.2.5 Sub-menu items	80
5.2.6 Configuration fields	80
5.2.7 Pop-up window	80
5.2.8 Scroll bar	80
5.2.9 General help	80
5.3 Main menu	81
5.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	81
5.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	81
5.3.3 SATA1—6	81
5.3.4 Storage Configuration	83
5.3.5 AHCI Configuration	84
5.3.6 System Information	85
5.4 Advanced menu	86
5.4.1 CPU Configuration	86
5.4.2 Chipset	90
5.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration	92
5.4.4 USB Configuration	93
5.4.5 PCIPnP	94
5.4.6 ACPI Configuration	95
5.4.7 Event Log Configuration	97
5.4.8 Intel VT-d Configuration [Disabled]	97
5.4.9 SR-IOV Supprted [Disabled]	97
5.5 Server menu	98
5.6 Power menu	100
5.6.1 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]	100
5.6.2 APM Configuration	100
5.6.3 Hardware Monitor	102
5.7 Boot menu	103
5.7.1 Boot Device Priority	103
5.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration	104
5.7.3 Security	105
5.8 Tools menu	107
5.8.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2	107
5.9 Exit menu	108
Chapter 6: RAID configuration	109
6.1 Setting up RAID	110
6.1.1 RAID definitions	110
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	110
6.1.3 RAID controller selection	111
6.1.4 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	111
6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility	112
6.2.1 Creating a RAID set	113
6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration	119
6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives	120
6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives	124
6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency	126
6.2.6 Deleting a RAID configuration	129
6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set	130
6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache	131
6.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility	132
6.3.1 Creating a RAID set	133
6.3.2 Creating a Recovery set	134
6.3.3 Deleting a RAID set	136
6.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	137
6.3.5 Recovery Volume Options	138
6.3.6 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager	139
6.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID	139
6.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	141
Chapter 7: Driver installation	143
7.1 RAID driver installation	144
7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	144
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	147
7.2 Intel® chipset device installation	160
7.3 LAN driver installation	162
7.4 VGA driver installation	165
7.5 Management applications and utilities installation	167
7.5.1 Running the support DVD	167
7.5.2 Drivers menu	167
7.5.3 Utilities menu	168
7.5.4 Make disk menu	168