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Installing Serial ATA hard disks, 4.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
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4.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration: 1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive. 4.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set from SATA hard disk drives attached to the SATA connectors supported by Intel® C621 chipset. To do this: 1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Go to the Platform Configuration menu > PCH Configuration menu > PCH SATA Configuration, then press . 3. Set Configure SATA as to [RAID Mode]. 4. Press to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup. Refer to Chapter 3 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. 4.1.4 RAID configuration utilities Depending on the RAID connectors that you use, you can create a RAID set using the utilities embedded in each RAID controller. For example, use the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology if you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives on the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Intel® C621 chipset. Refer to the succeeding section for details on how to use the RAID configuration utility. Chapter 4 4-2 Chapter 4: RAID Configurations