Intel DP35DPM Product Guide - Page 65
Configuring for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage Technology), Creating Your RAID Set, Technology
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4 Configuring for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage Technology) NOTE Intel Matrix Storage Technology requires Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows XP operating system and SATA hard drives. Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology 1. Assemble your system and attach one or more SATA hard drives to the SATA connectors. 2. Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing the key after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory tests begin. 3. Go to Advanced Drive Configuration Configure SATA as; ensure that RAID is selected. 4. Then save your settings by pressing . Creating Your RAID Set 1. Upon re-boot, you will see the following Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM status message on the screen: Press to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Press and enter the RAID Configuration Utility. 2. In the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select option #1: Create RAID Volume. Enter a volume name and press . NOTE: The RAID Volume name must be in English alphanumeric ASCII characters. 3. Use the arrow keys to select RAID 0 or RAID 1 (if only two SATA drives are available), RAID 5 and RAID 10 (these options will only appear if three or four SATA drives are installed respectively). Press once you have selected the RAID LEVEL. 4. Select the drives to be used in the RAID array (only if there are more than two drives available) and press . 5. Select the strip size, if necessary, and press . 6. Enter the size of the volume (if you enter less than the maximum volume size, you can then create a second RAID array on the remaining portion of your volume) and press . 7. Finally, press to Create Volume. 8. Exit the Option ROM user interface by pressing or going to the EXIT option in the MAIN MENU. 65