Intel DX79TO Product Guide - Page 67

Configuring for RAID Using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology, Configuring the BIOS - raid driver

Get Intel DX79TO PDF manuals and user guides View all Intel DX79TO manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 67 highlights

4 Configuring for RAID Using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology NOTE Intel RST requires a Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows XP operating system and SATA hard drives. This section describes how to: • Configure the BIOS for RAID • Create a RAID Set • Load the Intel RST RAID Drivers and Software (required for Microsoft Windows XP installation only) • Create a "RAID Ready System" Configuring the BIOS 1. Assemble your system and attach two or more SATA hard drives to the black SATA connectors. 2. Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory tests begin. 3. Go to Configuration SATA Drives. 4. Select Chipset SATA Mode and change the value to RAID. 5. Then save your settings by pressing . Creating Your RAID Set 1. Upon re-boot, you will see the following Intel Rapid 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 Rapid Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select option #1: Create RAID Volume. Enter a volume name (using English alphanumeric ASCII characters) and press . 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 . 67

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
67
4 Configuring for RAID Using Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology
NOTE
Intel RST requires a Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft
Windows XP operating system and SATA hard drives.
This section describes how to:
•
Configure the BIOS for RAID
•
Create a RAID Set
•
Load the Intel RST RAID Drivers and Software (required for Microsoft Windows XP
installation only)
•
Create a “RAID Ready System”
Configuring the BIOS
1.
Assemble your system and attach two or more SATA hard drives to the black SATA
connectors.
2.
Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing <F2> after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
memory tests begin.
3.
Go to
Configuration
Æ
SATA Drives
.
4.
Select
Chipset SATA Mode
and change the value to
RAID
.
5.
Then save your settings by pressing <F10>.
Creating Your RAID Set
1.
Upon re-boot, you will see the following Intel Rapid Storage Manager option ROM
status message on the screen:
Press <Ctrl-I> to enter the RAID
Configuration Utility
.
Press <Ctrl-I> and enter the RAID Configuration Utility.
2.
In the Intel Rapid Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select option #1:
Create RAID Volume
.
Enter a volume name (using English alphanumeric ASCII
characters) and press <Enter>.
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 <Enter> 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 <Enter>.
5.
Select the strip size, if necessary, and press <Enter>.
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 <Enter>.