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Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Installation 6 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Installation 6.1 Overview After installing an operating system onto a RAID volume or on a Serial ATA hard drive when in RAID or AHCI mode, the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager can be loaded from within Windows. This installs the user interface (i.e. Intel® Matrix Storage Console), the tray icon service, and the monitor service onto the system, allowing you to monitor the health of your RAID volume and/or hard drives. This method can also be used to upgrade to a newer version of the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. Warning: The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager driver may be used to operate the hard drive from which the the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data. For this reason, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from the system; however, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver components. The following non-driver components can be un-installed: • Intel® Matrix Storage Console • Help documentation • Start Menu shortcuts • System tray icon service • RAID monitor service 6.2 Where to Obtain Software If a CD-ROM was included with your motherboard or system, it should include the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager can be downloaded from the following Intel website: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101 6.3 Installation Steps Note: The instructions below assume that the BIOS has been configured correctly and the RAID driver has been installed using the F6 installation method (if applicable). 24 ver7.0 / User's Manual

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After installing an operating system onto a RAID volume or on a Serial ATA hard drive
when in RAID or AHCI mode, the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager can be loaded from
within Windows. This installs the user interface (i.e. Intel® Matrix Storage Console),
the tray icon service, and the monitor service onto the system, allowing you
to
monitor
the health of your RAID volume and/or hard drives.
This method can also be used to upgrade to a newer version of the Intel® Matrix
Storage Manager.
Warn
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ng
:
The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager driver may be used to operate the hard drive from
which the the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data. For this reason,
you cannot remove or un-install this driver from the system; however, you will have
the
ability
to un-install all other non-driver components.
The following non-driver components can be un-installed:
Intel® Matrix Storage Console
Help documentation
Start Menu shortcuts
System tray icon service
RAID monitor service
6.2
Where to Obtain
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If a CD-ROM was included with your motherboard or system, it should include the
Intel® Matrix Storage Manager.
The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager can be downloaded from the following Intel website:
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Installation
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Note: The instructions below assume that the BIOS has been configured correctly and the
RAID driver has been installed using the F6 installation method (if applicable).