Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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...4. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Boot system to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. It is not necessary ...to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will refresh to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in system at this point! 3. UI setup instruction: 1. Intel Smart Response Technology Installation Guide This motherboard supports Intel Smart Response ...
...4. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Boot system to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. It is not necessary ...to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will refresh to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in system at this point! 3. UI setup instruction: 1. Intel Smart Response Technology Installation Guide This motherboard supports Intel Smart Response ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... the system is configured for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using more additional hard drives, any one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. By combining from two to six drives in the event of a hard drive failure. Also, due to drive load... the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can also improve the performance ...
... the system is configured for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using more additional hard drives, any one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. By combining from two to six drives in the event of a hard drive failure. Also, due to drive load... the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can also improve the performance ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Click "Next". 6 Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Create a RAID Array 1.
In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Click "Next". 6 Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Create a RAID Array 1.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Then click "Create Volume". 7 Click "Next". 5. In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration. In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. 4.
Then click "Create Volume". 7 Click "Next". 5. In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration. In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. 4.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10 10.
Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10 10.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
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Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Select the appropriate number of hard drives and press Space to select the drive. Use the up or down arrow keys ...to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to scroll through the list of hard drives by using the up or down arrow keys to select...
Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Select the appropriate number of hard drives and press Space to select the drive. Use the up or down arrow keys ...to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to scroll through the list of hard drives by using the up or down arrow keys to select...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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At the prompt press Y to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert the disk ... F6. At this point, you to confirm your exit. 7. Press Enter to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM.
At the prompt press Y to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert the disk ... F6. At this point, you to confirm your exit. 7. Press Enter to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... from the floppy to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. If you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on any physical disk. the floppy disk in Windows, you will need to install...
... from the floppy to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. If you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on any physical disk. the floppy disk in Windows, you will need to install...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is enabled. Use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface to a RAID volume that includes that hard drive plus the newly added hard drive(s). If you wish to enable it, you will not be able to reinstall ...the operating system. You can migrate the data from a single hard drive on the system. 4. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 If your operating system is already installed, you will need to use...
... is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is enabled. Use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface to a RAID volume that includes that hard drive plus the newly added hard drive(s). If you wish to enable it, you will not be able to reinstall ...the operating system. You can migrate the data from a single hard drive on the system. 4. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 If your operating system is already installed, you will need to use...
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...Note temporarily continue loading drivers. Note If you do not need to create a floppy disk with the necessary files. Press S to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using...containing the following steps to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. You can use the Floppy Configuration Utility to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you can use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of Windows setup (during text-mode phase). When ...
...Note temporarily continue loading drivers. Note If you do not need to create a floppy disk with the necessary files. Press S to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using...containing the following steps to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. You can use the Floppy Configuration Utility to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you can use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of Windows setup (during text-mode phase). When ...
RAID Installation Guide
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... larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3.
... larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3.
RAID Installation Guide
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Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 1.
Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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... basic knowledge of Independent Disks", which is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second drive. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to read and write data in the other... drive if one drive fails. 3 It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of RAID, and the guide to the entire system since it contains a complete copy of data from ...
... basic knowledge of Independent Disks", which is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second drive. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to read and write data in the other... drive if one drive fails. 3 It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of RAID, and the guide to the entire system since it contains a complete copy of data from ...
RAID Installation Guide
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...hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as mirroring alone. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates ...two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. This configuration ...
...hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as mirroring alone. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates ...two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. This configuration ...
RAID Installation Guide
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The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. 5 Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives.
The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. 5 Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives.
RAID Installation Guide
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... hard disk will ask if you use two drives of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. 3. Please verify the status of the same size. It is recommended to use an existing drive and a new drive to... "Clear Disk Data" or not. city and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for performance. In the process you create RAID, the system will be the base storage size. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has...
... hard disk will ask if you use two drives of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. 3. Please verify the status of the same size. It is recommended to use an existing drive and a new drive to... "Clear Disk Data" or not. city and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for performance. In the process you create RAID, the system will be the base storage size. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has...
RAID Installation Guide
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... instructions on your system, and press key to your RAID configuration. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to enter BIOS setup utility. Go to [RAID]. Boot your system. 7 Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Please note that this document for all models...
... instructions on your system, and press key to your RAID configuration. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to enter BIOS setup utility. Go to [RAID]. Boot your system. 7 Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Please note that this document for all models...
RAID Installation Guide
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...Under 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage n/a OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required RAID Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Windows 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled Disabled... Option ROM Boot\CSM [Launch n/a n/a n/a Setting Storage OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required UEFI Setup UEFI Setup UEFI Setup RAID Utility Utility Utility Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility 8 Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding...
...Under 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage n/a OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required RAID Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Windows 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled Disabled... Option ROM Boot\CSM [Launch n/a n/a n/a Setting Storage OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required UEFI Setup UEFI Setup UEFI Setup RAID Utility Utility Utility Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility 8 Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding...
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STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer. STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page.
STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer. STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page.