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... Manager 5-32 5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID 5-32 5.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-34 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 Windows® OS ...driver installation 6-19 6.4 Display driver installation 6-23 6.5 Management applications and utilitie installation 6-26 6.5.1 Running the support DVD 6-26 6.5.2 Drivers menu 6-26 6.5.3 Utilities menu 6-27 6.5.4 Make disk menu 6-27 6.5.5 Contact information 6-27 Appendix: Reference information A.1 Z8NA-D6 block diagram A-3 A.2 Z8NA...
... Manager 5-32 5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID 5-32 5.3.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-34 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 Windows® OS ...driver installation 6-19 6.4 Display driver installation 6-23 6.5 Management applications and utilitie installation 6-26 6.5.1 Running the support DVD 6-26 6.5.2 Drivers menu 6-26 6.5.3 Utilities menu 6-27 6.5.4 Make disk menu 6-27 6.5.5 Contact information 6-27 Appendix: Reference information A.1 Z8NA-D6 block diagram A-3 A.2 Z8NA...
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ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up , creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components. • Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that...
ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up , creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components. • Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that...
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...Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. • If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel® Matrix Storage Technology from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to configure... 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 4-13 Select an item then press if you to set this menu allow you wish to [RAID]. 4.3.5 IDE Configuration The items in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [AHCI].
...Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. • If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel® Matrix Storage Technology from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to configure... 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 4-13 Select an item then press if you to set this menu allow you wish to [RAID]. 4.3.5 IDE Configuration The items in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [AHCI].
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... for this setup. ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-3 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard comes with the following RAID solutions: The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH10R southbridge controller that of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. RAID 1 (Data mirroring)...RAID solutions: • LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (default) with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 support (for Windows OS only). 5.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver...
... for this setup. ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-3 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard comes with the following RAID solutions: The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH10R southbridge controller that of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. RAID 1 (Data mirroring)...RAID solutions: • LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (default) with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 support (for Windows OS only). 5.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver...
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Chapter summary 6 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-19 6.4 Display driver installation 6-23 6.5 Management application and utilities installation 6-26 ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series
Chapter summary 6 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-19 6.4 Display driver installation 6-23 6.5 Management application and utilities installation 6-26 ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series
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... system, you want to ceate and press to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support DVD or from the support DVD. The Makedisk menu appears. Restart the computer. Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-3 A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® or Red Hat®...
... system, you want to ceate and press to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support DVD or from the support DVD. The Makedisk menu appears. Restart the computer. Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-3 A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® or Red Hat®...
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ICH10R Intel RAID Driver ICH10R INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit Windows 64 bit Back Exit ICH10R LSI RAID Driver ICH10R LSI RAID Driver Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista 64 ... 64 bit SLES 10 SP1 32 bit SLES 10 SP1 64 bit SLES 10 SP2 32 bit SLES 10 SP2 64 bit Back Exit 6-4 Chapter 6: Driver installation
ICH10R Intel RAID Driver ICH10R INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit Windows 64 bit Back Exit ICH10R LSI RAID Driver ICH10R LSI RAID Driver Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista 64 ... 64 bit SLES 10 SP1 32 bit SLES 10 SP1 64 bit SLES 10 SP2 32 bit SLES 10 SP2 64 bit Back Exit 6-4 Chapter 6: Driver installation
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ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-5 Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to create the driver disk. Follow onscreen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 7. Press . 8. ITE IT8213F Linux Driver ITE IT8213F Linux Driver RHEL 4 UP6 32/64 bit RHEL 4 UP7 32/64 bit RHEL 5 UP1 32/64 bit RHEL 5 UP2 32/64 bit SLES 9 SP3 32 bit SLES 9 SP3 64 bit SLES 10 32 bit SLES 10 64 bit FreeBSD 7 32/64 bit Back Exit 6.
ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-5 Locate the RAID driver and place a blank, high-density floppy disk to create the driver disk. Follow onscreen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 7. Press . 8. ITE IT8213F Linux Driver ITE IT8213F Linux Driver RHEL 4 UP6 32/64 bit RHEL 4 UP7 32/64 bit RHEL 5 UP1 32/64 bit RHEL 5 UP2 32/64 bit SLES 9 SP3 32 bit SLES 9 SP3 64 bit SLES 10 32 bit SLES 10 64 bit FreeBSD 7 32/64 bit Back Exit 6.
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... manufacturer, or do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit 6-6 Chapter 6: Driver installation Press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." 6.1.2 Windows® OS During Windows® OS installation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® OS: 1. Press when the message "Press F6...
... manufacturer, or do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit 6-6 Chapter 6: Driver installation Press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." 6.1.2 Windows® OS During Windows® OS installation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® OS: 1. Press when the message "Press F6...
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Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Insert the RAID driver disk you need from the RAID driver disk. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the list, then press . 6. Follow screen instructions to continue installation. 7. ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-7 When next screen appears, press to continue. Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support...
Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Insert the RAID driver disk you need from the RAID driver disk. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the list, then press . 6. Follow screen instructions to continue installation. 7. ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-7 When next screen appears, press to continue. Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support...
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... the Windows® desktop , then select Properties from the menu. 4. Restart the computer, then log in the system. 5. Click Next. 8. The wizard searches the RAID controller drivers. Click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button to display the list of devices installed in with Administrator privileges. 2. Select the option Search...
... the Windows® desktop , then select Properties from the menu. 4. Restart the computer, then log in the system. 5. Click Next. 8. The wizard searches the RAID controller drivers. Click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button to display the list of devices installed in with Administrator privileges. 2. Select the option Search...
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...you have when building a RAID set. Main Menu Do you have multiple devices which could serve as sources for more information. [F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue] boot: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprboe=ata2 3. fd0 scd0 OK Cancel ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-9 Press to move ...the cursor to use? To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - For example, if you have a driver disk? Select fd0 using the key when asked to build a RAID set with the hard disk drive ...
...you have when building a RAID set. Main Menu Do you have multiple devices which could serve as sources for more information. [F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue] boot: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprboe=ata2 3. fd0 scd0 OK Cancel ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-9 Press to move ...the cursor to use? To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - For example, if you have a driver disk? Select fd0 using the key when asked to build a RAID set with the hard disk drive ...
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.../fd0 /mnt/driver cd /mnt/driver sh replace_ahci.sh reboot 6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation More Driver Disks? Type the following commands when using a Legacy floppy. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the floppy disk drive, select OK, then press . Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to continue...
.../fd0 /mnt/driver cd /mnt/driver sh replace_ahci.sh reboot 6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation More Driver Disks? Type the following commands when using a Legacy floppy. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the floppy disk drive, select OK, then press . Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to continue...
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.... Please choose the Driver Update medium. ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-13 Make sure that Installation from Hard Disk Installation Installation--ACPI Disabled Installation--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver 6. fd0: Floppy ... sdb: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device OK Back The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the floppy disk drive. Boot from the Boot Options menu is selected, then press . Insert the RAID driver disk to the system. When below screen appears, select ...
.... Please choose the Driver Update medium. ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-13 Make sure that Installation from Hard Disk Installation Installation--ACPI Disabled Installation--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver 6. fd0: Floppy ... sdb: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device OK Back The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the floppy disk drive. Boot from the Boot Options menu is selected, then press . Insert the RAID driver disk to the system. When below screen appears, select ...