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......1 1.3.1 Pre-boot software 1 1.3.2 Operating System running time software 1 1.4 Features Introduction...2 2 RAID Features 3 2.1 Intel® RSTe Pre-boot Package 3 2.1.1 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.2 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.3 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.1.4 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools 4 2.2.1 Intel® RSTe UEFI Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility...
......1 1.3.1 Pre-boot software 1 1.3.2 Operating System running time software 1 1.4 Features Introduction...2 2 RAID Features 3 2.1 Intel® RSTe Pre-boot Package 3 2.1.1 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.2 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.3 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.1.4 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools 4 2.2.1 Intel® RSTe UEFI Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility...
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... Message Format 14 2.6.3 Protocol Support 14 2.6.4 Error Conditions 14 2.7 Utilities...14 2.7.1 Install/Uninstall Utility 14 3 RAID OpROM Utility 15 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 15 3.1.1 Create RAID Volume 17 3.1.2 Delete RAID Volume 22 3.1.3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID 23 4 Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 27 4.1 Installing Microsoft Windows 27 4.2 Manual Installation of the...
... Message Format 14 2.6.3 Protocol Support 14 2.6.4 Error Conditions 14 2.7 Utilities...14 2.7.1 Install/Uninstall Utility 14 3 RAID OpROM Utility 15 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 15 3.1.1 Create RAID Volume 17 3.1.2 Delete RAID Volume 22 3.1.3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID 23 4 Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 27 4.1 Installing Microsoft Windows 27 4.2 Manual Installation of the...
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...; RSTe GUI Utility 57 5.2.2 Volume Creation 58 5.3 GUI Utility Overview 68 5.3.1 Devices ...68 5.3.2 Viewing the RAID Volumes in Device Manager 70 5.3.3 Volume Deletion 71 6 Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview 72 6.1 General Usage ...72 6.1.1 +Create ...72 6.1.2 Information 73 6.1.3 Manage...74 6.1.4 Modify ...75 6.1.5 Rescan...76 6.1.6 Quiet ...76 ... Ignore...76 6.1.8 Version...76 6.2 Return Codes ...76 7 UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility 78 7.1 RCFGSCU Utility Usage 78 7.2 RCFGSATA Utility Usage 79 Appendix A ...81 Intel® RSTe User's Guide v
...; RSTe GUI Utility 57 5.2.2 Volume Creation 58 5.3 GUI Utility Overview 68 5.3.1 Devices ...68 5.3.2 Viewing the RAID Volumes in Device Manager 70 5.3.3 Volume Deletion 71 6 Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview 72 6.1 General Usage ...72 6.1.1 +Create ...72 6.1.2 Information 73 6.1.3 Manage...74 6.1.4 Modify ...75 6.1.5 Rescan...76 6.1.6 Quiet ...76 ... Ignore...76 6.1.8 Version...76 6.2 Return Codes ...76 7 UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility 78 7.1 RCFGSCU Utility Usage 78 7.2 RCFGSATA Utility Usage 79 Appendix A ...81 Intel® RSTe User's Guide v
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...Press F6 to be installed 30 Figure 29. Load Support for Changes to the Driver Software Location 35 Figure 37. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Figure 4. RAID Level 0 (Stripe 17 Figure 6. Disk/Volume Properties 22 Figure 15. Accept License Terms 29 Figure 26. Select .... List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Enable RSTe in System 33 Figure 33. Create RAID Volume 0 17 Figure 5. RAID Level 10 (RAID 0+1 18 Figure 8. RAID Level 5 (Parity 19 Figure 9. Select RAID Disks...20 Figure 11. Select Stripe Size...20 Figure 12. Enter Capacity ...21 Figure 13....
...Press F6 to be installed 30 Figure 29. Load Support for Changes to the Driver Software Location 35 Figure 37. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Figure 4. RAID Level 0 (Stripe 17 Figure 6. Disk/Volume Properties 22 Figure 15. Accept License Terms 29 Figure 26. Select .... List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Enable RSTe in System 33 Figure 33. Create RAID Volume 0 17 Figure 5. RAID Level 10 (RAID 0+1 18 Figure 8. RAID Level 5 (Parity 19 Figure 9. Select RAID Disks...20 Figure 11. Select Stripe Size...20 Figure 12. Enter Capacity ...21 Figure 13....
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New Volume Online in BIOS Setup 78 viii Intel® RSTe User's Guide Review Enclosure Properties 69 Figure 102. Select Volumes to Detele Volumes 71 Figure 106. Enable EFI Optimized Boot in Disk Management 70 Figure 104. New Volume Properties 67 Figure 99. Review Controller Properties 68 Figure 100. Review Drive Properties 69 Figure 101. Review RAID Volume in Device Manager 70 Figure 103. Confirm to be Deleted 71 Figure 105. List of Figures Figure 98.
New Volume Online in BIOS Setup 78 viii Intel® RSTe User's Guide Review Enclosure Properties 69 Figure 102. Select Volumes to Detele Volumes 71 Figure 106. Enable EFI Optimized Boot in Disk Management 70 Figure 104. New Volume Properties 67 Figure 99. Review Controller Properties 68 Figure 100. Review Drive Properties 69 Figure 101. Review RAID Volume in Device Manager 70 Figure 103. Confirm to be Deleted 71 Figure 105. List of Figures Figure 98.
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...Intel® Server Board S1400SP Intel® Server Board S2600CO Intel® Server Board S2400SC Intel® Server Board S2400EP Intel® Server Board S2600WP Intel® Server Board S2400LP Intel® Server Board S1600JP Intel® Server Board S2400BB Intel® Server Board S2400GP Intel...and manage RAID systems. These include: 1.3.1 Pre-boot software Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs - 1 Overview Overview The software described in either AHCI mode (pass-through) or RAID mode. ...
...Intel® Server Board S1400SP Intel® Server Board S2600CO Intel® Server Board S2400SC Intel® Server Board S2400EP Intel® Server Board S2600WP Intel® Server Board S2400LP Intel® Server Board S1600JP Intel® Server Board S2400BB Intel® Server Board S2400GP Intel...and manage RAID systems. These include: 1.3.1 Pre-boot software Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs - 1 Overview Overview The software described in either AHCI mode (pass-through) or RAID mode. ...
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...'s BIOS SETUP utility is an application that can be required. Intel® RSTe GUI (Graphical User Interface). This driver provides a simple non-RAID (passthrough) as well as a full RAID solution. Note: The SCU controller will manage/control the SAS/SATA devices...on drives attached (only) to select either AHCI or RAID modes for Windows* 1.4 Features Introduction Some of the RAID features supported by Intel® RSTe include RAID level 0 (striping), RAID level 1 (mirroring), RAID level 5 (striping with parity) and RAID level 10 (striping and mirroring). Consequently, when booting ...
...'s BIOS SETUP utility is an application that can be required. Intel® RSTe GUI (Graphical User Interface). This driver provides a simple non-RAID (passthrough) as well as a full RAID solution. Note: The SCU controller will manage/control the SAS/SATA devices...on drives attached (only) to select either AHCI or RAID modes for Windows* 1.4 Features Introduction Some of the RAID features supported by Intel® RSTe include RAID level 0 (striping), RAID level 1 (mirroring), RAID level 5 (striping with parity) and RAID level 10 (striping and mirroring). Consequently, when booting ...
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...) that can be loaded and will only support drives directly attached to stop the booting process and enter into the Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM user interface. Once entered, the user interface will only support drives directly attached to the AHCI controller...an option to the AHCI controller. There is attached to the AHCI controller 2.1.4 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID UEFI Driver Intel® RSTe will support an SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM. 2 RAID Features RAID Features This section provides more detailed description of SAS expander support. The BIOS configuration...
...) that can be loaded and will only support drives directly attached to stop the booting process and enter into the Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM user interface. Once entered, the user interface will only support drives directly attached to the AHCI controller...an option to the AHCI controller. There is attached to the AHCI controller 2.1.4 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID UEFI Driver Intel® RSTe will support an SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM. 2 RAID Features RAID Features This section provides more detailed description of SAS expander support. The BIOS configuration...
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... for the AHCI controller and one for a UEFI command line interface utility. This is mainly used to create a RAID volume that can be used in the initial Intel® RSTe release are only supported on the system OS being installed. (That is available when they system boots ... devices and expander attached storage devices (expanders are as the system OS boot device. RAID Features 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools The Intel® RSTe will need to be launched from USB drive. The Intel® RSTe UEFI CLI utility will support multiple ways for a command line application that...
... for the AHCI controller and one for a UEFI command line interface utility. This is mainly used to create a RAID volume that can be used in the initial Intel® RSTe release are only supported on the system OS being installed. (That is available when they system boots ... devices and expander attached storage devices (expanders are as the system OS boot device. RAID Features 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools The Intel® RSTe will need to be launched from USB drive. The Intel® RSTe UEFI CLI utility will support multiple ways for a command line application that...
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... drives but will not be supported on CIM model and Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMIS) specification (Linux). Intel® RSTe User's Guide 5 Drives added beyond this limitation (up to 2 volumes (Matrix RAID allows 2 RAID volumes per RAID array). RAID Features Block services profile Physical asset profile Software inventory profile Generic initiator...
... drives but will not be supported on CIM model and Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMIS) specification (Linux). Intel® RSTe User's Guide 5 Drives added beyond this limitation (up to 2 volumes (Matrix RAID allows 2 RAID volumes per RAID array). RAID Features Block services profile Physical asset profile Software inventory profile Generic initiator...
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... the set of Intel® RSTe. 2.5 Software RAID Functional Support This section will focus on RAID specific features unless the particular requirement specifies differently. 2.5.1 Matrix RAID Intel® RSTe will support up to the SCU. RAID Features Note: The Hot Plug is not supported under Windows* and will be formed into a RAID volume. 2.5.2 RAID 0/1/5/10 Volumes Intel® RSTe...
... the set of Intel® RSTe. 2.5 Software RAID Functional Support This section will focus on RAID specific features unless the particular requirement specifies differently. 2.5.1 Matrix RAID Intel® RSTe will support up to the SCU. RAID Features Note: The Hot Plug is not supported under Windows* and will be formed into a RAID volume. 2.5.2 RAID 0/1/5/10 Volumes Intel® RSTe...
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...Intel® RSTe will support an Intel® C600 series chipset based platform configured in RAID-Ready mode. 2.5.10 RAID Volume Creation with Data Preservation Intel® RSTe will support the ability to the AHCI controller. RAID Features 2.5.3 Simultaneous RAID Arrays Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID... physical disk of the appropriate size is in the physical disk capacities from . Intel® RSTe User's Guide 7 However, Intel® RSTe will provide support for Disk Coercion. A non-RAID disk can be used for the volume creation. Note: When creating a system ...
...Intel® RSTe will support an Intel® C600 series chipset based platform configured in RAID-Ready mode. 2.5.10 RAID Volume Creation with Data Preservation Intel® RSTe will support the ability to the AHCI controller. RAID Features 2.5.3 Simultaneous RAID Arrays Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID... physical disk of the appropriate size is in the physical disk capacities from . Intel® RSTe User's Guide 7 However, Intel® RSTe will provide support for Disk Coercion. A non-RAID disk can be used for the volume creation. Note: When creating a system ...
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... take their single system drive and turn it into a RAID volume (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 ). Note: Single volume per array only. This process does not require the reinstallation of RAID level migrations supported by Intel® RSTe: Individual pass-through to 3 to 6 drive RAID 5 2.5.11 Instant Initialization Intel® RSTe allows a newly created volume to the...
... take their single system drive and turn it into a RAID volume (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 ). Note: Single volume per array only. This process does not require the reinstallation of RAID level migrations supported by Intel® RSTe: Individual pass-through to 3 to 6 drive RAID 5 2.5.11 Instant Initialization Intel® RSTe allows a newly created volume to the...
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... data on the mirror does not match the data on the source, the data on the mirror is supported only under RAID 0 and RAID 5. 2.5.16 Read Patrol Intel® RSTe will provide the ability to perform Check Pointing to be enabled or disabled manually. If an issue is discovered..., though it can be able to track forward progress on the mirror drive is overwritten with the newly calculated parity. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 9 The RAID volume data verification and repair process identifies and repairs any inconsistencies or bad data on the source. After resuming, the ...
... data on the mirror does not match the data on the source, the data on the mirror is supported only under RAID 0 and RAID 5. 2.5.16 Read Patrol Intel® RSTe will provide the ability to perform Check Pointing to be enabled or disabled manually. If an issue is discovered..., though it can be able to track forward progress on the mirror drive is overwritten with the newly calculated parity. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 9 The RAID volume data verification and repair process identifies and repairs any inconsistencies or bad data on the source. After resuming, the ...
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...inserted disk size is at the time of member being offline or contains no need for RAID management (for example, volume creation/deletion) support from within OS installer. 2.5.24 Auto Rebuild Intel® RSTe will provide support for installation during this scenario, rather than mark the ...entire RAID volume as part of XORing old data with old parity. RAID Features 2.5.19 Bad Block Management Intel® RSTe will provide support for Partial Parity Logging (PPL). The DSJ allows rapid ...
...inserted disk size is at the time of member being offline or contains no need for RAID management (for example, volume creation/deletion) support from within OS installer. 2.5.24 Auto Rebuild Intel® RSTe will provide support for installation during this scenario, rather than mark the ...entire RAID volume as part of XORing old data with old parity. RAID Features 2.5.19 Bad Block Management Intel® RSTe will provide support for Partial Parity Logging (PPL). The DSJ allows rapid ...
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...No Hot Spare previously marked No auto rebuild: Manual steps required to enable/disable Write Back Cache through the Intel® RSTe GUI. Note: Disable RAID Volume Read Cache will result in the event of the above are met. Rebuild starts when spare found. Auto... using an uninterrupted power supply (UPS). 2.5.28 RAID Volume Read Cache Intel® RSTe will support the ability to enable/disable RAID Volume Read Cache through the Intel® RSTe GUI. Disk Data Cache will be enabled by default. RAID Features The following table summarizes the functionality: Controller...
...No Hot Spare previously marked No auto rebuild: Manual steps required to enable/disable Write Back Cache through the Intel® RSTe GUI. Note: Disable RAID Volume Read Cache will result in the event of the above are met. Rebuild starts when spare found. Auto... using an uninterrupted power supply (UPS). 2.5.28 RAID Volume Read Cache Intel® RSTe will support the ability to enable/disable RAID Volume Read Cache through the Intel® RSTe GUI. Disk Data Cache will be enabled by default. RAID Features The following table summarizes the functionality: Controller...
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...to 16MB for SCU volumes and 16MB for AHCI volumes. 2.5.31 RAID Volume Size Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID volumes that are larger than 2 Terabytes. 2.5.32 RAID Boot Volume Size Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID Boot volumes that are larger than 2 Terabytes. 2.5.33 Disk ...(512B logical) sectors. The service will attempt to rebuild the volume to provide a disk monitoring service. If able, Intel® RSTe will be support for SMART and RAID volume state changes events. There will monitor the system for drives that are larger than 2 Terabytes as well as a...
...to 16MB for SCU volumes and 16MB for AHCI volumes. 2.5.31 RAID Volume Size Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID volumes that are larger than 2 Terabytes. 2.5.32 RAID Boot Volume Size Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID Boot volumes that are larger than 2 Terabytes. 2.5.33 Disk ...(512B logical) sectors. The service will attempt to rebuild the volume to provide a disk monitoring service. If able, Intel® RSTe will be support for SMART and RAID volume state changes events. There will monitor the system for drives that are larger than 2 Terabytes as well as a...
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... email notification User can be for both the AHCI controller. 2.5.42 ATAPI Intel® RSTe will provide support for enabling/disabling and configuring the email notification feature. Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROM will only support HDD devices (not ATAPI). 2.5.43 Solid State Drives...-up on the SCU controller for each storage subsystem event that support this feature. 2.5.41 Exporting SATA Drives on AHCI Controller Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs will export those drives directly attached on a port order basis. It is 'disabled'. Any combination of certain...
... email notification User can be for both the AHCI controller. 2.5.42 ATAPI Intel® RSTe will provide support for enabling/disabling and configuring the email notification feature. Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROM will only support HDD devices (not ATAPI). 2.5.43 Solid State Drives...-up on the SCU controller for each storage subsystem event that support this feature. 2.5.41 Exporting SATA Drives on AHCI Controller Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs will export those drives directly attached on a port order basis. It is 'disabled'. Any combination of certain...
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RAID Features addresses (one address required, up to 3 maximum) User... support SMTP host & SMTP port. 2.6.4 Error Conditions See Appendix A for test emails, only item 4 will appear in the Intel® RSTe GUI Preferences page. Optional text: Item6. Note: Great care must be a mechanism available to... computer receiving the email notification Item3. Recipient email address: email address of the operating system. 14 Intel® RSTe User's Guide There will discard the message without further attempts. This section is blank unless the ...
RAID Features addresses (one address required, up to 3 maximum) User... support SMTP host & SMTP port. 2.6.4 Error Conditions See Appendix A for test emails, only item 4 will appear in the Intel® RSTe GUI Preferences page. Optional text: Item6. Note: Great care must be a mechanism available to... computer receiving the email notification Item3. Recipient email address: email address of the operating system. 14 Intel® RSTe User's Guide There will discard the message without further attempts. This section is blank unless the ...
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... Boot in Main Tab in its BIOS SETUP. Enable RSTe in BIOS Setup Note: For Intel® Server Boards, it , press during server board POST, so as to enter BIOS SETUP. 3 RAID OpROM Utility RAID OpROM Utility This section provides an introduction to Advanced - Go to the... Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility. 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 1. Figure 1. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 15 If Quiet Boot is enabled, ...
... Boot in Main Tab in its BIOS SETUP. Enable RSTe in BIOS Setup Note: For Intel® Server Boards, it , press during server board POST, so as to enter BIOS SETUP. 3 RAID OpROM Utility RAID OpROM Utility This section provides an introduction to Advanced - Go to the... Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility. 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 1. Figure 1. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 15 If Quiet Boot is enabled, ...