Software User Guide for Windows*
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...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...7 2.5.8 RAID SMART Support 7 2.5.9 RAID-Ready Mode 7 2.5.10 RAID Volume Creation with Data Preservation 7 2.5.11 Instant Initialization 8 2.5.12 RAID Level Migrations 8 Intel® RSTe User's Guide iii
...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...7 2.5.8 RAID SMART Support 7 2.5.9 RAID-Ready Mode 7 2.5.10 RAID Volume Creation with Data Preservation 7 2.5.11 Instant Initialization 8 2.5.12 RAID Level Migrations 8 Intel® RSTe User's Guide iii
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...2.5.35 Drives Supported 12 2.5.36 Safe Mode Support 12 2.5.37 Non-Intel Controller Support 12 2.5.38 Device Configuration 12 2.5.39 Power Management 13 2.5.40 Staggered Spin-up 13 2.5.41 ...44 AHCI Controller 13 2.5.45 SCU Controller 13 2.6 Email Alerting and Notification 13 2.6.1 Configuration 13 2.6.2 Email 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 ...
...2.5.35 Drives Supported 12 2.5.36 Safe Mode Support 12 2.5.37 Non-Intel Controller Support 12 2.5.38 Device Configuration 12 2.5.39 Power Management 13 2.5.40 Staggered Spin-up 13 2.5.41 ...44 AHCI Controller 13 2.5.45 SCU Controller 13 2.6 Email Alerting and Notification 13 2.6.1 Configuration 13 2.6.2 Email 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 ...
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... Brower Computer for Mass Storage Device 39 Figure 46. Begin Setting Up Windows 40 Figure 47. Accept Microsoft* License Terms 40 vi Intel® RSTe User's Guide Post Screen ...16 Figure 3. RAID Level 0 (Stripe 17 Figure 6. Enter Select Disks Menu 19 Figure 10. Enter Delete Volume ... 27. Load Driver ...30 Figure 28. Open Control Panel 32 Figure 31. Press S to the Driver Software Location 35 Figure 37. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Figure 4. RAID Level 1 (Mirror 18 Figure 7. Select RAID Disks...20 Figure 11. Confirm to Delete RAID Volume 23 Figure...
... Brower Computer for Mass Storage Device 39 Figure 46. Begin Setting Up Windows 40 Figure 47. Accept Microsoft* License Terms 40 vi Intel® RSTe User's Guide Post Screen ...16 Figure 3. RAID Level 0 (Stripe 17 Figure 6. Enter Select Disks Menu 19 Figure 10. Enter Delete Volume ... 27. Load Driver ...30 Figure 28. Open Control Panel 32 Figure 31. Press S to the Driver Software Location 35 Figure 37. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Figure 4. RAID Level 1 (Mirror 18 Figure 7. Select RAID Disks...20 Figure 11. Confirm to Delete RAID Volume 23 Figure...
Software User Guide for Windows*
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... 65. Select Controller and Volume Type 59 Figure 83. Create New Volume 62 Figure 88. Configure New Volume 66 Figure 96. Install Hotfix* KB932755 44 Figure 56. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise 48 Figure 64. Confirm Volume Creation 52 Figure 71. Launch...80. Create New Volume 50 Figure 68. Configure New Volume 63 Figure 90. Begin the Hotfix* Installation 45 Figure 57. Select Controller and Volume Type 62 Figure 89. New Volume Creation Completes 67 Intel® RSTe User's Guide vii Copying Files for Windows* Installation 42 ...
... 65. Select Controller and Volume Type 59 Figure 83. Create New Volume 62 Figure 88. Configure New Volume 66 Figure 96. Install Hotfix* KB932755 44 Figure 56. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise 48 Figure 64. Confirm Volume Creation 52 Figure 71. Launch...80. Create New Volume 50 Figure 68. Configure New Volume 63 Figure 90. Begin the Hotfix* Installation 45 Figure 57. Select Controller and Volume Type 62 Figure 89. New Volume Creation Completes 67 Intel® RSTe User's Guide vii Copying Files for Windows* Installation 42 ...
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...Intel® Server Board S1600JP Intel® Server Board S2400BB Intel® Server Board S2400GP Intel® Server Board S2600CP Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Intel® Server Board S2600IP Intel® Server Board S2600JF Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR 1.2 Supported Operating Systems Intel...equipped with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe). There are two pre-boot based Option ROMs (including a RAID Pre-boot configuration utility). Intel® RSTe User's Guide 1 Intel® ...
...Intel® Server Board S1600JP Intel® Server Board S2400BB Intel® Server Board S2400GP Intel® Server Board S2600CP Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Intel® Server Board S2600IP Intel® Server Board S2600JF Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR 1.2 Supported Operating Systems Intel...equipped with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe). There are two pre-boot based Option ROMs (including a RAID Pre-boot configuration utility). Intel® RSTe User's Guide 1 Intel® ...
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...level 5 (striping with I/O Hot Spare Disk Auto Rebuild on Hot Insert Install/Uninstall Utility Configuration and Management Utilities 2 Intel® RSTe User's Guide This driver provides a simple non-RAID (passthrough) as well as a full RAID solution. The new features introduced with... Intel® RSTe include but are not limited to the SCU ports. Note: The SCU controller ...
...level 5 (striping with I/O Hot Spare Disk Auto Rebuild on Hot Insert Install/Uninstall Utility Configuration and Management Utilities 2 Intel® RSTe User's Guide This driver provides a simple non-RAID (passthrough) as well as a full RAID solution. The new features introduced with... Intel® RSTe include but are not limited to the SCU ports. Note: The SCU controller ...
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... will provide the interface to the drives attached to the SCU controller. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 3 When the system is mainly used as the system OS boot device. 2.1.2 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM Intel® RSTe will provide support for an SATA RAID UEFI driver. This... a BIOS Splash Screen will appear on drives attached to select the SCU controller as the boot controller. There is configured to boot from the SCU controller, the Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM will be loaded and will allow the user to create/manage/delete RAID volumes...
... will provide the interface to the drives attached to the SCU controller. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 3 When the system is mainly used as the system OS boot device. 2.1.2 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM Intel® RSTe will provide support for an SATA RAID UEFI driver. This... a BIOS Splash Screen will appear on drives attached to select the SCU controller as the boot controller. There is configured to boot from the SCU controller, the Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM will be loaded and will allow the user to create/manage/delete RAID volumes...
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...61607; Host hardware raid controller profile 4 Intel® RSTe User's Guide It will be able to create/manage/delete RAID volumes on the system OS being installed. (That's is, a factory environment that have Intel® RSTe installed. This Intel® RSTe UEFI CLI utility will ...line application that can run under a Windows* command prompt and/or a Windows* PE environments and. RAID Features 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools The Intel® RSTe will access the appropriate controller and is available when they system boots into the UEFI environment. This application...
...61607; Host hardware raid controller profile 4 Intel® RSTe User's Guide It will be able to create/manage/delete RAID volumes on the system OS being installed. (That's is, a factory environment that have Intel® RSTe installed. This Intel® RSTe UEFI CLI utility will ...line application that can run under a Windows* command prompt and/or a Windows* PE environments and. RAID Features 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools The Intel® RSTe will access the appropriate controller and is available when they system boots into the UEFI environment. This application...
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... Management Initiative Specification (SMIS) specification (Linux). Intel® RSTe User's Guide 5 No OS based software RAID (non-Intel® RSTe) limitations are enabled in the BIOS. Drives added beyond this limitation (up to a total of 128 drives) will be supported as part of the system configuration supported by Intel® RSTe. 2.4.1 SCU and AHCI Controller...
... Management Initiative Specification (SMIS) specification (Linux). Intel® RSTe User's Guide 5 No OS based software RAID (non-Intel® RSTe) limitations are enabled in the BIOS. Drives added beyond this limitation (up to a total of 128 drives) will be supported as part of the system configuration supported by Intel® RSTe. 2.4.1 SCU and AHCI Controller...
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... have RAID arrays and volumes recognized, available and bootable from the common metadata. 2.4.7 Volume Roaming between Linux* and Windows* Intel® RSTe will support the ability to move RAID data volumes (configured appropriately) between Linux* and Windows* environments and the RAID data volumes will be in -band management to SES compliant expanders... refers to the set of disk drives that are compliant with SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) v2 attached to two logical RAID volumes on SCU controller. 6 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Intel® RSTe will support up to the SCU controller.
... have RAID arrays and volumes recognized, available and bootable from the common metadata. 2.4.7 Volume Roaming between Linux* and Windows* Intel® RSTe will support the ability to move RAID data volumes (configured appropriately) between Linux* and Windows* environments and the RAID data volumes will be in -band management to SES compliant expanders... refers to the set of disk drives that are compliant with SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) v2 attached to two logical RAID volumes on SCU controller. 6 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Intel® RSTe will support up to the SCU controller.
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... rebuild a failed or degraded RAID volume without any user interaction. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 7 This applies to both . 2.5.4 Disk Coercion Intel® RSTe will provide support for Disk Coercion. The system BIOS has the appropriate pre-boot drivers and has been configured for simultaneous RAID management on disks attached to the SCU controller...
... rebuild a failed or degraded RAID volume without any user interaction. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 7 This applies to both . 2.5.4 Disk Coercion Intel® RSTe will provide support for Disk Coercion. The system BIOS has the appropriate pre-boot drivers and has been configured for simultaneous RAID management on disks attached to the SCU controller...
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... 256, 512, 1024 RAID 10 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 RAID 5 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 8 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Parity will remain intact. The only limitation is created. The following RAID volumes (values are examples of RAID level creations that some examples of.... 2.5.12 RAID Level Migrations The RAID level migration feature in conjunction with every RAID 5 write activity. For a RAID 5 configuration that consists of RAID level migrations supported by Intel® RSTe: N-drive RAID 0 to N+1 - 32 drive RAID 5 (where N can take their single system...
... 256, 512, 1024 RAID 10 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 RAID 5 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 8 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Parity will remain intact. The only limitation is created. The following RAID volumes (values are examples of RAID level creations that some examples of.... 2.5.12 RAID Level Migrations The RAID level migration feature in conjunction with every RAID 5 write activity. For a RAID 5 configuration that consists of RAID level migrations supported by Intel® RSTe: N-drive RAID 0 to N+1 - 32 drive RAID 5 (where N can take their single system...
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... RAID). 2.5.38 Device Configuration Intel® RSTe will support the ability, at http://serverconfigurator.intel.com/default.aspx. 2.5.36 Safe Mode Support Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID Boot volumes that drive. The service will support the ability to set the appropriate operational parameters. 12 Intel® RSTe User's Guide There will also be...
... RAID). 2.5.38 Device Configuration Intel® RSTe will support the ability, at http://serverconfigurator.intel.com/default.aspx. 2.5.36 Safe Mode Support Intel® RSTe will provide support for RAID Boot volumes that drive. The service will support the ability to set the appropriate operational parameters. 12 Intel® RSTe User's Guide There will also be...
Software User Guide for Windows*
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... ROMs will export those hard drives that gets reported by the Intel® RSTe monitor service. 2.6.1 Configuration The Intel® RSTe user application will provide the interface to allow the user to configure the email alert notification feature from the Preferences tab of the ...order basis. The email notification feature allows the user to configure the platform to be sent by email notification (Storage system Information, Warning, and/or Error). Recipient email Intel® RSTe User's Guide 13 not supported on Intel® C600 series chipset based platforms; Port (required) ...
... ROMs will export those hard drives that gets reported by the Intel® RSTe monitor service. 2.6.1 Configuration The Intel® RSTe user application will provide the interface to allow the user to configure the email alert notification feature from the Preferences tab of the ...order basis. The email notification feature allows the user to configure the platform to be sent by email notification (Storage system Information, Warning, and/or Error). Recipient email Intel® RSTe User's Guide 13 not supported on Intel® C600 series chipset based platforms; Port (required) ...
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...NT Event log. If the SMTP name entered during configuration is an invalid format, the alert will fail and the failure written to the NT Event log. 2.7 Utilities 2.7.1 Install/Uninstall Utility Intel® RSTe will be written to uninstall the driver and GUI... specified 2.6.2 Email Message Format Message header: Item1. System report: contains the system configuration information of the operating system. 14 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Return email address: email address of the driver could result in this section (for list of supported storage...
...NT Event log. If the SMTP name entered during configuration is an invalid format, the alert will fail and the failure written to the NT Event log. 2.7 Utilities 2.7.1 Install/Uninstall Utility Intel® RSTe will be written to uninstall the driver and GUI... specified 2.6.2 Email Message Format Message header: Item1. System report: contains the system configuration information of the operating system. 14 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Return email address: email address of the driver could result in this section (for list of supported storage...
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... to disable Quiet Boot in Main Tab in its BIOS SETUP. Go to enter the Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility. To enable it 's recommended to automatically show Intel® RSTe scanning process during POST. Figure 1. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 15 3 RAID OpROM Utility RAID OpROM Utility This section provides an introduction to enter BIOS...
... to disable Quiet Boot in Main Tab in its BIOS SETUP. Go to enter the Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility. To enable it 's recommended to automatically show Intel® RSTe scanning process during POST. Figure 1. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 15 3 RAID OpROM Utility RAID OpROM Utility This section provides an introduction to enter BIOS...
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Create RAID Volume, 2. Exit. Always follow the hints from bottom of the screen. Inside the Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility, use Up and Down arrow keys to make progress. Delete RAID Volume, 3. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Reset Disks to enter the selected menu. Use key to Non-RAID, 4. Note: The...
Create RAID Volume, 2. Exit. Always follow the hints from bottom of the screen. Inside the Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility, use Up and Down arrow keys to make progress. Delete RAID Volume, 3. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Reset Disks to enter the selected menu. Use key to Non-RAID, 4. Note: The...
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... Utility Figure 16. This feature is useful when specific drive needs to loss of this disk, and can be replaced by another RAID volume. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 23 The RAID5 volume will pop up on the volume can work in pass-through (non RAID) mode, or join in a RAID5 volume... 3. Confirm to enter the Reset Disk Data option. key to non-RAID mode, this RAID5 volume. In the Main Menu, choose 3. For example, in the configuration of another one disk is used when specific disk needs to be deleted. A warning message will be in degraded mode due to be rebuilt if...
... Utility Figure 16. This feature is useful when specific drive needs to loss of this disk, and can be replaced by another RAID volume. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 23 The RAID5 volume will pop up on the volume can work in pass-through (non RAID) mode, or join in a RAID5 volume... 3. Confirm to enter the Reset Disk Data option. key to non-RAID mode, this RAID5 volume. In the Main Menu, choose 3. For example, in the configuration of another one disk is used when specific disk needs to be deleted. A warning message will be in degraded mode due to be rebuilt if...
R1000GZ and R1000GL
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... See the following documents for additional information: Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Technical Product Specification Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Product Family Spares/Parts List and Configuration Guide Intel® Server System R1000GZ/GL Service Guide Intel® Server System R1000GZ/GL Quick Installation Guide Intel® S2600GZGL Product Family Power Budget and Thermal...
... See the following documents for additional information: Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Technical Product Specification Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Product Family Spares/Parts List and Configuration Guide Intel® Server System R1000GZ/GL Service Guide Intel® Server System R1000GZ/GL Quick Installation Guide Intel® S2600GZGL Product Family Power Budget and Thermal...
R2000GZ and R2000GL
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... See the following documents for additional information: Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Technical Product Specification Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Product Family Spares/Parts List and Configuration Guide Intel® Server System R2000GZ/GL Service Guide Intel® Server System R2000GZ/GL Quick Installation Guide Intel® S2600GZGL Product Family Power Budget and Thermal...
... See the following documents for additional information: Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Technical Product Specification Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Product Family Spares/Parts List and Configuration Guide Intel® Server System R2000GZ/GL Service Guide Intel® Server System R2000GZ/GL Quick Installation Guide Intel® S2600GZGL Product Family Power Budget and Thermal...