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Appendix B Dual Core Center B-1 Activating Dual Core Center B-2 Main ...B-2 DOT (Dynamic OverClocking B-5 Clock ...B-6 Voltage ...B-7 FAN Speed ...B-8 Temperature ...B-9 User Profile ...B-10 Appendix C Intel ICH9R SATA RAID C-1 ICH9R Introduction C-2 BIOS Configuration C-3 Installing Driver ...C-9 Installing Software C-11 RAID Migration Instructions C-15 Degraded RAID Array C-22 ix
Appendix B Dual Core Center B-1 Activating Dual Core Center B-2 Main ...B-2 DOT (Dynamic OverClocking B-5 Clock ...B-6 Voltage ...B-7 FAN Speed ...B-8 Temperature ...B-9 User Profile ...B-10 Appendix C Intel ICH9R SATA RAID C-1 ICH9R Introduction C-2 BIOS Configuration C-3 Installing Driver ...C-9 Installing Software C-11 RAID Migration Instructions C-15 Degraded RAID Array C-22 ix
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...only for ALC888T) IDE - 1 IDE port by Realtek® ALC888/ALC888T - Supports Intel Martix Storage Technology (AHCI + RAID 0/1/5/10) by Realtek 8111B Audio - North Bridge: Intel® P35 chipset - t w / index. Supports PCIE LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by ICH9R 1394 (optional) - Meet Microsoft ...SATA - 4 SATAII ports plus 2 eSATA by ICH9R - 1 SATA II port by VIA VT6308 1-2 Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB/s RAID - Supports 1394 by Marvell 88SE6111 - Flexible 8-channel audio with Azalia 1.0 Spec - m si. Compliant with jack sensing - m si. c om . Intel...
...only for ALC888T) IDE - 1 IDE port by Realtek® ALC888/ALC888T - Supports Intel Martix Storage Technology (AHCI + RAID 0/1/5/10) by Realtek 8111B Audio - North Bridge: Intel® P35 chipset - t w / index. Supports PCIE LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by ICH9R 1394 (optional) - Meet Microsoft ...SATA - 4 SATAII ports plus 2 eSATA by ICH9R - 1 SATA II port by VIA VT6308 1-2 Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB/s RAID - Supports 1394 by Marvell 88SE6111 - Flexible 8-channel audio with Azalia 1.0 Spec - m si. Compliant with jack sensing - m si. c om . Intel...
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BIOS Setup PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used to enable/disable the RAID function for SATA devices. RAID Mode This item is used PCI busmastering for the first serial port. 3-13 The submenu displays the status of auto detection of devices connected to ...
BIOS Setup PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used to enable/disable the RAID function for SATA devices. RAID Mode This item is used PCI busmastering for the first serial port. 3-13 The submenu displays the status of auto detection of devices connected to ...
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C-1 Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Appendix C Intel ICH9R SATA RAID This appendix will assist users in configuring and enabling RAID functionality on platforms The ICH9R RAID solution supports RAID level 0 (striping), RAID level 1 (mirroring), RAID level 5 (striping with parity) and RAID level 10 (striping and mirroring).
C-1 Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Appendix C Intel ICH9R SATA RAID This appendix will assist users in configuring and enabling RAID functionality on platforms The ICH9R RAID solution supports RAID level 0 (striping), RAID level 1 (mirroring), RAID level 5 (striping with parity) and RAID level 10 (striping and mirroring).
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... chain command. C-2 Supports Hot-plug-n-play feature. 3. Level 5 is one of the original RAID levels, multiple RAID 1 mirrors are created, and a RAID 0 stripe is the advanced ability for RAID 0, RAID 1 or Matrix mode is 3. Supports 300MB/s transfers with CRC error checking. 2. Spreading the hard...and good fault tolerance. Intel® ICH9R offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID level 10 (A Stripe of up to share the combined space of RAID. This results in unison. Important The least ...
... chain command. C-2 Supports Hot-plug-n-play feature. 3. Level 5 is one of the original RAID levels, multiple RAID 1 mirrors are created, and a RAID 0 stripe is the advanced ability for RAID 0, RAID 1 or Matrix mode is 3. Supports 300MB/s transfers with CRC error checking. 2. Spreading the hard...and good fault tolerance. Intel® ICH9R offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID level 10 (A Stripe of up to share the combined space of RAID. This results in unison. Important The least ...
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... create, delete and reset RAID volumes. Also, you are reinstalling your system. Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM 1. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID BIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a newly-built system... or if you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is only available with a...
... create, delete and reset RAID volumes. Also, you are reinstalling your system. Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM 1. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID BIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a newly-built system... or if you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is only available with a...
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Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and then press the or key to go to the next field. 2. Then in RAID Level. MS-7338 Mainboard After pressing the and keys simultaneously, the following screen appears. Select option 1 "Create RAID Volume" and press key. The following window will appear: (1) Create RAID Volume 1. C-4
Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and then press the or key to go to the next field. 2. Then in RAID Level. MS-7338 Mainboard After pressing the and keys simultaneously, the following screen appears. Select option 1 "Create RAID Volume" and press key. The following window will appear: (1) Create RAID Volume 1. C-4
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...typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB 5. The default value is the maximum volume capacity of 2 increments. Then select the strip value for the RAID volume, then click key to finish selection. 4. The available values range from 4KB to the next field. The strip value should be chosen based on... selected disks. In the Disk field, press key and the following screen appears. Use key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID array by using the "upper arrow" or "down arrow" keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the key to select and advance...
...typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB 5. The default value is the maximum volume capacity of 2 increments. Then select the strip value for the RAID volume, then click key to finish selection. 4. The available values range from 4KB to the next field. The strip value should be chosen based on... selected disks. In the Disk field, press key and the following screen appears. Use key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID array by using the "upper arrow" or "down arrow" keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the key to select and advance...
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... half of the two disks, re-type the size to be reduced. MS-7338 Mainboard Important Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size (maximum) needs to be half of what is finished. Type in a new size for you to confirm if you are sure...
... half of the two disks, re-type the size to be reduced. MS-7338 Mainboard Important Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size (maximum) needs to be half of what is finished. Type in a new size for you to confirm if you are sure...
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Then press key to accept the volume deletion. Important If your system will be lost. The following screen appears. C-7 Press key to delete the selected RAID volume. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID (2) Delete RAID Volume Here you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system currently boots to RAID and you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data on RAID drives will become unbootable. Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to select a RAID volume for deletion.
Then press key to accept the volume deletion. Important If your system will be lost. The following screen appears. C-7 Press key to delete the selected RAID volume. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID (2) Delete RAID Volume Here you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system currently boots to RAID and you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data on RAID drives will become unbootable. Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to select a RAID volume for deletion.
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Important 1. Possible reasons to 'Reset Disks to delete the RAID volume and remove any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation. 2. C-8 MS-7338 Mainboard (3) Reset Disks to Non-RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press to Non-RAID' could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk. You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen appears: Press key to accept the selection.
Important 1. Possible reasons to 'Reset Disks to delete the RAID volume and remove any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation. 2. C-8 MS-7338 Mainboard (3) Reset Disks to Non-RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press to Non-RAID' could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk. You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen appears: Press key to accept the selection.
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... the floppy again after selecting the location to install Vista click on "Load Driver" button to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. 5. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Installing Driver Install Driver in Windows Vista / XP / 2000 † New Windows Vista / XP / 2000 Installation The following ... drive until the system reboots itself. The drivers will be prompted to supply the driver. Select "Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller" an press ENTER. 7. Insert the MSI CD into the A: drive. If this is done. 4. You should continue. 9. Important Please follow the instruction below to...
... the floppy again after selecting the location to install Vista click on "Load Driver" button to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. 5. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Installing Driver Install Driver in Windows Vista / XP / 2000 † New Windows Vista / XP / 2000 Installation The following ... drive until the system reboots itself. The drivers will be prompted to supply the driver. Select "Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller" an press ENTER. 7. Insert the MSI CD into the A: drive. If this is done. 4. You should continue. 9. Important Please follow the instruction below to...
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From W indows Vista/XP/2000, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon. 2. The driver Intel(R) ICH9R SATA RAID Controller should appear. Click the "+" in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. MS-7338 Mainboard † Confirming Windows Vista/XP/2000 Driver Installation 1. C-10 Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device M anager tab. 3.
From W indows Vista/XP/2000, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon. 2. The driver Intel(R) ICH9R SATA RAID Controller should appear. Click the "+" in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. MS-7338 Mainboard † Confirming Windows Vista/XP/2000 Driver Installation 1. C-10 Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device M anager tab. 3.
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Click on the Intel IAA RAID Editor to operate the hard drive from the system after installation; however, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Installing Software Install Intel Matrix Storage Console The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to install the software. Insert the MSI CD and click on this reason, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver components. For this item C-11
Click on the Intel IAA RAID Editor to operate the hard drive from the system after installation; however, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Installing Software Install Intel Matrix Storage Console The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to install the software. Insert the MSI CD and click on this reason, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver components. For this item C-11
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C-13 After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to be installed. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID The window shows the components to continue. Click Next button to continue.
C-13 After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to be installed. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID The window shows the components to continue. Click Next button to continue.
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... existing disk. This process will delete all important data on the source disk is first configured in order to Installing Software for RAID before proceeding. BIOS must be configured for instructions on the single SATA hard drive. Refer to take advantage of the BIOS. ... M atrix Storage Manager --> Intel Matrix Storage Console) and the following steps: Important A Create from Existing Disk operation will create a new RAID volume from the added disk and the data cannot be recovered. However, several important steps must be followed at the time the system is preserved...
... existing disk. This process will delete all important data on the source disk is first configured in order to Installing Software for RAID before proceeding. BIOS must be configured for instructions on the single SATA hard drive. Refer to take advantage of the BIOS. ... M atrix Storage Manager --> Intel Matrix Storage Console) and the following steps: Important A Create from Existing Disk operation will create a new RAID volume from the added disk and the data cannot be recovered. However, several important steps must be followed at the time the system is preserved...
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The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive. C-16 Note: The "Action" button only appears in advance mode. MS-7338 Mainboard Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk, choose Action --> Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to continue. Click Next to lead you for the following procedure. To enable the advance mode, go to View --> Basic mode and click it.
The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive. C-16 Note: The "Action" button only appears in advance mode. MS-7338 Mainboard Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk, choose Action --> Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to continue. Click Next to lead you for the following procedure. To enable the advance mode, go to View --> Basic mode and click it.
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... data redundancy will provide you to predict how much. able for performance will begin immediately after the device failure. The resulting RAID-5 device size will be typed in where the 'RAID_Volume1' text currently appears above. construction will allow you with zero or more... on three or more disks, with a realtime duplicate copy of the smallest drive in English alphanumeric ASCII characters. † RAID Level: Select the desired RAID level: RAID 0 (Performance) - If two disks fail simultaneously, all data are similar to be avail- A volume optimized for data...
... data redundancy will provide you to predict how much. able for performance will begin immediately after the device failure. The resulting RAID-5 device size will be typed in where the 'RAID_Volume1' text currently appears above. construction will allow you with zero or more... on three or more disks, with a realtime duplicate copy of the smallest drive in English alphanumeric ASCII characters. † RAID Level: Select the desired RAID level: RAID 0 (Performance) - If two disks fail simultaneously, all data are similar to be avail- A volume optimized for data...
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...second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial number of the array. On a RAID Ready system, this can also use and then click "--->" to move it to the Selected field. RAID 10 (Mirrored Stripes) - A RAID 1 array of which one is 128KB. As indicated, the optimal setting is the target ... (2) Select the source disk Then select the source disk that contains all of the information to be determined by making a note during POST of two RAID 0 arrays. † Strip Sizes: Select the desired strip size setting. You can be migrated) and which port the single disk is best suited ...
...second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial number of the array. On a RAID Ready system, this can also use and then click "--->" to move it to the Selected field. RAID 10 (Mirrored Stripes) - A RAID 1 array of which one is 128KB. As indicated, the optimal setting is the target ... (2) Select the source disk Then select the source disk that contains all of the information to be determined by making a note during POST of two RAID 0 arrays. † Strip Sizes: Select the desired strip size setting. You can be migrated) and which port the single disk is best suited ...
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C-19 Do not forget to the Selected field. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID (3) Select Member Hard Drive(s) Then select the member disk (the target disk) that the existing data on the selected hard drive(s) will be deleted permanently. Please note that you wish to use and then click "-->" to move it to back up all the important data before continuing. Then click Next to continue.
C-19 Do not forget to the Selected field. Intel ICH9R SATA RAID (3) Select Member Hard Drive(s) Then select the member disk (the target disk) that the existing data on the selected hard drive(s) will be deleted permanently. Please note that you wish to use and then click "-->" to move it to back up all the important data before continuing. Then click Next to continue.