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... A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B Control Center B-1 Activating Control Center B-2 System Information B-3 Overclocking B-5 Green Power B-7 Appendix C Intel SATA RAID C-1 Introduction C-2 BIOS Configuration C-3 Installing Driver C-10 Installing Software C-12 RAID Migration Instructions C-16 Recovery Volume Creation C-23 Degraded RAID Array C-26 Appendix D JMicron RAID (optional D-1 Introduction D-2 JMicron RAID BIOS Utility D-3 Deleting RAID set D-7 Installing Driver D-11 JMicron...
... A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B Control Center B-1 Activating Control Center B-2 System Information B-3 Overclocking B-5 Green Power B-7 Appendix C Intel SATA RAID C-1 Introduction C-2 BIOS Configuration C-3 Installing Driver C-10 Installing Software C-12 RAID Migration Instructions C-16 Recovery Volume Creation C-23 Degraded RAID Array C-26 Appendix D JMicron RAID (optional D-1 Introduction D-2 JMicron RAID BIOS Utility D-3 Deleting RAID set D-7 Installing Driver D-11 JMicron...
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...Chipset ■ Intel® P55 chipset Memory Support ■ 4 DDR3 DIMMs support DDR3 2133*(OC)/ 2000*(OC) /1600*(OC)/ 1333/ 1066 DRAM (16GB Max) ■ Supports Dual-Channel mode *(For more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com/index.php...9632; Supports 1 FDD with 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB and 2.88 MB RAID ■ SATA1~6 support Intel® Matrix Storage Technology (AHCI/ RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 10) by Intel® P55 ■ E-SATA1 & E-SATA2 support RAID 0/ 1 & JBOD mode by JMicron® JMB363 (op- ▍ Getting Started Mainboard Specifications Processor...
...Chipset ■ Intel® P55 chipset Memory Support ■ 4 DDR3 DIMMs support DDR3 2133*(OC)/ 2000*(OC) /1600*(OC)/ 1333/ 1066 DRAM (16GB Max) ■ Supports Dual-Channel mode *(For more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com/index.php...9632; Supports 1 FDD with 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB and 2.88 MB RAID ■ SATA1~6 support Intel® Matrix Storage Technology (AHCI/ RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 10) by Intel® P55 ■ E-SATA1 & E-SATA2 support RAID 0/ 1 & JBOD mode by JMicron® JMB363 (op- ▍ Getting Started Mainboard Specifications Processor...
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... item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller. ▶ Extra RAID/ IDE Controller (optional) This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard extra RAID/ IDE controller. ▶ RAID Mode This item is used to select mode for extra RAID connector. ▶ HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable...
... item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller. ▶ Extra RAID/ IDE Controller (optional) This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard extra RAID/ IDE controller. ▶ RAID Mode This item is used to select mode for extra RAID connector. ▶ HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable...
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... for reading/ writing to IDE drives. ▶ On-Chip SATA Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the on-chip SATA controller. ▶ RAID Mode This item is used to select mode for the first serial port. ▶ Parallel Port There is a built-in parallel port on the on...
... for reading/ writing to IDE drives. ▶ On-Chip SATA Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the on-chip SATA controller. ▶ RAID Mode This item is used to select mode for the first serial port. ▶ Parallel Port There is a built-in parallel port on the on...
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Appendix C Intel SATA RAID This appendix will assist users in configuring and enabling RAID functionality on platforms C-C-1
Appendix C Intel SATA RAID This appendix will assist users in configuring and enabling RAID functionality on platforms C-C-1
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The most popular implementations of RAID. Intel® RAID controller offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID level 10 (A Stripe of hard drives for RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery or Matrix mode is one of updating the data on a system. RAID 1 provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drives and provides enhanced...
The most popular implementations of RAID. Intel® RAID controller offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID level 10 (A Stripe of hard drives for RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery or Matrix mode is one of updating the data on a system. RAID 1 provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drives and provides enhanced...
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...to migrate an existing system to RAID. C-3 After the above message shows, press and keys simultaneously to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. MS-7588 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 create, ...
...to migrate an existing system to RAID. C-3 After the above message shows, press and keys simultaneously to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. MS-7588 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 create, ...
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The following window will appear: ■ Create RAID Volume 1. C-4 Then in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and then press the or key to go to your usage model in RAID Level. Select option 1 Create RAID Volume" and press key. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to the next field. 2. ▍ Intel SATA RAID After pressing the and keys simultaneously, the following screen appears.
The following window will appear: ■ Create RAID Volume 1. C-4 Then in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and then press the or key to go to your usage model in RAID Level. Select option 1 Create RAID Volume" and press key. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to the next field. 2. ▍ Intel SATA RAID After pressing the and keys simultaneously, the following screen appears.
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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 to ... values: RAID0 -128KB / RAID10 - 64KB / RAID5 - 64KB. 5. In the Disk field, press key and the following screen appears. Then select the strip value for the RAID volume, then click key to the next field. The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in the Capacity field. The default value is...
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 to ... values: RAID0 -128KB / RAID10 - 64KB / RAID5 - 64KB. 5. In the Disk field, press key and the following screen appears. Then select the strip value for the RAID volume, then click key to the next field. The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in the Capacity field. The default value is...
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▍ Intel SATA RAID Important Since you are sure to create the RAID volume. The second volume, when created, will automatically span the remainder of what is finished. Then the following screen appears to be half of two ... to span the first half of the two disks, re-type the size to continue. 7. C-6 As an example: if you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size (maximum) needs to indicate that the creation is shown by default.
▍ Intel SATA RAID Important Since you are sure to create the RAID volume. The second volume, when created, will automatically span the remainder of what is finished. Then the following screen appears to be half of two ... to span the first half of the two disks, re-type the size to continue. 7. C-6 As an example: if you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size (maximum) needs to indicate that the creation is shown by default.
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Important If your system currently boots to delete the selected RAID volume. Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to accept the volume deletion. Press key to select a RAID volume for deletion. MS-7588 ■ Delete RAID Volume Here you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will be noted that all data on RAID drives will become unbootable. C-7 Then press key to RAID and you can delete the RAID volume, but please be lost. The following screen appears.
Important If your system currently boots to delete the selected RAID volume. Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to accept the volume deletion. Press key to select a RAID volume for deletion. MS-7588 ■ Delete RAID Volume Here you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will be noted that all data on RAID drives will become unbootable. C-7 Then press key to RAID and you can delete the RAID volume, but please be lost. The following screen appears.
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C-8 The following screen appears: Press key to Non-RAID" could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk. Important • You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any RAID structures from the drives. ▍ Intel SATA RAID ■ Reset Disks to Non-RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press to delete the RAID volume and remove any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation. • Possible reasons to "Reset Disks to accept the selection.
C-8 The following screen appears: Press key to Non-RAID" could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk. Important • You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any RAID structures from the drives. ▍ Intel SATA RAID ■ Reset Disks to Non-RAID Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press to delete the RAID volume and remove any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation. • Possible reasons to "Reset Disks to accept the selection.
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...installed the Intel® ...Intel® RAID driver into the ...party SCSI or RAID driver. 5....an "Intel® RAID Driver" for Intel® PCH RAID Controller is... not the case, then press F6 when prompted at the beginning of available SCSI Adapters. 7. C-10 For Windows Vista: During the Operating system installation, after the RAID...". 3. ▍ Intel SATA RAID Installing Driver Install Driver... devices installed in \\RAID\ Intel\ PCH\ f6flpy 32...Intel RAID controller and press ENTER. 8. You have selected the Intel® RAID...
...installed the Intel® ...Intel® RAID driver into the ...party SCSI or RAID driver. 5....an "Intel® RAID Driver" for Intel® PCH RAID Controller is... not the case, then press F6 when prompted at the beginning of available SCSI Adapters. 7. C-10 For Windows Vista: During the Operating system installation, after the RAID...". 3. ▍ Intel SATA RAID Installing Driver Install Driver... devices installed in \\RAID\ Intel\ PCH\ f6flpy 32...Intel RAID controller and press ENTER. 8. You have selected the Intel® RAID...
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...9632; Confirming Windows Vista/ XP Driver Installation 1. Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager tab. 3. The driver Intel(R) PCH SATA RAID Controller should appear. From Windows Vista/ XP, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon. 2. C-...11 The drivers will appear. 3. Under the Driver tab, click on Intel RAID Drivers. 4. Insert the MSI DVD into the DVD-ROM drive. 2. Click the "+" in front of the SCSI and RAID...
...9632; Confirming Windows Vista/ XP Driver Installation 1. Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager tab. 3. The driver Intel(R) PCH SATA RAID Controller should appear. From Windows Vista/ XP, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon. 2. C-...11 The drivers will appear. 3. Under the Driver tab, click on Intel RAID Drivers. 4. Insert the MSI DVD into the DVD-ROM drive. 2. Click the "+" in front of the SCSI and RAID...
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however, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data. Insert the MSI DVD and click on this item Choose this reason, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver components. ▍ Intel SATA RAID Installing Software Install Intel Matrix Storage Console The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the hard drive from the system after installation; Click on the RAID block, and then choose INTEL RAID Drivers to install the software. For this item C-12
however, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data. Insert the MSI DVD and click on this item Choose this reason, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver components. ▍ Intel SATA RAID Installing Software Install Intel Matrix Storage Console The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the hard drive from the system after installation; Click on the RAID block, and then choose INTEL RAID Drivers to install the software. For this item C-12
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C-14 Click Next button to be installed. ▍ Intel SATA RAID The window shows the components to continue. After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to continue.
C-14 Click Next button to be installed. ▍ Intel SATA RAID The window shows the components to continue. After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to continue.
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... the migration process, the data on the single SATA hard drive. However, during Windows Setup. 3. Refer to a second SATA hard drive: 1. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup. ▍ Intel SATA RAID RAID Migration Instructions The Intel Matrix Storage Console offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive to...
... the migration process, the data on the single SATA hard drive. However, during Windows Setup. 3. Refer to a second SATA hard drive: 1. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup. ▍ Intel SATA RAID RAID Migration Instructions The Intel Matrix Storage Console offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive to...
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C-17 The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive. Click Next to lead you for the following procedure. MS-7588 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.
C-17 The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive. Click Next to lead you for the following procedure. MS-7588 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.
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... disks fail simultaneously, all data are similar to access your data. Both read -in prior to write, in English alphanumeric ASCII characters. ■ RAID Level: Select the desired RAID level: RAID 0 (Performance) : A volume optimized for data storage. ▍ Intel SATA RAID (1) Configure Volume Here you can rebuild the disk from the parity information. The resulting...
... disks fail simultaneously, all data are similar to access your data. Both read -in prior to write, in English alphanumeric ASCII characters. ■ RAID Level: Select the desired RAID level: RAID 0 (Performance) : A volume optimized for data storage. ▍ Intel SATA RAID (1) Configure Volume Here you can rebuild the disk from the parity information. The resulting...
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... any other option may result in performance degradation. Even though 128KB is the recommended setting for most users, you wish to use the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition utility before the second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial number of which one is best suited to . You can...size settings are bound to continue. It is very important to note which disk is the source disk (the one containing all the data. On a RAID Ready system, this can also use and then click "-->" to move it to be more expensive. C-19 Then click "Next" to be migrated) and...
... any other option may result in performance degradation. Even though 128KB is the recommended setting for most users, you wish to use the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition utility before the second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial number of which one is best suited to . You can...size settings are bound to continue. It is very important to note which disk is the source disk (the one containing all the data. On a RAID Ready system, this can also use and then click "-->" to move it to be more expensive. C-19 Then click "Next" to be migrated) and...