Intel VROC Installation Guide
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...example, the "IOU2 (PCIE1)" is enabled. After the system reboots, enter UEFI setup utility again. 1 C. D. Click to configure the Intel VMD (Volume management Device) Technology. Go to the same VMD domain. Enable VMD support for bootable drive Please make sure that your devices are... installed to Advanced Storage Configuration. A. Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Configuration Step 1: Set up UEFI and create a RAID array for designated IOU. During system boot, ...
...example, the "IOU2 (PCIE1)" is enabled. After the system reboots, enter UEFI setup utility again. 1 C. D. Click to configure the Intel VMD (Volume management Device) Technology. Go to the same VMD domain. Enable VMD support for bootable drive Please make sure that your devices are... installed to Advanced Storage Configuration. A. Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Configuration Step 1: Set up UEFI and create a RAID array for designated IOU. During system boot, ...
Intel VROC Installation Guide
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Click to "x4 x4 x4 x4". H. Press on CPU. G. Go to Advanced IIO Configuration. F. After the system reboots, enter UEFI setup utility again. Set the M.2/PCIE slot that you have installed the VROC AIC to save and exit. E Go to Advanced Intel Virtual RAID on "All Intel VMD Controller". 2
Click to "x4 x4 x4 x4". H. Press on CPU. G. Go to Advanced IIO Configuration. F. After the system reboots, enter UEFI setup utility again. Set the M.2/PCIE slot that you have installed the VROC AIC to save and exit. E Go to Advanced Intel Virtual RAID on "All Intel VMD Controller". 2
Intel VROC Installation Guide
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Select the SSDs to accept the default name. Press on "Create RAID Volume". J. Select your desired RAID Level and press . *Please note that RAID 1, 5 and 10 are only available when you install the Intel® VROC key module. Key-in a a volume name and press , or simply press to be included in the RAID array and press . 3 K. I.
Select the SSDs to accept the default name. Press on "Create RAID Volume". J. Select your desired RAID Level and press . *Please note that RAID 1, 5 and 10 are only available when you install the Intel® VROC key module. Key-in a a volume name and press , or simply press to be included in the RAID array and press . 3 K. I.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... Queuing (NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with RAID 1 can fail without data loss or system downtime. Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance, and expandability for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using more additional...RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. By combining from two to six drives in the event of a hard drive failure. Combined with Intel® Rapid Recover Technology, setting up response time on one or more than one drive, the user can have additional protection against a hard...
... Queuing (NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with RAID 1 can fail without data loss or system downtime. Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance, and expandability for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using more additional...RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. By combining from two to six drives in the event of a hard drive failure. Combined with Intel® Rapid Recover Technology, setting up response time on one or more than one drive, the user can have additional protection against a hard...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Installation Instructions 1. Click Next. 2
Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Installation Instructions 1. Click Next. 2
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You will find the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon on the Windows task bar. 5 10. Restart your system.
You will find the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon on the Windows task bar. 5 10. Restart your system.
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Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Create a RAID Array 1.
Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Create a RAID Array 1.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...the SATA Operation Mode option to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. Press Enter to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Use the ... Note Microsoft Windows 8. Enable RAID in System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to select the drive. Click F10 to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to select the physical disks. 6. Enetr the Advanced ...
...the SATA Operation Mode option to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. Press Enter to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Use the ... Note Microsoft Windows 8. Enable RAID in System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to select the drive. Click F10 to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to select the physical disks. 6. Enetr the Advanced ...
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... F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. You will then be visible. 6. Press Enter. 5. When you to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Select your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Leave 13 Use the...
... F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. You will then be visible. 6. Press Enter. 5. When you to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Select your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Leave 13 Use the...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the Setup.exe process after these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as...
... Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the Setup.exe process after these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as...
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Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. Use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface to create a RAID volume. 1. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you can still use RAID as long as ...
Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. Use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface to create a RAID volume. 1. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you can still use RAID as long as ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... following steps to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Note If you do not need to use the Floppy Configuration Utility to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. This message appears at the beginning of the final package. Press F6 when you see a... prompt that says, Press F6 if you need to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive...
... following steps to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Note If you do not need to use the Floppy Configuration Utility to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. This message appears at the beginning of the final package. Press F6 when you see a... prompt that says, Press F6 if you need to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... from the list of available SCSI adapters. At this point, you will need to run Setup.exe from the floppy to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 If you wish to the Windows installation folders. 4. Use the up and down ...arrow keys to copy the files again from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Windows setup will need to scroll through the list as needed. Press Enter. 5. Select...
... from the list of available SCSI adapters. At this point, you will need to run Setup.exe from the floppy to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 If you wish to the Windows installation folders. 4. Use the up and down ...arrow keys to copy the files again from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Windows setup will need to scroll through the list as needed. Press Enter. 5. Select...
RAID Installation Guide
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... Functions..7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a PCIE SSD RAID Array Using UEFI Setup Utility 13 2.4.3 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 18 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1.
... Functions..7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a PCIE SSD RAID Array Using UEFI Setup Utility 13 2.4.3 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 18 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. 1. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2
Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. 1. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2
RAID Installation Guide
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...data from one logical unit. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant ...fails. 3 WARNING!! For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. It provides data protection and increases fault...
...data from one logical unit. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant ...fails. 3 WARNING!! For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. It provides data protection and increases fault...
RAID Installation Guide
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... This configuration has the same fault tolerance as mirroring alone. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk ...drives. Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you...
... This configuration has the same fault tolerance as mirroring alone. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk ...drives. Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you...
RAID Installation Guide
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... set is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will be in RAID mode. * The system BIOS must use the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology UEFI drive option, Legacy OROM doesn't support PCIe storage function. 6 Please backup your data first before you set is...you create RAID, the system will be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). Please verify the status of the same size. Intel Rapid Storage Technology for PCIe Storage Use cases Prerequisite: * The PCIe Storage device must be the base storage size. 1. 2. 3. Please use...
... set is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will be in RAID mode. * The system BIOS must use the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology UEFI drive option, Legacy OROM doesn't support PCIe storage function. 6 Please backup your data first before you set is...you create RAID, the system will be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). Please verify the status of the same size. Intel Rapid Storage Technology for PCIe Storage Use cases Prerequisite: * The PCIe Storage device must be the base storage size. 1. 2. 3. Please use...
RAID Installation Guide
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... 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage n/a OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required RAID Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled ... n/a n/a n/a Setting Storage OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required UEFI Setup UEFI Setup UEFI Setup RAID Utility Utility Utility Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility 8 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or...
... 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage n/a OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required RAID Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled ... n/a n/a n/a Setting Storage OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required UEFI Setup UEFI Setup UEFI Setup RAID Utility Utility Utility Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility 8 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or...
RAID Installation Guide
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2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer. STEP 4: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 Then Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set Launch Storage OpROM policy to save the configuration changes and exit setup. STEP 2: Go to Boot CSM and set SATA Mode Selection to [RAID], then press to [UEFI only].
2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer. STEP 4: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 Then Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set Launch Storage OpROM policy to save the configuration changes and exit setup. STEP 2: Go to Boot CSM and set SATA Mode Selection to [RAID], then press to [UEFI only].