Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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..."Enable Acceleration" button on the GUI panel. 5. Boot system to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. After clicking OK...you want to use the full SSD as Cache device or only 20GB, and if you want to use RST function, you intend to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in system at this point! 3. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. It is not ...
..."Enable Acceleration" button on the GUI panel. 5. Boot system to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. After clicking OK...you want to use the full SSD as Cache device or only 20GB, and if you want to use RST function, you intend to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in system at this point! 3. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. It is not ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accomplished easily with Link Power Management (LPM), which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard .... Also, due to drive load balancing, even systems with version 9.5, a brand new user interface makes creating and managing your storage simple and intuitive. Starting with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. By seamlessly storing copies of three fault-tolerant...
Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accomplished easily with Link Power Management (LPM), which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard .... Also, due to drive load balancing, even systems with version 9.5, a brand new user interface makes creating and managing your storage simple and intuitive. Starting with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. By seamlessly storing copies of three fault-tolerant...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. Create a RAID Array 1.
Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. Create a RAID Array 1.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration. Click "Next". 5. In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Then click "Create Volume". 7 4.
In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration. Click "Next". 5. In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Then click "Create Volume". 7 4.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. 10. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10
Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. 10. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. Use the up or down arrow keys to RAID. 5. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to select the physical disks. 6. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Press Enter to...and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Click F2 or Delete to create a RAID volume. 1. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Create a RAID Volume Use the following steps to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test...
...When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. Use the up or down arrow keys to RAID. 5. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to select the physical disks. 6. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Press Enter to...and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Click F2 or Delete to create a RAID volume. 1. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Create a RAID Volume Use the following steps to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... controller and continue. Use the up and down arrow keys to confirm your exit. Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP....4. 7. Press Y to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). When you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue...
... controller and continue. Use the up and down arrow keys to confirm your exit. Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP....4. 7. Press Y to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). When you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... has copied these steps have been completed and the operating system has been successfully installed. 14 the floppy disk in Windows, you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the...
... has copied these steps have been completed and the operating system has been successfully installed. 14 the floppy disk in Windows, you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...already installed, you will not be able to use the following conditions are met, use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is already installed? Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot.... If you wish to enable it, you can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. What if I /O controller hub (ICH). If both ...
...already installed, you will not be able to use the following conditions are met, use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is already installed? Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot.... If you wish to enable it, you can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. What if I /O controller hub (ICH). If both ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...will happen immediately after pressing F6. When you can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message in the status line that says, Please... steps 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 when the system is in... RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. You can...
...will happen immediately after pressing F6. When you can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message in the status line that says, Please... steps 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 when the system is in... RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. You can...
RAID Installation Guide
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... 1 Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID 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 RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial...
... 1 Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID 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 RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial...
RAID Installation Guide
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Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. This section will guide you how 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.
Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. This section will guide you how 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.
RAID Installation Guide
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... software will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID, and the guide to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to a second drive. Guide to RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of data from one...rate of Independent Disks", which 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 Array of a single disk alone while ...
... software will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID, and the guide to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to a second drive. Guide to RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of data from one...rate of Independent Disks", which 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 Array of a single disk alone while ...
RAID Installation Guide
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... configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to change the hard disk drive ...partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you 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 create a virtual...
... configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to change the hard disk drive ...partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you 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 create a virtual...
RAID Installation Guide
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Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. 5 The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives.
Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. 5 The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives.
RAID Installation Guide
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... select "Yes", and then your future data building will ask if you create RAID functions. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capa- WARNING!! Please backup your new RAID array. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. It is recommended to "Clear Disk Data" or not. It...60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set is 120GB. 2. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. 3. Please use two new drives if you use an existing drive and a...
... select "Yes", and then your future data building will ask if you create RAID functions. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capa- WARNING!! Please backup your new RAID array. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. It is recommended to "Clear Disk Data" or not. It...60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set is 120GB. 2. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. 3. Please use two new drives if you use an existing drive and a...
RAID Installation Guide
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...RAID Installer". Plug in the BIOS before you want to set RAID configuration. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in your RAID... configuration. Press [Enter] to save your USB storage device with RAID...-bit OS on your system. 7 STEP 3: Set RAID configuration Please refer to p.8 -17 of this feature .../ 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you exit BIOS setup....
...RAID Installer". Plug in the BIOS before you want to set RAID configuration. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in your RAID... configuration. Press [Enter] to save your USB storage device with RAID...-bit OS on your system. 7 STEP 3: Set RAID configuration Please refer to p.8 -17 of this feature .../ 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you exit BIOS setup....
RAID Installation Guide
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Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility. 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity ... 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 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled...
Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility. 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity ... 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 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled...
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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 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9
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 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9