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... 4-28 4.6.3 Security 4-29 4.7 Exit menu 4-32 Chapter 5: RAID configuration 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 RAID configuration utility 5-2 5.2 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 5-3 5.2.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (stripe 5-4 5.2.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (mirror 5-6 5.2.3 Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 10 5-7 5.2.4 Creating a RAID 5 set (parity 5-8 5.2.5 Deleting a RAID set 5-10 5.2.6 Resetting Disks to Non...
... 4-28 4.6.3 Security 4-29 4.7 Exit menu 4-32 Chapter 5: RAID configuration 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 RAID configuration utility 5-2 5.2 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 5-3 5.2.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (stripe 5-4 5.2.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (mirror 5-6 5.2.3 Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 10 5-7 5.2.4 Creating a RAID 5 set (parity 5-8 5.2.5 Deleting a RAID set 5-10 5.2.6 Resetting Disks to Non...
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5.3 LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility . (For P5BV-E and P5BP-E/4L only 5-14 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set 5-15 5.3.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration 5-21 5.3.3 Initializing the logical drives 5-24 5.3.4 Rebuilding failed drives 5-29 5.3.5 Checking the drives for data consistency 5-31 5.3.6 Deleting a RAID configuration 5-34 5.3.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 5-35 5.3.8 Enabling the WriteCache 5-36 5.4 LSI Logic...
5.3 LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility . (For P5BV-E and P5BP-E/4L only 5-14 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set 5-15 5.3.2 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration 5-21 5.3.3 Initializing the logical drives 5-24 5.3.4 Rebuilding failed drives 5-29 5.3.5 Checking the drives for data consistency 5-31 5.3.6 Deleting a RAID configuration 5-34 5.3.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 5-35 5.3.8 Enabling the WriteCache 5-36 5.4 LSI Logic...
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...the switches, jumpers, and connectors on ASUS hardware and software products. It includes description of the standard package. Refer to the ASUS contact information. 2. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This...your dealer. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 5: RAID configuration Provides information on RAID configurations for this motherboard. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides information on RAID and LAN driver installation for product and software updates. 1. How...
...the switches, jumpers, and connectors on ASUS hardware and software products. It includes description of the standard package. Refer to the ASUS contact information. 2. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This...your dealer. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 5: RAID configuration Provides information on RAID configurations for this motherboard. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides information on RAID and LAN driver installation for product and software updates. 1. How...
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P5BP-E/4L specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Expansion slots Storage Graphics LAN USB Special features BIOS features LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium®4/... RAID controller (RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10)) Volari® XGI Z9S PCI-based VGA controller with 32MB DDR2 display memory Quad embedded Broadcom BCM5721 Giga PCI-E LAN Controllers that comply with PCI Express 1.0a specifications Intel ICH7R Southbridge supports: - 4 USB 2.0 ports (two on the rear panel, two on the board) ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ASUS...
P5BP-E/4L specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Expansion slots Storage Graphics LAN USB Special features BIOS features LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium®4/... RAID controller (RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10)) Volari® XGI Z9S PCI-based VGA controller with 32MB DDR2 display memory Quad embedded Broadcom BCM5721 Giga PCI-E LAN Controllers that comply with PCI Express 1.0a specifications Intel ICH7R Southbridge supports: - 4 USB 2.0 ports (two on the rear panel, two on the board) ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ASUS...
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LSI Logic embedded SATA RAID Controller (RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10) is supported. For P5BV-E /SAS only: - P5BV-E Series specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Expansion slots Storage Graphics LAN USB LGA775 socket ... the rear panel, two on the mid-board) (continued on the next page) xiv LSI Logic LSI1064E SAS Controller - 4 x SAS/SATA drives with Integrated RAID mode (RAID 0, RAID 1,RAID 1E) Volari® XGI Z9S PCI-based VGA controller with 32MB DDR2 display memory Dual embedded Broadcom BCM 5721 Giga PCI-E LAN Controllers that comply...
LSI Logic embedded SATA RAID Controller (RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10) is supported. For P5BV-E /SAS only: - P5BV-E Series specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Expansion slots Storage Graphics LAN USB LGA775 socket ... the rear panel, two on the mid-board) (continued on the next page) xiv LSI Logic LSI1064E SAS Controller - 4 x SAS/SATA drives with Integrated RAID mode (RAID 0, RAID 1,RAID 1E) Volari® XGI Z9S PCI-based VGA controller with 32MB DDR2 display memory Dual embedded Broadcom BCM 5721 Giga PCI-E LAN Controllers that comply...
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... requirement, and up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. The two components of RAID 1 and RAID 1E (RAID 1 Enhanced). RAID 1E is projected to select the best RAID solution using IDE or Serial ATA devices. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 1- Serial ATA II technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II technology through the Serial ATA interfaces controlled by...
... requirement, and up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. The two components of RAID 1 and RAID 1E (RAID 1 Enhanced). RAID 1E is projected to select the best RAID solution using IDE or Serial ATA devices. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 1- Serial ATA II technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II technology through the Serial ATA interfaces controlled by...
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... 2.0 specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the support CD in the motherboard allows you to buy a replacement ROM chip. You can configure IM and IS volumes together on USB 2.0. ASUS MyLogo2™ This new feature present in case when the BIOS codes and data... USB 1.1. Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC (integrated in SATA RAID solution The Intel® ICH7R allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration for details. See page 2‑26 and Chapter 5 for SATA hard disk drives via the Intel...
... 2.0 specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the support CD in the motherboard allows you to buy a replacement ROM chip. You can configure IM and IS volumes together on USB 2.0. ASUS MyLogo2™ This new feature present in case when the BIOS codes and data... USB 1.1. Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC (integrated in SATA RAID solution The Intel® ICH7R allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration for details. See page 2‑26 and Chapter 5 for SATA hard disk drives via the Intel...
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... 6. LAN (RJ-45) port for ASMB 3-iKVM Page 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 2- PS/2 mouse port (green) 2. Dual integrated Gigabit Ethernet connections LAN3_LAN4 (P5BP-E/4L only) 8. Force BIOS recovery setting (3-pin RECOVERY1) 4. RAID controller selection (3-pin RAID_SEL1) 3. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 2. 2.2.4 Layout contents Slots/Sockets 1. PCI/PCI Express...
... 6. LAN (RJ-45) port for ASMB 3-iKVM Page 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 2-26 ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 2- PS/2 mouse port (green) 2. Dual integrated Gigabit Ethernet connections LAN3_LAN4 (P5BP-E/4L only) 8. Force BIOS recovery setting (3-pin RECOVERY1) 4. RAID controller selection (3-pin RAID_SEL1) 3. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 2. 2.2.4 Layout contents Slots/Sockets 1. PCI/PCI Express...
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...# Onboard LAN4 PIRQB# Onboard VGA PIRQF# INTD REQ# PIRQE# REQ0 PIRQF# REQ1 PIRQG# REQ2 GNT# GNT0 GNT1 GNT2 2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x8 link) This motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications, and PCI Express x8, x4, x1 SATA/SAS...
...# Onboard LAN4 PIRQB# Onboard VGA PIRQF# INTD REQ# PIRQE# REQ0 PIRQF# REQ1 PIRQG# REQ2 GNT# GNT0 GNT1 GNT2 2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x8 link) This motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications, and PCI Express x8, x4, x1 SATA/SAS...
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... Storage Manager. ® P5BP-E/4L RAID_SEL1 12 23 LSI RAID ROM INTEL RAID ROM (Default) P5BP-E/4L.RAID_SEL1.Setting 3. Insert the floppy disk then turn on the system. ® P5BP-E/4L RECOVERY1 12 Normal (Default) P5BP-E/4L.BIOS.Recovery.Setting 23 BIOS recovery 2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information Prepare a floppy disk that contains the latest BIOS for the motherboard (xxxx-xxx.ROM...
... Storage Manager. ® P5BP-E/4L RAID_SEL1 12 23 LSI RAID ROM INTEL RAID ROM (Default) P5BP-E/4L.RAID_SEL1.Setting 3. Insert the floppy disk then turn on the system. ® P5BP-E/4L RECOVERY1 12 Normal (Default) P5BP-E/4L.BIOS.Recovery.Setting 23 BIOS recovery 2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information Prepare a floppy disk that contains the latest BIOS for the motherboard (xxxx-xxx.ROM...
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... default. These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. See section "4.3.4 IDE Configuration" for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 2-29 Only P5BP-E/4L and P5BV-E support LSI MegaRAID. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4,) These connectors are set the Configure SATA as item...
... default. These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. See section "4.3.4 IDE Configuration" for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 2-29 Only P5BP-E/4L and P5BV-E support LSI MegaRAID. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4,) These connectors are set the Configure SATA as item...
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... Enabled Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host] Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. Main...
... Enabled Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host] Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. Main...
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This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. 5RAID configuration
This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. 5RAID configuration
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.2 Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility 5-6 5.3 LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility 5-17 5.4 LSI1064E IR RAID Function 5-39 5.5 Global Array Manager 5-39 ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series
Chapter summary 5 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.2 Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility 5-6 5.3 LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility 5-17 5.4 LSI1064E IR RAID Function 5-39 5.5 Global Array Manager 5-39 ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series
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...operating system to the entire system. 5.1 RAID configurations The server system/motherboard comes with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. These utilities allow you to a second drive. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains... an identical image of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. The new drive must be of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with Intel® ICH7R chipset. ASUS...
...operating system to the entire system. 5.1 RAID configurations The server system/motherboard comes with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. These utilities allow you to a second drive. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains... an identical image of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. The new drive must be of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with Intel® ICH7R chipset. ASUS...
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5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Use the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager to use the RAID configuration utilities. 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when ... RAID_SEL1 jumper setting and the operating system, you can select a utility to Chapter 4 for details on how to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or software RAID 5 under Windows® 2000/2003 Server/XP or Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating system. Install the SATA hard...
5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Use the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager to use the RAID configuration utilities. 5- Chapter 5: Driver installation For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when ... RAID_SEL1 jumper setting and the operating system, you can select a utility to Chapter 4 for details on how to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or software RAID 5 under Windows® 2000/2003 Server/XP or Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating system. Install the SATA hard...
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... disk drives that are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are connected to display the utility main menu. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 5- All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. 5.2 Intel®...
... disk drives that are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are connected to display the utility main menu. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 5- All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. 5.2 Intel®...
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... Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to select. When the Disks item...special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string...
... Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to select. When the Disks item...special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string...
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... want to select the stripe size for audio and video editing. 7. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. 6. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 5- TIP: We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for... the RAID 0 array, then press . Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . This warning message appears. Use the up/down arrow key to create this volume...
... want to select the stripe size for audio and video editing. 7. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. 6. ASUS P5BV(P)-E Series 5- TIP: We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for... the RAID 0 array, then press . Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . This warning message appears. Use the up/down arrow key to create this volume...
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...DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. When the Capacity item is highlighted, press to select the hard disk drives to uniquely identify the RAID volume. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 7. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-...05 Intel Corporation. A small triangle marks the selected drive. This warning message appears. This name is highlighted. Press to create the RAID volume and return to main menu or to go back to select. The SELECT DISKS screen appears. 5 Use the up /down arrow...
...DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. When the Capacity item is highlighted, press to select the hard disk drives to uniquely identify the RAID volume. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 7. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-...05 Intel Corporation. A small triangle marks the selected drive. This warning message appears. This name is highlighted. Press to create the RAID volume and return to main menu or to go back to select. The SELECT DISKS screen appears. 5 Use the up /down arrow...