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...; Matrix Storage Manager 5-12 5.2.7 Rebuilding the RAID 5-12 5.2.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-14 5.3 Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS configuration utility (P7F-X/SATA model only 5-15 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 5-16 5.3.2 Deleting an array 5-19 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3... 6.5.1 Running the support DVD 6-14 6.5.2 Drivers menu 6-14 6.5.3 Utilities menu 6-15 6.5.4 Make disk menu 6-15 6.5.5 Contact information 6-15 Appendix: Reference information A.1 P7F-X series block diagram A-3 vi
...; Matrix Storage Manager 5-12 5.2.7 Rebuilding the RAID 5-12 5.2.8 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-14 5.3 Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS configuration utility (P7F-X/SATA model only 5-15 5.3.1 Creating a RAID set (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 5-16 5.3.2 Deleting an array 5-19 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3... 6.5.1 Running the support DVD 6-14 6.5.2 Drivers menu 6-14 6.5.3 Utilities menu 6-15 6.5.4 Make disk menu 6-15 6.5.5 Contact information 6-15 Appendix: Reference information A.1 P7F-X series block diagram A-3 vi
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...GbE LAN XGI® Z9s DDR2 64MB Refer to 16GB (UDIMM) Desktop processor does not support ECC UDIMM. P7F-X Series specifications summary Model Name P7F-X P7F-X/SATA Processor Support / System Bus Quad Core Intel Xeon 3400 series Server Processor Quad Core Intel Core i7-800 ...series Desktop Processor Quad Core Intel Core i5-700 series Desktop Processor Core Logic Dual Core 32nm CPU design Ready Intel® 3420 PCH Form Factor ATX, 12" * 9.6" ASUS...
...GbE LAN XGI® Z9s DDR2 64MB Refer to 16GB (UDIMM) Desktop processor does not support ECC UDIMM. P7F-X Series specifications summary Model Name P7F-X P7F-X/SATA Processor Support / System Bus Quad Core Intel Xeon 3400 series Server Processor Quad Core Intel Core i7-800 ...series Desktop Processor Quad Core Intel Core i5-700 series Desktop Processor Core Logic Dual Core 32nm CPU design Ready Intel® 3420 PCH Form Factor ATX, 12" * 9.6" ASUS...
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... damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for the following items. Standard Gift Box Pack Cables SATA data cable 6 Accessories IO shield 1 Plate for buying an ASUS® P7F-X motherboard! 1.1 Welcome! Before you for LGA1156 (1U) 1 Application CD Support CD 1 Documentation... Standard Bulk Pack -1 1 1 1 10pcs per carton If any of ASUS quality motherboards! Optional items ASUS MIO audio card Description Discrete 8 channel audio card provides clearest high quality sounds ASUS P7F-X Series 1-3 Thank you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it...
... damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for the following items. Standard Gift Box Pack Cables SATA data cable 6 Accessories IO shield 1 Plate for buying an ASUS® P7F-X motherboard! 1.1 Welcome! Before you for LGA1156 (1U) 1 Application CD Support CD 1 Documentation... Standard Bulk Pack -1 1 1 1 10pcs per carton If any of ASUS quality motherboards! Optional items ASUS MIO audio card Description Discrete 8 channel audio card provides clearest high quality sounds ASUS P7F-X Series 1-3 Thank you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it...
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... (3-pin RAID_EN1) (P7F-X/SATA model only) 6. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 4. PCI Express x 8 slot (x4 link) 5. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2) 5. LAN 1 (RJ-45) port 7. LAN 2 (RJ-45) port Page 2-9 2-15 2-19 2-19 2-19 2-19 2-19 Page 2-21 2-22 2-22 2-23 2-23 2-24 Page 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 ASUS P7F-X Series 2-7 DDR3...
... (3-pin RAID_EN1) (P7F-X/SATA model only) 6. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 4. PCI Express x 8 slot (x4 link) 5. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2) 5. LAN 1 (RJ-45) port 7. LAN 2 (RJ-45) port Page 2-9 2-15 2-19 2-19 2-19 2-19 2-19 Page 2-21 2-22 2-22 2-23 2-23 2-24 Page 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-25 ASUS P7F-X Series 2-7 DDR3...
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..., front and rear fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN1, FRNT_FAN1, FRNT_FAN2, FRNT_FAN3, REAR_FAN1) 7. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR1, 8-pin EATX12V1) 11. Red) (P7F-X/SATA model only) 3. RED) (7-pin SATA5, SATA6; Internal connectors 1. SATA connectors(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4; USB connector (10-1 pin USB34, USB56; Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) 4. A-Type USB7) 5.
..., front and rear fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN1, FRNT_FAN1, FRNT_FAN2, FRNT_FAN3, REAR_FAN1) 7. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR1, 8-pin EATX12V1) 11. Red) (P7F-X/SATA model only) 3. RED) (7-pin SATA5, SATA6; Internal connectors 1. SATA connectors(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4; USB connector (10-1 pin USB34, USB56; Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) 4. A-Type USB7) 5.
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Set to pins 1-2 to enable or disable the onboard Marvell® 88E8056 Gigabit LAN controllers. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2) These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard Marvell® 88SE6145 SATA controller. 4. ASUS P7F-X Series 2-23 SATA controller setting (3-pin RAID_EN1) (P7F-X/SATA model only) This jumper allows you to activate the Gigabit LAN feature. 5.
Set to pins 1-2 to enable or disable the onboard Marvell® 88E8056 Gigabit LAN controllers. LAN controller setting (3-pin LAN_SW1, LAN_SW2) These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard Marvell® 88SE6145 SATA controller. 4. ASUS P7F-X Series 2-23 SATA controller setting (3-pin RAID_EN1) (P7F-X/SATA model only) This jumper allows you to activate the Gigabit LAN feature. 5.
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..., SATA3, SATA4; If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration. 3. ASUS P7F-X Series 2-27 RED) (P7F-X/SATA model only) Supported by the Marvell® 88SE6145 chipset, these connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for the storage add-on card... causes the front panel LED to light up to the SATA or SAS add-on card. Hard disk activity LED connector ...
..., SATA3, SATA4; If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration. 3. ASUS P7F-X Series 2-27 RED) (P7F-X/SATA model only) Supported by the Marvell® 88SE6145 chipset, these connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for the storage add-on card... causes the front panel LED to light up to the SATA or SAS add-on card. Hard disk activity LED connector ...
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... F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. monitoring). Setting to display the SATA device information. The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode,...you to the device occurs one sector at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-11 Select a device item then press to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was ...
... F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. monitoring). Setting to display the SATA device information. The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode,...you to the device occurs one sector at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-11 Select a device item then press to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was ...
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...enables device write protection. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-13 SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to internally optimize the ...ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID]. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Storage Configuration SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATA as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. • If you wish to [AHCI].
...enables device write protection. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-13 SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to internally optimize the ...ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID]. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Storage Configuration SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATA as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. • If you wish to [AHCI].
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...] [Enabled] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-23 Configuration options: [Disabled] [378] [278] [3BC] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Allows you to select the Parallel Port mode. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Marvell SATA BOOTROM [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Marvell SATA BootROM. Configuration .../IRQ4] Allows you to select the Serial Port1 base address. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Marvell SATA controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Marvell SATA controller. Configuration options: [Normal] [Bi-Directional] [ECP] [EPP] [ECP & EPP] Interrupt 19...
...] [Enabled] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-23 Configuration options: [Disabled] [378] [278] [3BC] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Allows you to select the Parallel Port mode. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Marvell SATA BOOTROM [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Marvell SATA BootROM. Configuration .../IRQ4] Allows you to select the Serial Port1 base address. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Marvell SATA controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Marvell SATA controller. Configuration options: [Normal] [Bi-Directional] [ECP] [EPP] [ECP & EPP] Interrupt 19...
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Setting up RAID 5-1 5.2 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 5-5 5.3 Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS Configuration Utility (P7F-X/SATA model only 5-15 ASUS P7F-X
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Setting up RAID 5-1 5.2 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 5-5 5.3 Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS Configuration Utility (P7F-X/SATA model only 5-15 ASUS P7F-X
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...disk drives to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that supports the following SATA RAID solutions: • Intel Matrix Storage Manager with the Intel® 3420 southbridge controller that of both data and parity information...drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-3 The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the selected hard...
...disk drives to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that supports the following SATA RAID solutions: • Intel Matrix Storage Manager with the Intel® 3420 southbridge controller that of both data and parity information...drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-3 The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the selected hard...
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...the RAID volume as the original hard disk. 2. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Remove the failed SATA hard disk and install a new SATA hard disk of the Intel Matrix Storage Console. 7. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-13 Exit 3. Recovery Volume Options RAID Volumes: ID Name 0 Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level... to "Normal". From the Volumes view option, select RAID volume to display the details of the same specification into the same SATA Port. Delete RAID Volume 5. You may replace the disk drive and rebuild the RAID array. Select a destination disk with the...
...the RAID volume as the original hard disk. 2. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Remove the failed SATA hard disk and install a new SATA hard disk of the Intel Matrix Storage Console. 7. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-13 Exit 3. Recovery Volume Options RAID Volumes: ID Name 0 Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level... to "Normal". From the Volumes view option, select RAID volume to display the details of the same specification into the same SATA Port. Delete RAID Volume 5. You may replace the disk drive and rebuild the RAID array. Select a destination disk with the...
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During POST, press + to the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-15 ENTER/SPACE:Select, ESC:Back/Exit [Adapter] [Create] [Delete] Select Adapter Adapter 1 Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2006 Marvell Technology, Ltd. Press and ... only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives at Red SATA Connector. 2. 5.3 Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS configuration utility (P7F-X/SATA model only) The Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS Configuration utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 ,and ...
During POST, press + to the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-15 ENTER/SPACE:Select, ESC:Back/Exit [Adapter] [Create] [Delete] Select Adapter Adapter 1 Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2006 Marvell Technology, Ltd. Press and ... only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives at Red SATA Connector. 2. 5.3 Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS configuration utility (P7F-X/SATA model only) The Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS Configuration utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 ,and ...
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...to create. The RAID sets that you are grayed out. • Except for the RAID Level item, we recommend you select. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-17 ENTER/SPACE:Select, ESC:Back/Exit [Adapter] [Create] [Delete] Select free disks to create are not allowed ... Cache Mode : Write Back Array Name : Disks ID : 0 1 NEXT Size Speed Status 1TB SATA II FREE 1TB SATA II FREE 1TB SATA II FREE 1TB SATA II FREE Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2006 Marvell Technology, Ltd. • The available RAID sets vary with...
...to create. The RAID sets that you are grayed out. • Except for the RAID Level item, we recommend you select. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-17 ENTER/SPACE:Select, ESC:Back/Exit [Adapter] [Create] [Delete] Select free disks to create are not allowed ... Cache Mode : Write Back Array Name : Disks ID : 0 1 NEXT Size Speed Status 1TB SATA II FREE 1TB SATA II FREE 1TB SATA II FREE 1TB SATA II FREE Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2006 Marvell Technology, Ltd. • The available RAID sets vary with...
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... array. PCH INTEL RAID Driver PCH INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit(also support AHCI) Windows 64 bit(also support AHCI) Back Exit ASUS P7F-X Series 6-3 The Makedisk menu appears. Restart the computer, and then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Create Driver Diskette Menu PCH INTEL RAID...using the Makedisk application in DOS environment 1. Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. Restart the computer. This part provides instructions on a hard disk drive that is included in the optical drive. 2. 6.1 RAID...
... array. PCH INTEL RAID Driver PCH INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit(also support AHCI) Windows 64 bit(also support AHCI) Back Exit ASUS P7F-X Series 6-3 The Makedisk menu appears. Restart the computer, and then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Create Driver Diskette Menu PCH INTEL RAID...using the Makedisk application in DOS environment 1. Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. Restart the computer. This part provides instructions on a hard disk drive that is included in the optical drive. 2. 6.1 RAID...
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ASUS P7F-X Series 6-7 Click the Driver tab, and then click the Driver Details button to display the RAID controller drivers. 6. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers, and then the Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller item should appear. Click OK when finished. The screen differs based on...
ASUS P7F-X Series 6-7 Click the Driver tab, and then click the Driver Details button to display the RAID controller drivers. 6. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers, and then the Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller item should appear. Click OK when finished. The screen differs based on...