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... 4-33 4.7 Boot menu 4-34 4.7.1 Boot Device Priority 4-34 4.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration 4-35 4.7.3 Security 4-36 4.8 Tools menu 4-38 4.8.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-38 4.9 Exit menu 4-39 Chapter 5: RAID configuration 5.1 Setting up RAID 5-3 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-3 5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives 5-4 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-4 5.1.4 RAID configuration utilities 5-4 5.2 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 5-5
... 4-33 4.7 Boot menu 4-34 4.7.1 Boot Device Priority 4-34 4.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration 4-35 4.7.3 Security 4-36 4.8 Tools menu 4-38 4.8.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-38 4.9 Exit menu 4-39 Chapter 5: RAID configuration 5.1 Setting up RAID 5-3 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-3 5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives 5-4 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-4 5.1.4 RAID configuration utilities 5-4 5.2 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 5-5
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RED) (7-pin SATA5, SATA6; If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration. • The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of data transfer rate. Serial ... SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4; Black) Supported by the Intel® 3420 chipset, these connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives that allows up to 3Gb/s of Serial ATA hard disks installed. • The SATA connectors do not support SATA cables with latch. 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.7.2 Internal connectors 1.
RED) (7-pin SATA5, SATA6; If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration. • The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of data transfer rate. Serial ... SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4; Black) Supported by the Intel® 3420 chipset, these connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives that allows up to 3Gb/s of Serial ATA hard disks installed. • The SATA connectors do not support SATA cables with latch. 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.7.2 Internal connectors 1.
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... to the SATA or SAS add-on card. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) This LED connector is for Serial ATA hard disk drives that allows up . If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration. 3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4; ASUS P7F-X Series 2-27...
... to the SATA or SAS add-on card. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1) This LED connector is for Serial ATA hard disk drives that allows up . If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration. 3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4; ASUS P7F-X Series 2-27...
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... flashes when data is ON turns the system OFF. 6. Pressing the power button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep mode. 2. Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin HDDLED) This 2-pin connector is for more than four seconds while the system is read from or written to this connector. 11...
... flashes when data is ON turns the system OFF. 6. Pressing the power button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep mode. 2. Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin HDDLED) This 2-pin connector is for more than four seconds while the system is read from or written to this connector. 11...
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Reboot the system from the hard disk drive. ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1.06 (09/08/04) FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A Current ROM BOARD: P7F-X VER: 0205 DATE: 07/23/2009 Update ROM BOARD: P7F-X VER: 0206 DATE: 08/10/2009 PATH: WARNING! Please restart your system. C:\> ASUS P7F-X Series 4-5 Do not turn off power during...
Reboot the system from the hard disk drive. ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1.06 (09/08/04) FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A Current ROM BOARD: P7F-X VER: 0205 DATE: 07/23/2009 Update ROM BOARD: P7F-X VER: 0206 DATE: 08/10/2009 PATH: WARNING! Please restart your system. C:\> ASUS P7F-X Series 4-5 Do not turn off power during...
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...[RAID] [AHCI] • If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. • If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [...[0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-13 Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Storage Configuration SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • If you want to ...
...[RAID] [AHCI] • If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. • If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [...[0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS P7F-X Series 4-13 Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Storage Configuration SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • If you want to ...
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... Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device 5th Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [ATAPI CD-ROM] [Hard Drive] [Network:IBA GE Slo] [Network:IBA GE Slo] Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. A virtual floppy disk drive (Floppy Drive B: ) may appear when you to display the sub-menu. The number ...Priority BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Tools Boot Settings Configuration Security Exit Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. Configuration options: [xxxxx Drive] [Disabled] 4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Select an item then press to change the system boot options.
... Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device 5th Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [ATAPI CD-ROM] [Hard Drive] [Network:IBA GE Slo] [Network:IBA GE Slo] Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. A virtual floppy disk drive (Floppy Drive B: ) may appear when you to display the sub-menu. The number ...Priority BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Tools Boot Settings Configuration Security Exit Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. Configuration options: [xxxxx Drive] [Disabled] 4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Select an item then press to change the system boot options.
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... management software directs all the benefits of data from a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-3 This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance 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...
... management software directs all the benefits of data from a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-3 This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance 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...
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...user guide. 2. Go to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup. Refer to Chapter 4 for RAID set from SATA hard disk drives attached to the SATA connector on the Serial ATA connectors supported by Intel® 3420 chipset. Press to the Main Menu > Storage Configuration, then...the RAID configuration utility. 5-4 Chapter 5: RAID configuration Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in each drive and to the SATA connectors supported by the Intel® 3420 chipset. Set Configure SATA as to the succeeding section for RAID configuration: 1. For ...
...user guide. 2. Go to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup. Refer to Chapter 4 for RAID set from SATA hard disk drives attached to the SATA connector on the Serial ATA connectors supported by Intel® 3420 chipset. Press to the Main Menu > Storage Configuration, then...the RAID configuration utility. 5-4 Chapter 5: RAID configuration Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in each drive and to the SATA connectors supported by the Intel® 3420 chipset. Set Configure SATA as to the succeeding section for RAID configuration: 1. For ...
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...wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Delete RAID Volume 5. Reset Disks to display the utility main menu. The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for reference only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. During POST, press to Non-RAID 4. All Rights... [ENTER]-Select Menu The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-5 Turn on your screen. To enter the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility: 1. Exit 3. Recovery Volume Options...
...wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Delete RAID Volume 5. Reset Disks to display the utility main menu. The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for reference only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. During POST, press to Non-RAID 4. All Rights... [ENTER]-Select Menu The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-5 Turn on your screen. To enter the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility: 1. Exit 3. Recovery Volume Options...
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...When the Disks item is selected, press to select the hard disk drives you want to create, and then press . 4. The SELECT DISKS screen appears. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Create RAID Volume and press . The following screen appears. Port Drive Model 0 ST3160812AS 1 ST3160812AS 2 ST3160812AS 3 ST3160812AS [...;↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done 5. Enter a name for the RAID set . Use the up /down arrow key to select a drive, and then press to use in the RAID set and press . 3. 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set To create a RAID set 1. When the...
...When the Disks item is selected, press to select the hard disk drives you want to create, and then press . 4. The SELECT DISKS screen appears. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Create RAID Volume and press . The following screen appears. Port Drive Model 0 ST3160812AS 1 ST3160812AS 2 ST3160812AS 3 ST3160812AS [...;↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done 5. Enter a name for the RAID set . Use the up /down arrow key to select a drive, and then press to use in the RAID set and press . 3. 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set To create a RAID set 1. When the...
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...is selected, use the up/down arrow key to select a sync option that you have more RAID sets even when you want and press . 7. Port Drive Model 0 ST3160812AS 1 ST3160812AS 2 ST3160812AS 3 ST3160812AS [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # 9LS0HJA4 9LS0F4HL 3LS0JYL8 9LS0BJ5H Size 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB ...include in your selection. 6. When the Disks item is selected, press . When the Create Volume item is selected, press to select the hard disk drives you want to create this volume? (Y/N): 8. Press to create the recovery set and press . 3. Use the up /down arrow key to select...
...is selected, use the up/down arrow key to select a sync option that you have more RAID sets even when you want and press . 7. Port Drive Model 0 ST3160812AS 1 ST3160812AS 2 ST3160812AS 3 ST3160812AS [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # 9LS0HJA4 9LS0F4HL 3LS0JYL8 9LS0BJ5H Size 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB ...include in your selection. 6. When the Disks item is selected, press . When the Create Volume item is selected, press to select the hard disk drives you want to create this volume? (Y/N): 8. Press to create the recovery set and press . 3. Use the up /down arrow key to select...
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... v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Name Volume0 [ DELETE VOLUME MENU ] Level Drives RAID0(Stripe) 2 Capacity 298.0GB Status Normal Bootable Yes [ HELP ] Deleting a volume will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you want to Recovery volumes) Are you sure you delete a RAID set. Use the up... BE LOST! (This does not apply to delete, and then press . WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. (This does not apply to non-RAID. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-9
... v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Name Volume0 [ DELETE VOLUME MENU ] Level Drives RAID0(Stripe) 2 Capacity 298.0GB Status Normal Bootable Yes [ HELP ] Deleting a volume will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you want to Recovery volumes) Are you sure you delete a RAID set. Use the up... BE LOST! (This does not apply to delete, and then press . WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. (This does not apply to non-RAID. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-9
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...the utility main menu. 5-10 Chapter 5: RAID configuration Press to reset the RAID set hard disk drive 1. Press to reset the drive(s) or press to return to Non-RAID and press . To reset a RAID set drive(s). From the utility main menu, select 3. The following screen appears. [ RESET RAID ...press to select. 3. Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set drive(s) you reset a RAID volume hard disk drive to non-RAID. Resetting a RAID volume hard disk drive deletes all data on the drive. WARNING: Resetting a disk causes all internal RAID structure on the disk to be ...
...the utility main menu. 5-10 Chapter 5: RAID configuration Press to reset the RAID set hard disk drive 1. Press to reset the drive(s) or press to return to Non-RAID and press . To reset a RAID set drive(s). From the utility main menu, select 3. The following screen appears. [ RESET RAID ...press to select. 3. Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set drive(s) you reset a RAID volume hard disk drive to non-RAID. Resetting a RAID volume hard disk drive deletes all data on the drive. WARNING: Resetting a disk causes all internal RAID structure on the disk to be ...
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...down arrow keys to select the destination disk or press to exit? (Y/N): 2. Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild. If there is a non-RAID SATA Hard Disk available, the utility will prompt to the utility main menu. 5.2.7 Rebuilding the RAID This option is only for rebuilding (ESC to enter the ...Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility. 2. You can rebuild the RAID array with other non-RAID disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the operating system. Exit, and then press . Press to exit or press to return to rebuild the RAID. Rebuilding ...
...down arrow keys to select the destination disk or press to exit? (Y/N): 2. Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild. If there is a non-RAID SATA Hard Disk available, the utility will prompt to the utility main menu. 5.2.7 Rebuilding the RAID This option is only for rebuilding (ESC to enter the ...Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility. 2. You can rebuild the RAID array with other non-RAID disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the operating system. Exit, and then press . Press to exit or press to return to rebuild the RAID. Rebuilding ...
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... load the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager utility. 6. Remove the failed SATA hard disk and install a new SATA hard disk of the degraded RAID volume is changed to display the details of the RAID volume as the original hard disk. 2. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-13 All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. ...the status of the Intel Matrix Storage Console. 7. Reset Disks to "Normal". Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in section Rebuilding the RAID with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within the operating system. [↑↓]-Select...
... load the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager utility. 6. Remove the failed SATA hard disk and install a new SATA hard disk of the degraded RAID volume is changed to display the details of the RAID volume as the original hard disk. 2. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-13 All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. ...the status of the Intel Matrix Storage Console. 7. Reset Disks to "Normal". Rebuilding the RAID with a new hard disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in section Rebuilding the RAID with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within the operating system. [↑↓]-Select...
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... 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 RAID 5 set(s) from Serial ATA hard disk drives that are for RAID configuration. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives at Red SATA Connector. 2. ENTER/SPACE...and select a desired adapter for reference only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. Turn on your screen. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-15 The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are connected to enter the utility main menu. Disks Information: ID ...
... 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 RAID 5 set(s) from Serial ATA hard disk drives that are for RAID configuration. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives at Red SATA Connector. 2. ENTER/SPACE...and select a desired adapter for reference only and may not exactly match the items on the system. 3. Turn on your screen. ASUS P7F-X Series 5-15 The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are connected to enter the utility main menu. Disks Information: ID ...
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...to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. The Makedisk menu appears. Place the motherboard support DVD in the support DVD). 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 You can... the type of RAID driver disk you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on a hard disk drive that is included in DOS environment 1. Save your server system, you want to create and press to...
...to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. The Makedisk menu appears. Place the motherboard support DVD in the support DVD). 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 You can... the type of RAID driver disk you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on a hard disk drive that is included in DOS environment 1. Save your server system, you want to create and press to...