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Chapter 4: RAID Support 4.1 RAID configurations 4-1 4.1.1 RAID definitions 4-1 4.1.2 Installing storage devices 4-2 4.1.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology in UEFI BIOS 4-2 4.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-6 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-10 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-10 Appendix Q-Code table...A-1 Notices ...A-5 ASUS contact information A-9 v
Chapter 4: RAID Support 4.1 RAID configurations 4-1 4.1.1 RAID definitions 4-1 4.1.2 Installing storage devices 4-2 4.1.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology in UEFI BIOS 4-2 4.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-6 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-10 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-10 Appendix Q-Code table...A-1 Notices ...A-5 ASUS contact information A-9 v
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Please refer to change without notice. MAXIMUS X HERO specifications summary Software Operating System Support Form Factor Drivers AURA ROG GameFirst IV ROG RAMDisk ROG RAMCache II ROG CPU-Z ROG Mem TweakIt Overwolf ROG Keybot II CloneDrive Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Software Winzip ASUS Utilities Sonic Studio III Sonic Radar III Fan Xpert 4 Windows® 10 64-bit ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) Specifications are subject to the ASUS website for the latest specifications. xiv
Please refer to change without notice. MAXIMUS X HERO specifications summary Software Operating System Support Form Factor Drivers AURA ROG GameFirst IV ROG RAMDisk ROG RAMCache II ROG CPU-Z ROG Mem TweakIt Overwolf ROG Keybot II CloneDrive Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Software Winzip ASUS Utilities Sonic Studio III Sonic Radar III Fan Xpert 4 Windows® 10 64-bit ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) Specifications are subject to the ASUS website for the latest specifications. xiv
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.... SATA Mode Selection This item allows you to set the SATA Controller(s) to [Enabled]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order ... SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following items appear only when you to configure the PCI Express slots. Chapter 3 ROG MAXIMUS X HERO 3-17 SATA Controller(s) This item allows you to adjust the PCH PCI Express speed. 3.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration The items in this menu ...
.... SATA Mode Selection This item allows you to set the SATA Controller(s) to [Enabled]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order ... SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following items appear only when you to configure the PCI Express slots. Chapter 3 ROG MAXIMUS X HERO 3-17 SATA Controller(s) This item allows you to adjust the PCH PCI Express speed. 3.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration The items in this menu ...
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... This item allows you to select the type of PCI-E/PCI expansion devices that you want to launch. Configuration options: [Legacy only] [UEFI driver first] Secure Boot This item allows you to configure the Windows® Secure Boot settings and manage its keys to protect the system from Network... Expansion Devices This item allows you to select the type of storage devices that you set the Launch CSM to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Launch CSM [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] The system automatically detects the bootable devices and the...
... This item allows you to select the type of PCI-E/PCI expansion devices that you want to launch. Configuration options: [Legacy only] [UEFI driver first] Secure Boot This item allows you to configure the Windows® Secure Boot settings and manage its keys to protect the system from Network... Expansion Devices This item allows you to select the type of storage devices that you set the Launch CSM to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Launch CSM [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] The system automatically detects the bootable devices and the...
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... drive. Use of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Chapter 4 ROG MAXIMUS X HERO 4-1 Refer to section 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. If one drive ...new drives for this setup. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Chapter 4: RAID Support RAID Support 4 4.1 RAID configurations The motherboard supports Intel®...
... drive. Use of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Chapter 4 ROG MAXIMUS X HERO 4-1 Refer to section 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. If one drive ...new drives for this setup. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Chapter 4: RAID Support RAID Support 4 4.1 RAID configurations The motherboard supports Intel®...
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... message appears: [CONFIRM EXIT] Are you sure you to the utility main menu. 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To install the RAID driver for your optical drive. Click OK. 4. From the utility main menu, select 6. Exit, then press ...up a Windows® UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to exit? (Y/N): 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 4-10 Chapter 4: RAID Support Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ...
... message appears: [CONFIRM EXIT] Are you sure you to the utility main menu. 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To install the RAID driver for your optical drive. Click OK. 4. From the utility main menu, select 6. Exit, then press ...up a Windows® UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to exit? (Y/N): 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 4-10 Chapter 4: RAID Support Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ...
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... A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF B0 B1 B2 B3 Description Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources... Services event Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End Legacy Option ROM Initialization System Reset (continued on the next page) ROG MAXIMUS X HERO A-3
... A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF B0 B1 B2 B3 Description Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources... Services event Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End Legacy Option ROM Initialization System Reset (continued on the next page) ROG MAXIMUS X HERO A-3