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......1 1.3.1 Pre-boot software 1 1.3.2 Operating System running time software 1 1.4 Features Introduction...2 2 RAID Features 3 2.1 Intel® RSTe Pre-boot Package 3 2.1.1 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.2 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.3 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.1.4 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools 4 2.2.1 Intel® RSTe UEFI Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility...
......1 1.3.1 Pre-boot software 1 1.3.2 Operating System running time software 1 1.4 Features Introduction...2 2 RAID Features 3 2.1 Intel® RSTe Pre-boot Package 3 2.1.1 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.2 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM 3 2.1.3 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.1.4 Intel® RSTe SCU RAID UEFI Driver 3 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools 4 2.2.1 Intel® RSTe UEFI Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility...
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... Message Format 14 2.6.3 Protocol Support 14 2.6.4 Error Conditions 14 2.7 Utilities...14 2.7.1 Install/Uninstall Utility 14 3 RAID OpROM Utility 15 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 15 3.1.1 Create RAID Volume 17 3.1.2 Delete RAID Volume 22 3.1.3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID 23 4 Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 27 4.1 Installing Microsoft Windows 27 4.2 Manual Installation of the...
... Message Format 14 2.6.3 Protocol Support 14 2.6.4 Error Conditions 14 2.7 Utilities...14 2.7.1 Install/Uninstall Utility 14 3 RAID OpROM Utility 15 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 15 3.1.1 Create RAID Volume 17 3.1.2 Delete RAID Volume 22 3.1.3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID 23 4 Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 27 4.1 Installing Microsoft Windows 27 4.2 Manual Installation of the...
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...; RSTe GUI Utility 57 5.2.2 Volume Creation 58 5.3 GUI Utility Overview 68 5.3.1 Devices ...68 5.3.2 Viewing the RAID Volumes in Device Manager 70 5.3.3 Volume Deletion 71 6 Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview 72 6.1 General Usage ...72 6.1.1 +Create ...72 6.1.2 Information 73 6.1.3 Manage...74 6.1.4 Modify ...75 6.1.5 Rescan...76 6.1.6 Quiet ...76 ... Ignore...76 6.1.8 Version...76 6.2 Return Codes ...76 7 UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility 78 7.1 RCFGSCU Utility Usage 78 7.2 RCFGSATA Utility Usage 79 Appendix A ...81 Intel® RSTe User's Guide v
...; RSTe GUI Utility 57 5.2.2 Volume Creation 58 5.3 GUI Utility Overview 68 5.3.1 Devices ...68 5.3.2 Viewing the RAID Volumes in Device Manager 70 5.3.3 Volume Deletion 71 6 Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview 72 6.1 General Usage ...72 6.1.1 +Create ...72 6.1.2 Information 73 6.1.3 Manage...74 6.1.4 Modify ...75 6.1.5 Rescan...76 6.1.6 Quiet ...76 ... Ignore...76 6.1.8 Version...76 6.2 Return Codes ...76 7 UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility 78 7.1 RCFGSCU Utility Usage 78 7.2 RCFGSATA Utility Usage 79 Appendix A ...81 Intel® RSTe User's Guide v
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.... Brower Computer for HDD/SSD Controller 39 Figure 45. Load Support for Changes to Specify Special Disk Controller 38 Figure 44. RAID Level 0 (Stripe 17 Figure 6. RAID Level 5 (Parity 19 Figure 9. Select Stripe Size...20 Figure 12. Restart Computer for Mass Storage Device 39 Figure 46.... List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Enable RSTe in System 33 Figure 33. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Figure 4. RAID Level 1 (Mirror 18 Figure 7. Enter Select Disks Menu 19 Figure 10. Disk/Volume Properties 22 Figure 15. Enter ...
.... Brower Computer for HDD/SSD Controller 39 Figure 45. Load Support for Changes to Specify Special Disk Controller 38 Figure 44. RAID Level 0 (Stripe 17 Figure 6. RAID Level 5 (Parity 19 Figure 9. Select Stripe Size...20 Figure 12. Restart Computer for Mass Storage Device 39 Figure 46.... List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Enable RSTe in System 33 Figure 33. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility 16 Figure 4. RAID Level 1 (Mirror 18 Figure 7. Enter Select Disks Menu 19 Figure 10. Disk/Volume Properties 22 Figure 15. Enter ...
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List of Figures Figure 98. Review Controller Properties 68 Figure 100. Review Drive Properties 69 Figure 101. Select Volumes to Detele Volumes 71 Figure 106. Review Enclosure Properties 69 Figure 102. Confirm to be Deleted 71 Figure 105. New Volume Properties 67 Figure 99. New Volume Online in Device Manager 70 Figure 103. Review RAID Volume in Disk Management 70 Figure 104. Enable EFI Optimized Boot in BIOS Setup 78 viii Intel® RSTe User's Guide
List of Figures Figure 98. Review Controller Properties 68 Figure 100. Review Drive Properties 69 Figure 101. Select Volumes to Detele Volumes 71 Figure 106. Review Enclosure Properties 69 Figure 102. Confirm to be Deleted 71 Figure 105. New Volume Properties 67 Figure 99. New Volume Online in Device Manager 70 Figure 103. Review RAID Volume in Disk Management 70 Figure 104. Enable EFI Optimized Boot in BIOS Setup 78 viii Intel® RSTe User's Guide
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...Intel® Server Board S1600JP Intel® Server Board S2400BB Intel® Server Board S2400GP Intel® Server Board S2600CP Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Intel® Server Board S2600IP Intel® Server Board S2600JF Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR 1.2 Supported Operating Systems Intel... Windows*, Linux* and other for the SCU (Storage Controller Unit) controller. Intel® RSTe RAID UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Drivers - One for the AHCI (Advance Host Controller Interface...
...Intel® Server Board S1600JP Intel® Server Board S2400BB Intel® Server Board S2400GP Intel® Server Board S2600CP Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL Intel® Server Board S2600IP Intel® Server Board S2600JF Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR 1.2 Supported Operating Systems Intel... Windows*, Linux* and other for the SCU (Storage Controller Unit) controller. Intel® RSTe RAID UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Drivers - One for the AHCI (Advance Host Controller Interface...
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...(Legacy OROM or UEFI driver) will be used to select either AHCI or RAID modes for Windows* 1.4 Features Introduction Some of the RAID features supported by Intel® RSTe include RAID level 0 (striping), RAID level 1 (mirroring), RAID level 5 (striping with I/O Hot Spare Disk Auto ...SCU controllers. Rstcli/rstcli64 CIM plugin for the AHCI controller. Intel® RSTe operating system SCU/RAID driver. This is used to manage RAID arrays and volumes on Hot Insert Install/Uninstall Utility Configuration and Management ...
...(Legacy OROM or UEFI driver) will be used to select either AHCI or RAID modes for Windows* 1.4 Features Introduction Some of the RAID features supported by Intel® RSTe include RAID level 0 (striping), RAID level 1 (mirroring), RAID level 5 (striping with I/O Hot Spare Disk Auto ...SCU controllers. Rstcli/rstcli64 CIM plugin for the AHCI controller. Intel® RSTe operating system SCU/RAID driver. This is used to manage RAID arrays and volumes on Hot Insert Install/Uninstall Utility Configuration and Management ...
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...controller. This driver will provide the interface driver to the devices connected to stop the booting process and enter into the Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM user interface. There is done by pressing the [CTRL]-I key combination. This driver will provide the ...directly attached drives and will provide at least one level of Intel® RSTe features. 2.1 Intel® RSTe Pre-boot Package 2.1.1 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM The Intel® RSTe will provide support for an SCU RAID UEFI driver. Once entered, user interface will only support ...
...controller. This driver will provide the interface driver to the devices connected to stop the booting process and enter into the Intel® RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM user interface. There is done by pressing the [CTRL]-I key combination. This driver will provide the ...directly attached drives and will provide at least one level of Intel® RSTe features. 2.1 Intel® RSTe Pre-boot Package 2.1.1 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM The Intel® RSTe will provide support for an SCU RAID UEFI driver. Once entered, user interface will only support ...
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...) and provides basic support for management of RAID arrays and volumes. The Intel® RSTe GUI is , a factory environment that builds both Windows* and Linux* systems) 2.2.4 Intel® RSTe Graphical User Interface (Intel® RSTe GUI) Intel® RSTe will provide support for a graphical... will be used as follows: Host hardware raid controller profile 4 Intel® RSTe User's Guide RAID Features 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools The Intel® RSTe will support multiple ways for the SCU controller. The Intel® RSTe UEFI CLI utility will be used to ...
...) and provides basic support for management of RAID arrays and volumes. The Intel® RSTe GUI is , a factory environment that builds both Windows* and Linux* systems) 2.2.4 Intel® RSTe Graphical User Interface (Intel® RSTe GUI) Intel® RSTe will provide support for a graphical... will be used as follows: Host hardware raid controller profile 4 Intel® RSTe User's Guide RAID Features 2.2 Intel® RSTe Configuration Tools The Intel® RSTe will support multiple ways for the SCU controller. The Intel® RSTe UEFI CLI utility will be used to ...
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... that the capabilities are imposed. 2.4.5 Hot Plug Intel® RSTe will result RAID volume limitation of up to 2 volumes (Matrix RAID allows 2 RAID volumes per RAID array). Intel® RSTe will not be created across the 32 drives. The Intel® RSTe GUI will support expanders attached to ... SCU ports. 2.4.2 SAS Expander Support Intel® RSTe will allow up to 8 RAID volumes to be validated as part of supported RAID array configurations. No OS based software RAID (non-Intel® RSTe) limitations are enabled in the BIOS. RAID Features Block services profile ...
... that the capabilities are imposed. 2.4.5 Hot Plug Intel® RSTe will result RAID volume limitation of up to 2 volumes (Matrix RAID allows 2 RAID volumes per RAID array). Intel® RSTe will not be created across the 32 drives. The Intel® RSTe GUI will support expanders attached to ... SCU ports. 2.4.2 SAS Expander Support Intel® RSTe will allow up to 8 RAID volumes to be validated as part of supported RAID array configurations. No OS based software RAID (non-Intel® RSTe) limitations are enabled in the BIOS. RAID Features Block services profile ...
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... on both drives connected to the SCU controller. Intel® RSTe will support up to the SCU. A RAID array simply refers to the set of Intel® RSTe. 2.5 Software RAID Functional Support This section will focus on RAID specific features unless the particular requirement specifies differently. 2.5.1 Matrix RAID Intel® RSTe will also support in a future release...
... on both drives connected to the SCU controller. Intel® RSTe will support up to the SCU. A RAID array simply refers to the set of Intel® RSTe. 2.5 Software RAID Functional Support This section will focus on RAID specific features unless the particular requirement specifies differently. 2.5.1 Matrix RAID Intel® RSTe will also support in a future release...
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... is configured to the AHCI controller. Note: When creating a system boot volume, the maximum stripe size supported is not available. 2.5.8 RAID SMART Support Intel® RSTe will provide support for SAS and SATA disks. A SMART drive event response alert on disks attached to the SCU controller separate... from . This allows for RAID mode. A non-RAID disk can be rebuilt on Hot Insert Intel® RSTe will support the ability to preserve the data from one of the appropriate size is hot inserted...
... is configured to the AHCI controller. Note: When creating a system boot volume, the maximum stripe size supported is not available. 2.5.8 RAID SMART Support Intel® RSTe will provide support for SAS and SATA disks. A SMART drive event response alert on disks attached to the SCU controller separate... from . This allows for RAID mode. A non-RAID disk can be rebuilt on Hot Insert Intel® RSTe will support the ability to preserve the data from one of the appropriate size is hot inserted...
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... ability to convert the contents of 3 or 4 drives, the RAID volume will be 2 to 31) 2-drive RAID 1 to 3 - 32 drive RAID 5 4-drive RAID 10 to 4 - 32 drive RAID 5 2.5.13 RAID Reconfiguration (Stripe size) Intel® RSTe will provide the ability to complete the migration but the... will remain intact. Parity will support a stripe size migration in Kilobytes): RAID 0 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 RAID 10 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 RAID 5 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 8 Intel® RSTe User's Guide All applications and data will begin as soon as the ...
... ability to convert the contents of 3 or 4 drives, the RAID volume will be 2 to 31) 2-drive RAID 1 to 3 - 32 drive RAID 5 4-drive RAID 10 to 4 - 32 drive RAID 5 2.5.13 RAID Reconfiguration (Stripe size) Intel® RSTe will provide the ability to complete the migration but the... will remain intact. Parity will support a stripe size migration in Kilobytes): RAID 0 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 RAID 10 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 RAID 5 volumes - 256, 512, 1024 8 Intel® RSTe User's Guide All applications and data will begin as soon as the ...
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...with the newly calculated parity. This is supported only under RAID 0 and RAID 5. 2.5.16 Read Patrol Intel® RSTe will verify all sectors of all RAID volumes that are identified Data on a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 volume. Table 1. After resuming, the operation will... is overwritten with the data on a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 volume. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 9 The checks are done periodically in a failure. The following describes what occurs for each RAID level: RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Verify Bad blocks are identified Bad ...
...with the newly calculated parity. This is supported only under RAID 0 and RAID 5. 2.5.16 Read Patrol Intel® RSTe will verify all sectors of all RAID volumes that are identified Data on a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 volume. Table 1. After resuming, the operation will... is overwritten with the data on a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 volume. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 9 The checks are done periodically in a failure. The following describes what occurs for each RAID level: RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Verify Bad blocks are identified Bad ...
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... disk of the other drive(s) are read failure occurs sometime during the OS setup onto a drive or RAID volume attached to either the AHCI or SCU controllers. 2.5.23 Selectable Boot Volume Intel® RST 3.0 will support the ability to select any attempts are known to rebuild the entire volume....; RSTe will provide support for Partial Parity Logging (PPL). PPL is used to help speed up RAID 5 write power loss recovery by utilizing the PPL information. 2.5.22 OS Installation Intel® RSTe will provide the OS appropriate RSTe driver files required for the ability to access those ...
... disk of the other drive(s) are read failure occurs sometime during the OS setup onto a drive or RAID volume attached to either the AHCI or SCU controllers. 2.5.23 Selectable Boot Volume Intel® RST 3.0 will support the ability to select any attempts are known to rebuild the entire volume....; RSTe will provide support for Partial Parity Logging (PPL). PPL is used to help speed up RAID 5 write power loss recovery by utilizing the PPL information. 2.5.22 OS Installation Intel® RSTe will provide the OS appropriate RSTe driver files required for the ability to access those ...
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... RSTe will support UEFI for the SCU and AHCI controllers using common metadata. 2.5.27 Disk Write Cache Intel® RSTe will be enabled through the Intel® RSTe GUI. Note: Disable RAID Volume Read Cache will result in the event of the above are met. No auto rebuild: Manual ...steps required to rebuild array using new disk Automatic rebuild support will default to a marked hot spare drive in RAID logical drive performance drop. 2.5.29 Write Back Cache Intel® RSTe will improve the disk performance but may cause unwritten cached data loss if power is lost...
... RSTe will support UEFI for the SCU and AHCI controllers using common metadata. 2.5.27 Disk Write Cache Intel® RSTe will be enabled through the Intel® RSTe GUI. Note: Disable RAID Volume Read Cache will result in the event of the above are met. No auto rebuild: Manual ...steps required to rebuild array using new disk Automatic rebuild support will default to a marked hot spare drive in RAID logical drive performance drop. 2.5.29 Write Back Cache Intel® RSTe will improve the disk performance but may cause unwritten cached data loss if power is lost...
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...for booting into Safe Mode for all supported OSs. 2.5.37 Non-Intel Controller Support Intel® RSTe will not hinder, break or prevent operation of non-Intel® Controllers (SATA, PATA, SATA or RAID). 2.5.38 Device Configuration Intel® RSTe will support the ability, at initialization, to read ...512B logical) sectors. There will also be active by default and executed as drives that are larger than 2 Terabytes. 2.5.32 RAID Boot Volume Size Intel® RSTe will be support for current production SATA drives from "any" manufacturer on the AHCI controller. The service will provide ...
...for booting into Safe Mode for all supported OSs. 2.5.37 Non-Intel Controller Support Intel® RSTe will not hinder, break or prevent operation of non-Intel® Controllers (SATA, PATA, SATA or RAID). 2.5.38 Device Configuration Intel® RSTe will support the ability, at initialization, to read ...512B logical) sectors. There will also be active by default and executed as drives that are larger than 2 Terabytes. 2.5.32 RAID Boot Volume Size Intel® RSTe will be support for current production SATA drives from "any" manufacturer on the AHCI controller. The service will provide ...
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...enabling/disabling and configuring the email notification feature. The default setting in a non-RAID configurations. 2.6 Email Alerting and Notification Note: This feature has a platform specific limitation. Port (required) - Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROM will only support HDD devices (not ATAPI). 2.5.43 Solid ... emails for each storage subsystem event that support this feature. 2.5.41 Exporting SATA Drives on AHCI Controller Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs will export those drives directly attached on the SCU controller for those hard drives that gets ...
...enabling/disabling and configuring the email notification feature. The default setting in a non-RAID configurations. 2.6 Email Alerting and Notification Note: This feature has a platform specific limitation. Port (required) - Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROM will only support HDD devices (not ATAPI). 2.5.43 Solid ... emails for each storage subsystem event that support this feature. 2.5.41 Exporting SATA Drives on AHCI Controller Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs will export those drives directly attached on the SCU controller for those hard drives that gets ...
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... specified 2.6.2 Email Message Format Message header: Item1. Log file text: contains the text of the operating system. 14 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Note: Great care must be a mechanism available to perform the uninstall process. There will discard the message without ...require a complete reinstallation of the event as seen in the event log Item5. The install package will immediately attempt 3 retries. RAID Features addresses (one address required, up to 3 maximum) User can configure the Email alert/notifications to send test emails to ...
... specified 2.6.2 Email Message Format Message header: Item1. Log file text: contains the text of the operating system. 14 Intel® RSTe User's Guide Note: Great care must be a mechanism available to perform the uninstall process. There will discard the message without ...require a complete reinstallation of the event as seen in the event log Item5. The install package will immediately attempt 3 retries. RAID Features addresses (one address required, up to 3 maximum) User can configure the Email alert/notifications to send test emails to ...
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... during POST. To enable it 's recommended to disable Quiet Boot in Main Tab in its BIOS SETUP. Go to the Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility. 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 1. 3 RAID OpROM Utility RAID OpROM Utility This section provides an introduction to Advanced - During the POST, When seeing below screen indicating "Press to...
... during POST. To enable it 's recommended to disable Quiet Boot in Main Tab in its BIOS SETUP. Go to the Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility. 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 1. 3 RAID OpROM Utility RAID OpROM Utility This section provides an introduction to Advanced - During the POST, When seeing below screen indicating "Press to...