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FAN Speed ...A-8 Temperature ...A-9 User Profile ...A-10 Appendix B Intel ICH7R SATA RAID B-1 ICH7R Introduction B-2 BIOS Configuration B-3 Installing Software B-9 RAID Migration Instructions B-15 Degraded RAID Array B-22 ix
FAN Speed ...A-8 Temperature ...A-9 User Profile ...A-10 Appendix B Intel ICH7R SATA RAID B-1 ICH7R Introduction B-2 BIOS Configuration B-3 Installing Software B-9 RAID Migration Instructions B-15 Degraded RAID Array B-22 ix
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... Supports Realtek® RTL8111C 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Supports 1 FDD with Fan Speed Control. (For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://global.msi. Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB 1-2 t w / index. Compliant with PCI 2.2 - c... om . Supports Realtek® RTL8101E 10/100 Mb/s (optional) - Compliance with vista premium IEEE 1394 (optional) - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode SATA - 4 SATA II ports by Realtek® ALC888 - 5.1 channel audio-out (optional) - 7.1 channel audio-out (optional) - ph p?func = t est rep ort )...
... Supports Realtek® RTL8111C 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Supports 1 FDD with Fan Speed Control. (For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://global.msi. Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB 1-2 t w / index. Compliant with PCI 2.2 - c... om . Supports Realtek® RTL8101E 10/100 Mb/s (optional) - Compliance with vista premium IEEE 1394 (optional) - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode SATA - 4 SATA II ports by Realtek® ALC888 - 5.1 channel audio-out (optional) - 7.1 channel audio-out (optional) - ph p?func = t est rep ort )...
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Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SATA Cable Power Cable Standard Cable for IDE Devices Back IO Shield User's Guide * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SATA Cable Power Cable Standard Cable for IDE Devices Back IO Shield User's Guide * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
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... a utility that is not already formatted with LBA mode disabled. This allows you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard. This gives you connected to the SATA connector. IImmppoorrttaanntt Primary IDE M aster/ Slave, Serial-ATA 1/2/3/4 Channel are appearing when you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting...
... a utility that is not already formatted with LBA mode disabled. This allows you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard. This gives you connected to the SATA connector. IImmppoorrttaanntt Primary IDE M aster/ Slave, Serial-ATA 1/2/3/4 Channel are appearing when you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting...
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... the AHCI settings sub-menu. AHCI Devices Group Press to select the parallel port mode. 3-13 AHCI Port0~3 Press to enable or disable the SATA controller. Parallel Port There is used to enter the sub-menu: COM Port 1/2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for... SATA devices. BIOS Setup On-Chip SATA Controller These items allow users to select the type of IDE devices. The submenu displays the status of auto detection of devices connected to the...
... the AHCI settings sub-menu. AHCI Devices Group Press to select the parallel port mode. 3-13 AHCI Port0~3 Press to enable or disable the SATA controller. Parallel Port There is used to enter the sub-menu: COM Port 1/2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for... SATA devices. BIOS Setup On-Chip SATA Controller These items allow users to select the type of IDE devices. The submenu displays the status of auto detection of devices connected to the...
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Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Appendix B Intel ICH7R SATA RAID The ICH7R provides a hybrid solution that combines four independent SATAII ports for support of Mirrors) and Intel® Martix Storage Technology. It offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID level 10 (A Stripe of up to four Serial ATAII (Serial ATAII RAID) drives. B-1
Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Appendix B Intel ICH7R SATA RAID The ICH7R provides a hybrid solution that combines four independent SATAII ports for support of Mirrors) and Intel® Martix Storage Technology. It offers RAID level 0 (Striping), RAID level 1 (Mirroring and Duplexing), RAID level 5 (Block Interleaved Distributed Parity), RAID level 10 (A Stripe of up to four Serial ATAII (Serial ATAII RAID) drives. B-1
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... the data into blocks which are created, and a RAID 0 stripe is 3. This results in unison. And the maximum number of the most outstanding features are: 1. SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds up to separate hard drives. The most popular implementations of Mirrors) and Intel® Martix Storage Technology.
... the data into blocks which are created, and a RAID 0 stripe is 3. This results in unison. And the maximum number of the most outstanding features are: 1. SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds up to separate hard drives. The most popular implementations of Mirrors) and Intel® Martix Storage Technology.
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... during the POST (Power-On Self Test). Also, you are reinstalling your system. It should not be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a newly-built system or if you need to enable the RAID function in the following procedure is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS... and DOS disk services. The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is only available with a supported Intel chipset. B-3 Intel ICH7R SATA RAID BIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be used to migrate an existing system to RAID.
... during the POST (Power-On Self Test). Also, you are reinstalling your system. It should not be integrated with the system BIOS on all motherboards with a newly-built system or if you need to enable the RAID function in the following procedure is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS... and DOS disk services. The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is only available with a supported Intel chipset. B-3 Intel ICH7R SATA RAID BIOS Configuration The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be used to migrate an existing system to RAID.
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Then select the capacity of 2 increments. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID 3. The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of the volume in the Capacity field. The default value is the maximum ...
Then select the capacity of 2 increments. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID 3. The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of the volume in the Capacity field. The default value is the maximum ...
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Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to delete the selected RAID volume. Then press key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (2) Delete RAID Volume Here you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will be noted that all data on RAID drives will become unbootable. The following screen appears. Important If your system currently boots to accept the volume deletion. B-7 Press key to RAID and you can delete the RAID volume, but please be lost.
Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press key to delete the selected RAID volume. Then press key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (2) Delete RAID Volume Here you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will be noted that all data on RAID drives will become unbootable. The following screen appears. Important If your system currently boots to accept the volume deletion. B-7 Press key to RAID and you can delete the RAID volume, but please be lost.
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... follow the instruction below to be automatically installed. † Confirming Windows XP/2000 Driver Installation 1. Insert the MSI CD into drive A: and press . Choose the driver Intel(R) 82801GR SATA RAID Controller from the dropdown list that appears on W indows XP Setup screen, and press the key. ...5. Setup will now load all devices are specified, press to specify an Additional Device(s). 3. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. ...
... follow the instruction below to be automatically installed. † Confirming Windows XP/2000 Driver Installation 1. Insert the MSI CD into drive A: and press . Choose the driver Intel(R) 82801GR SATA RAID Controller from the dropdown list that appears on W indows XP Setup screen, and press the key. ...5. Setup will now load all devices are specified, press to specify an Additional Device(s). 3. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. ...
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B-11 Intel ICH7R SATA RAID The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following: Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window.
B-11 Intel ICH7R SATA RAID The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following: Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window.
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B-13 Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to start installation. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window, and click Next button to add the program icon.
B-13 Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to start installation. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window, and click Next button to add the program icon.
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... A Create from Existing Disk operation will appear: B-15 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during the migration process, the data on the single SATA hard drive. It is critical to backup all existing data from the added disk and the data cannot be followed at the time the system... before installing W indows XP on the source disk is installed. Refer to Installing Software for properly setting of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive: 1. Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console after the operating system is preserved. However, during W indows Setup.
... A Create from Existing Disk operation will appear: B-15 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during the migration process, the data on the single SATA hard drive. It is critical to backup all existing data from the added disk and the data cannot be followed at the time the system... before installing W indows XP on the source disk is installed. Refer to Installing Software for properly setting of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive: 1. Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console after the operating system is preserved. However, during W indows Setup.
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... characters. Reads are still intact. A volume optimized for data storage. RAID 5 can be avail- construction will be used on three or more quickly. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (1) Step 1: Configure Volume Here you can configure the new RAID volume by entering the volume name, selecting the RAID level and strip size. †...
... characters. Reads are still intact. A volume optimized for data storage. RAID 5 can be avail- construction will be used on three or more quickly. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (1) Step 1: Configure Volume Here you can configure the new RAID volume by entering the volume name, selecting the RAID level and strip size. †...
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Do not forget to the Selected field. Please note that you wish to use and then click "-->" to move it to back up all the important data before continuing. B-19 Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (3) Select Member Hard Drive(s) Then select the member disk (the target disk) that the existing data on the selected hard drive(s) will be deleted permanently. Then click Next to continue.
Do not forget to the Selected field. Please note that you wish to use and then click "-->" to move it to back up all the important data before continuing. B-19 Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (3) Select Member Hard Drive(s) Then select the member disk (the target disk) that the existing data on the selected hard drive(s) will be deleted permanently. Then click Next to continue.
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... may take considerable time to use the full capacity of the disks being used and the strip size selected. You will be stopped. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (6) Start Migration The migration process may take up the migration process where it cannot be provided with an estimated completion time (the remaining time...
... may take considerable time to use the full capacity of the disks being used and the strip size selected. You will be stopped. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID (6) Start Migration The migration process may take up the migration process where it cannot be provided with an estimated completion time (the remaining time...
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Exit Intel RAID Option ROM, and then reboot to the new hard drive. The 'Rebuild W izard' will be launched which will be launched. Right-click the new hard drive and select 'Rebuild to rebuild the RAID volume, click 'Yes'. 7. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID 5. B-23 The Intel(R) Storage Utility will guide you through the process of rebuilding to W indows system. 6. W hen prompted to this Disk'.
Exit Intel RAID Option ROM, and then reboot to the new hard drive. The 'Rebuild W izard' will be launched which will be launched. Right-click the new hard drive and select 'Rebuild to rebuild the RAID volume, click 'Yes'. 7. Intel ICH7R SATA RAID 5. B-23 The Intel(R) Storage Utility will guide you through the process of rebuilding to W indows system. 6. W hen prompted to this Disk'.