Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition, User Manual

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10 Configuring BIOS for Intel RAID
for Serial ATA on Intel
Motherboards
Note: The instructions listed below are specific to motherboards manufactured by Intel with a supported
Intel chipset. Always follow the instructions that are provided with your motherboard.
** The specific BIOS settings on non-Intel manufactured motherboards may differ from the
instructions listed below. **
The SoftRAID option must be enabled in BIOS before the system can load the Intel RAID Option
ROM code for Intel RAID.
1. Enter the BIOS Setup program by pressing the <F2> key after the Power-On-Self-Test
(POST) memory test begins.
2. Select the Advanced menu, then the Drive Configuration menu.
3. Switch the Drive Mode option from Legacy to Enhanced.
4. Switch the SoftRAID option to Enabled.
5. Press <F10> to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program.
10.1 Creating, Deleting, and Resetting RAID Sets
Note: Please refer to Section 12 for illustration examples of the Intel RAID Option ROM windows.
The Serial ATA RAID set must be configured in the RAID Configuration utility. During the
Power-On Self Test (POST), the following message will appear for a few seconds:
Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Raid Configuration utility
After the above message appears, press the <Ctrl> and <i> keys simultaneously.