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4 Configuring for RAID Using Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology (Intel
®
MST)
NOTE
Intel Matrix Storage Technology requires Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft
Windows XP operating system and SATA hard drives.
Configuring the BIOS
1.
Assemble your system and attach two or more SATA hard drives to the SATA
connectors.
2.
Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing <F2> after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
memory tests begin.
3.
Go to
Advanced
Drive Configuration Configure SATA as
; ensure that
RAID
is selected.
4.
Then save your settings by pressing <F10>.
Creating Your RAID Set
1.
Upon re-boot, you will see the following Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM
status message on the screen:
Press <Ctrl-I> to enter the RAID
Configuration Utility
. Press <Ctrl-I> and enter the RAID Configuration Utility.
2.
In the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Main Menu, select option #1:
Create RAID Volume
. Enter a volume name (using English alphanumeric ASCII
characters) and press <Enter>.
3.
Use the arrow keys to select RAID 0 or RAID 1 (if only two SATA drives are
available), RAID 5 and RAID 10 (these options will only appear if three or four
SATA drives are installed respectively). Press <Enter> once you have selected the
RAID LEVEL.
4.
Select the drives to be used in the RAID array (only if there are more than two
drives available) and press <Enter>.
5.
Select the strip size, if necessary, and press <Enter>.
6.
Enter the size of the volume (if you enter less than the maximum volume size, you
can then create a second RAID array on the remaining portion of your volume) and
press <Enter>.
7.
Finally, press <Enter> to
Create Volume
.
8.
Exit the Option ROM user interface by pressing <Esc> or going to the EXIT option
in the MAIN MENU.
