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The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system
BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Intel Matrix Stroage
Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS
disk services. Please use <Ctrl> + <I> keys to enter the
“
Intel
®
RAID for Serial ATA
”
status screen, which should appear early in system boot-up, during the POST
(Power-On Self Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS (please
refer to
“
Chapter 3
”
SATA Mode <RAID>
for details) to create, delete and reset RAID
volumes.
After the above message shows, press <Ctrl> and <I> keys simultaneously
to enter the RAID Configuration Utility.
Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM
1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes:
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility
stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (POST), the
following message will appear for a few seconds:
BIOS Configuration
Important
The
“
Driver Model
”
,
“
Serial #
”
and
“
Size
”
in the following example might be
different from your system.
Important
The following procedure is only available with a newly-built system or if you are
reinstalling your OS. It should not be used to migrate an existing system to
RAID.
