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3200 Master Series

MS-9656 (V1.X) Server Board

G52-96561X1

Summary of Contents for MS-9656

Page 1: ...i 3200 Master Series MS 9656 V1 X Server Board G52 96561X1 ...

Page 2: ...marks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Da...

Page 3: ...e inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The e...

Page 4: ...e interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved...

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Page 8: ...t 1 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 7 Power Supply 2 9 Back Panel I O 2 10 Connector 2 11 Jumper 2 18 Slot 2 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 The Menu Bar 3 4 Main 3 5 Advanced 3 6 Boot 3 20 Security 3 23 Chipset 3 24 Exit 3 26 Appendix A Intel ICH9R SATA RAID A 1 ICH9R Introduction A 2 BIOS Configuration A 3 Installi...

Page 9: ...modates the latest Dual Core Intel Xeon processor 3000 series Quad Core Intel Xeon processor 3200 series Wolfdale and Yorkfield processors in LGA775 package and supports up to four 240 pin DDR2 667 800 DIMM slots to provide the maximum of 8GB memory capacity In the entry level and mid range market segment the 3200 Master Series can provide a high performance solution for today s front end and gene...

Page 10: ...to 8GB memory capacity LAN Optional For mainboards with IPMI chip Intel 82573V Gigabit Ethernet controller LAN1 Intel 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet controller LAN2 For mainboards without IPMI chip Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet controller LAN1 Intel 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet controller LAN2 Floppy 1 floppy port Supports 1 FDD with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB IDE 1 IDE port by ITE IT8213F Supports...

Page 11: ...port 1 VGA port 2 Gigabit LAN jacks Onboard Connectors 3 proprietary front panel connectors optional 3 USB 2 0 connectors 6 ports 1 serial port connector 1 TPM connector 1 SPI Flash ROM connector for debugging 1 chassis intrusion connector Slots 1 PCI Express x16 slot with x8 signal 1 PCI Express x4 slot 4 PCI slots supports 3 3V 5V PCI bus interface Regulations FCC Class B VCCI CE Form Factor ATX...

Page 12: ...3 JUSB2 SYS_FAN2 J_CMOS1 COM2 JAPP2 JSPI1 J_IDE1 ITE IT8213F JUSB4 FDD1 SYS_FAN1 JINT1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI4 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B2 PCIE1 PCIE2 CPU_FAN1 JPWR2 REAR_FAN1 JPWR1 JAPP1 PCI3 J_BOOT3 J_BOOT1 BMC Chip Intel ICH9R Intel 3200 J_ICMB1 J_BOOT2 J1 J_SMBUS1 J_IPMB1 FRONT_FAN1 JAPP3 J_VGA_EN1 FPC1 JTPM1 3200 Master Series MS 9656 V1 X Server Board ...

Page 13: ...edures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components ...

Page 14: ...ess Slots p 2 19 JINT1 p 2 13 JPWR2 p 2 9 J_IDE1 p 2 11 J_CMOS1 p 2 18 SYS_FAN2 p 2 13 SATA1 6 p 2 12 JUSB2 3 p 2 15 JAPP3 p 2 14 FPC1 p 2 13 J_VGA_EN1 p 2 18 JTPM1 p 2 17 SYS_FAN1 p 2 13 JAPP2 p 2 14 JUSB4 p 2 15 JSPI1 p 2 12 FRONT_FAN1 p 2 13 JAPP1 p 2 14 REAR_FAN1 p 2 13 J_BOOT2 p 2 16 J_BOOT3 p 2 18 J_IPMB1 p 2 16 J_ICMB1 p 2 16 J_SMBUS1 p 2 17 J1 p 2 16 J_BOOT1 p 2 16 ...

Page 15: ...etter heat dispersion Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator The pin pad side of LGA 775 CPU Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator Alignment Key Alignment Key Important Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Make sure that you apply an even layer of thermal paste or thermal tape betwee...

Page 16: ...e thermal paste on CPU before installing the heat sink cooler fan for better heat dispersion Follow the steps below to install the CPU cooler correctly Wrong installation will cause the damage of your CPU mainboard 4 Open the load lever 2 Remove the cap from lever hinge side as the arrow shows 3 The pins of socket reveal Important 1 Confirm if your CPU cooler is firmly installed before turning on ...

Page 17: ...Cover the load plate onto the package alignment key 5 Lift the load lever up and open the load plate 7 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket If not take out the CPU with pure vertical motion and reinstall Important Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration of the CPU cooler installation only The appearance of your mainboard may vary depend ing on the model y...

Page 18: ...ted 9 Press down the load lever lightly onto the load plate and then se cure the lever with the hook under retention tab locking switch Important 1 Read the CPU status in BIOS Chapter 3 2 Whenever CPU is not installed always protect your CPU socket pin with the plastic cap covered to avoid damage 11 Press the four hooks down to fas ten the cooler Then rotate the lock ing switch refer to the correc...

Page 19: ...tween channels the slowest memory timing will be used Dual Channel mode can be achieved with two three or four DIMMs To achieve Dual Channel mode the following conditions must be met Matched DIMM configuration in each channel Same Density 128MB 256MB 512MB etc Matched in both Channel A and Channel B memory channels Populate symmetrical memory slots Slot 1 or Slot 2 Configurations that do not match...

Page 20: ...n 2 Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Important You can barely see the golden finger if the memory module is properly inserted in the DIMM slot Volt Notch ...

Page 21: ... the power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin power supply as well If you d like to use the 20 pin power supply please align your power supply connector with pin 1 pin 13 There is also a foolproof design on pin 11 12 23 24 to avoid wrong installation 8 Pin CPU Power Connector JPWR1 This connector provides 12V power output to the CPU Power Supply PIN SIGNAL 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 GN...

Page 22: ...r is for a PS 2 mouse keyboard USB Port The USB Universal Serial Bus port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices Serial Port The serial port is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector VGA Port The DE 15 female connector is provided for moni...

Page 23: ..._IDE1 This connector supports IDE hard disk drives optical disk drives and other IDE devices Connector FDD1 J_IDE1 Important If you install two IDE devices on the same cable you must configure the drives separately to master slave mode by setting jumpers Refer to IDE device s documentation supplied by the vendors for jumper setting instructions ...

Page 24: ...s connector is used to flash SPI flash ROM Pin Description Pin Description 1 VCC3_SB 2 VCC3_SB 3 SPI_MISO_F 4 SPI_MOSI_F 5 SPI_CS0_F 6 SPI_CLK_F 7 GND 8 GND 9 SPI_HOLD 10 NC Pin Definition 1 JSPI1 2 9 10 Serial ATA Connector SATA1 SATA6 This connector is a high speed Serial ATA interface port Each connector can con nect to one Serial ATA device SATA4 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA5 SATA6 ...

Page 25: ... connector connects to the chassis intrusion switch cable If the chassis is opened the chassis intrusion mechanism will be activated The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record Important 1 Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at processor s official website or consult the vendors for prope...

Page 26: ...R 6 GND 7 COM2 RXD 8 GND 9 COM2 TXD 10 NC 11 ATXPWR OK 12 GND 13 ID_LED 14 ID_LED JAPP1 Pin Definition JAPP2 1 5 2 6 JAPP2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 I2 C_DATA 4 ID_LED 5 I2 C_CLK 6 ID_LED PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 PowerLED 2 SYS_LED 3 PowerLED 4 SYS_LED 5 PowerButton 6 LAN1_LED 7 PowerButton 8 LAN1_LED 9 ID LED 10 LAN2_LED 11 ID LED 12 LAN2_LED 13 ID Button 14 Reset 15 ID Button 16 Re...

Page 27: ...ssible damage Serial Port Connector COM2 This connector is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial device to it PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In orReceive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out orTransmit Data 4 DTR DataTerminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR DataSetReady 7 RTS Request T o Send 8 CTS ClearTo Send 9 RI Ring Indicate...

Page 28: ...ode 2 GND Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 IPMB_DATA 2 GND 3 IPMB_CLK PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 ETCK 2 GND 3 ETRST 4 GND 5 ETDO 6 GND 7 H2C_RES 8 3 3VDUAL 9 ETMS 10 GND 11 ETDI 12 GND 13 H8_RESET 14 GND Pin Definition J_BOOT2 1 J1 14 2 13 1 J_IPMB1 3 1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 BOOT_TXD_CON 2 BOOT_RXD_CON 3 GND J_BOOT1 3 1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 BMC_RXD0 2 BMC_TXD0 3 ICMB_EN J_ICMB1 1 3 ...

Page 29: ...RST LPCreset 4 VCC3 3 3Vpower 5 LAD0 LPC address data pin0 6 SIRQ Serial IRQ 7 LAD1 LPC address data pin1 8 VCC5 5Vpower 9 LAD2 LPC address data pin2 10 KEY No pin 11 LAD3 LPC address data pin3 12 GND Ground 13 LFRAME LPCFrame 14 GND Ground I2C Bus Connector J_SMBUS1 The mainboard provides one I2C also known as I2 C Bus connector for users to connect System Management Bus SMBus interface J_SMBUS1 ...

Page 30: ...uration set the jumper to clear data Jumper J_CMOS1 1 Important You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard 1 3 Disable Enable 1 3 J_VGA_EN1 1 BIOS Recovery Jumper J_BOOT3 Users can short connect pin 2 3 to recover the system BIOS with a Recovery Floppy When the system is ...

Page 31: ...supports up to 1 0 GB s transfer rate PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slot The PCI slot supports LAN card SCSI card USB card and other add on cards that comply with PCI specifications Slot Important When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to configure any necessary hardware or software se...

Page 32: ...VICE Interrupt ID Select REQ GNT XGI Z7 PCI_PIRQ 0 PCI_AD18 IT8213F PCI_PIRQ 2 PCI_AD19 PCI_REQ 2 PCI_GNT 2 PCI Slot 1 PCI_PIRQ 0 PCI_AD20 PCI_REQ 0 PCI_GNT 0 PCI_PIRQ 1 PCI_PIRQ 2 PCI_PIRQ 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI_PIRQ 3 PCI_AD21 PCI_REQ 1 PCI_GNT 1 PCI_PIRQ 0 PCI_PIRQ 1 PCI_PIRQ 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI_PIRQ 2 PCI_AD22 PCI_REQ 3 PCI_GNT 3 PCI_PIRQ 3 or PCI_PIRQ 0 ARBITER_REQ 1 PCI_PIRQ 1 ARBITER_GNT 1 PCI Slot ...

Page 33: ...BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for cus tomized features ...

Page 34: ... PHOENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 101507 refers to the date this BIOS was released Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press Del key to...

Page 35: ... Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press E...

Page 36: ...features Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge and Southbridge Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or without changes ...

Page 37: ... show the firmware and hardware specifications of your system Read only System Time This setting allows you to set the system time The time format is Hour Minute Second System Date This setting allows you to set the system date The date format is Day Month Date Year ...

Page 38: ...3 6 MS 9656 Server Board Advanced For mainboards with IPMI chip For mainboards without IPMI chip ...

Page 39: ... CMP Core Multi Processing is the ability to have many independent processing cores on a single die each with their own L1 Code Data caches Local APICs thermal controls while having a shared L2 cache power management bus interface Intel multi core architecture has a single Intel processor package that contains two or more processor execution cores or computational engines to enable enhanced perfor...

Page 40: ...A 1 Configuration SATA 2 Configuration These settings specify the operation modes of the SATA ports Configure SATA 1 as s This setting specifies the function of the on chip SATA controller Primary Secondary Third Fourth Fifth Sixth IDE Master Slave ...

Page 41: ...ion except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block PIO Mode Indicates the type of PIO Programmed Input Output DMA Mode Indicates the type of Ultra DMA S M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk sta tus to predict hard disk failure This gives yo...

Page 42: ...ntrollers GbE LAN1 82573 Boot ROM GbE LAN2 82566 Boot ROM The items enable or disable the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process GbE Wake Up From S5 This field specifies whether the system will be awakened from power sav ing modes when activity or input signal of onboard LAN is detected ...

Page 43: ...Configuration Onboard Floppy Controller This setting disables enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller Serial Port 1 Address Serial Port 2 Address Select an address and a corresponding interrupt for the serial port 1 2 ...

Page 44: ...This setting controls the Smart Fan feature Smart Fan is an excellent feature which will adjust the CPU system fan speed automatically depending on the current CPU system temperature Selecting Smart Fan Mode can prevent the CPU from being damaged by overheating Front Fan PWM Output System Fan1 Fan2 PWM Output Rear Fan PWM Output This setting allows users to control the fan speed by changing the du...

Page 45: ...ns the system from a soft off state Resume On PME of PCI Slots When setting to Enabled this setting allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any PME Power Management Event on PCI slots Resume On RTC Alarm When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from suspend mode ...

Page 46: ...ead d Press Enter and a screen pops up asking users to confirm whether or not to clear all DMI event logs immediately Press Y and Enter the BIOS will clear all DMI event logs right away Clear Event Log When this setting is set to Yes the DMI event log will be cleared at next POST stage Then the BIOS will automatically set this option to No ...

Page 47: ...s firmware version Read only View BMC System Event Log Use this function to view system event logs recorded by BMC Clear BMC System Event Log Use this function to clear system event logs recorded by BMC Set LAN Configuration Channel Number IP Address MAC Address Subnet Mask k Use these settings to set up the channel number IP address MAC address and IP subnet mask for your system network ...

Page 48: ...ote access type and parameters Serial Port Number Base Address IRQ Serial Port Mode Use these settings to configure ports for remote access Flow Control Flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes It s the process of adjusting the flow of data from one device to another to ensure that the receiving device can handle all of the incoming data This is parti...

Page 49: ...CG TPM Support This setting controls the Trusted Platform Module TPM designed by the Trusted Computing Group TCG TPMs are special purpose integrated circuits ICs built into a variety of platforms to enable strong user authentication and ma chine attestation essential to prevent inappropriate access to confidential and sensitive information and to protect against compromised networks TPM Services i...

Page 50: ...not support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard USB 2 0 controller BIOS EHCI Hand Off This setting allows you to enable or disable a workaround for operating sys tems without EHCI Enhanced Host Controller Interface hand off support The Enhanced Host Controller Interface EHCI specification...

Page 51: ...s Storage Reset Delay This setting controls the number of seconds the POST waits for the USB mass storage device after the start unit command is sent Emulation Type This setting enables you to set the type of device you want the USB mass storage device to emulate ...

Page 52: ...3 20 MS 9656 Server Board Boot Boot Settings Configuration ...

Page 53: ...mode of optional ROM Bootup Num Lock This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad PS 2 Mouse Support Select Enabled if you need to use a PS 2 interfaced mouse in the operating system Wait For F1 If Error When this setting ...

Page 54: ...you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system First press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press or PageUp PageDown key to move it up down in the priority list Removable Drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive This setting allows users to set the priority of the removable devices First press Enter to en...

Page 55: ...Password Clear User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot These settings allow you to set change or clear the user password Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened To clear the warning message set the field to Reset The setting of the field will automatic...

Page 56: ...3 24 MS 9656 Server Board Chipset North Bridge Configuration ...

Page 57: ...Interconnect PCI configuration space to be remapped above the 4 GB address line South Bridge Configuration USB 2 0 Controller Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrup...

Page 58: ...he Setup Utility Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard Load Failsafe Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance ...

Page 59: ...endix A This appendix will assist users in configuring and en abling RAID functionality on platforms The ICH9R RAID solution supports RAID level 0 striping RAID level 1 mirroring RAID level 5 striping with parity and RAID level 10 striping and mirroring ...

Page 60: ...ata handling optimizations including tagged command queuing elevator seek and packet chain command Intel ICH9R offers RAID level 0 Striping RAID level 1 Mirroring and Duplexing RAID level 5 Block Interleaved Distributed Parity RAID level 10 A Stripe of Mirrors and Intel Martix Storage Technology RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives Spreading the hard drive I...

Page 61: ... 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 R 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 to create delete and reset ...

Page 62: ...following screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go to the next field 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model in RAID Level After pressing the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously the following window will appear ...

Page 63: ... upper arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage Here are some typical values RAID0 128KB RAID10 64KB RAID5 64KB 5 Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity fiel...

Page 64: ...tion is finished Important Since you want to create two volumes Intel Matrix RAID Technology this default size maximum needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume As an example if you want the first volume to span the first half of the two disks re type the size to be half of what is shown by default The second volume when created will automatically span the remainder of two hard d...

Page 65: ...e RAID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press Delete key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the volume deletion Important If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM your system will become unbootable ...

Page 66: ... structures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation 2 Possible reasons to Reset Disks to Non RAID could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk ...

Page 67: ... 3 Copy all the contents in IDE Intel ICH9R Floppy to a formatted floppy diskette 4 The driver diskette for Intel ICH9R RAID Controller is done 4 For Windows Vista During the Operating system installation after selecting the location to install Vista click on Load Driver button to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver 5 When prompted insert the floppy disk or media Floppy CD DVD or USB you cre...

Page 68: ...From Windows Vista XP 2000 open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon 2 Choose the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type The driver Intel R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller should appear ...

Page 69: ...the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the ability to un install all other non driver components Insert the MSI CD and click on the Intel Matrix Storage Manager to install the software Installing Software Click on this item ...

Page 70: ...A 12 MS 9656 Server Board The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window ...

Page 71: ...A 13 Intel ICH9R SATA RAID After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue ...

Page 72: ... 9656 Server Board Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Readme File Information It shows the system requirements and installation information ...

Page 73: ...e the system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive 1 BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows on the single SATA hard drive Refer to On Chip ATA Devices for properly setting of the BIOS 2 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup Refer to Installing Software for instructions on installing...

Page 74: ...g disk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Note The Action button only appears in advance mode To enable the advance mode go to View Basic mode and click it The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for the following procedure Click Next to continue ...

Page 75: ...dancy will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage RAID 5 Useful RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks with zero or more spare disks The resulting RAID 5 device size will be N 1 S where N is the how many drive S is the size of the smallest drive in the array If one of the disks fail all data are st...

Page 76: ...t typical strip size settings are 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential transfers 64KB Good general purpose strip size 128KB Best performance for most desktops and workstations 2 Select the source disk Then select the source disk that you wish to use and then click to m...

Page 77: ...er disk the target disk that you wish to use and then click to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted permanently Do not forget to back up all the important data before continuing ...

Page 78: ...e space will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Before you continue the procedure of RAID volume creation from existing hard drive read the dialogue box below carefully Please note that once you click Finish the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be del...

Page 79: ...le you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration proc ess starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system is rebooted for any reason it will pick up the migration process where it left off You will be provided with an estimated completion time the remaining time will depend on your system once the migration process ...

Page 80: ...corresponds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Reconnect the hard drive 3 Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur automatically Failed Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Replace the failed hard drive with a new one that is of equal or greater capacity 3 Reboot the system to Intel RAID Option ROM by press Ctr...

Page 81: ... system 6 When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes 7 The Intel R Storage Utility will be launched Right click the new hard drive and select Rebuild to this Disk The Rebuild Wizard will be launched which will guide you through the process of rebuilding to the new hard drive ...

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