Supermicro 8025C-3R, User Manual

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The Intel HostRAID Confi gurations
The following types of Intel's HostRAID confi gurations are supported:
RAID 0 (Data Striping): this writes data in parallel, interleaved ("striped") sections
of two hard drives. Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk.
RAID1 (Data Mirroring): an identical data image from one drive is copied to another
drive. The second drive must be the same size or larger than the fi rst drive.
RAID 10 (Striping & Mirroring): RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined (without parity
information) to get the benefi ts of both.
RAID 5: both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or
more hard drives.
The Intel Matrix Storage
The Intel Matrix Storage, supported by the ESB2, allows the user to create RAID
0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only four identical hard disk drives.
The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive
and generate a virtual RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets. It also allows
you the change the HDD partition size without any data.
Confi guring BIOS Settings
Press the <Del> key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 1.
Note : If it is the fi rst time powering on the system, we recommend you load
the Optimized Default Settings. If you have already done so, please skip to
Step 3.
Use the arrow keys to select the "Exit" Settings. Once in the "Exit" settings, 2.
Scroll down to select "Load Optimized Default Settings" and press the <En-
ter> key. Select "OK" to confi rm the selection. Press the <Enter> key to load
the default settings for the BIOS.
Use the arrow keys to select the "Main" section in BIOS. 3.
Scroll down to "SATA Controller Mode" and press the <Enter> key to select 4.
"Enhanced"
Located in the South Bridge of the 7300 chipset, the I/O Controller Hub (ESB2)
provides the I/O subsystem with access to the rest of the system. It supports 1-
channel UltraATA/100 Bus Master IDE controller (PATA) and four Serial ATA (SATA)
ports. The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device confi gurations:
Legacy mode and Native mode.