Supero X7DWU, User Manual

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X7DWU User's Manual
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 six 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 for SATA RAID Functions
(Native Mode)
1. Press the <Del> key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
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.
2. Use the arrow keys to select the "Exit" Settings. Once in the "Exit" settings,
Scroll down to select "Load Optimized Default Settings" and press the <Enter>
key. Select "OK" to confi rm the selection. Press the <Enter> key to load the default
settings for the BIOS.
3. Use the arrow keys to select the "Main" section in BIOS.
4. Scroll down to "SATA Controller Mode" and press the <Enter> key to select
"Enhanced."
5. Scroll down to "SATA RAID Enabled" and press <Enter>. Then, select "En-
abled."
6. Scroll down to "Exit". Select "Exit Saving Changes" from the "Exit" menu. Press
the <Enter> key to save the changes and exit the BIOS.
7. Once you've exited the BIOS Utility, the system will re-boot.