4. Under
Select Disks
item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Press the <Space> key
on the hard drives to be selected (selected hard drives are marked with "X"). Then set the stripe block size.
The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set the
volume capacity.
5. After setting the capacity, move to
Create Volume
and press <Enter> to begin.
6. After completing, you'll be brought back to the
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology
screen. Under
RAID
Volumes
you can see the new RAID volume. To see more detailed information, press <Enter> on the volume
to check for information on RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc.
Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring a RAID array.
C-2. Configuring Legacy RAID ROM
Enter the Intel
®
legacy RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed with the
installation of Windows operating system for a non-RAID configuration.
Step:
1. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which
says "Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration Utility". Press <Ctrl> + <I> to enter the RAID Configuration Utility.
2. After you press <Ctrl> + <I>, the
MAIN MENU
screen will appear. If you want to create a RAID array, select
Create RAID Volume
in
MAIN MENU
and press <Enter>.
3. After entering the
CREATE VOLUME MENU
screen, enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot
be special characters) under the
Name
item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level. RAID levels
supported include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of
the hard drives being installed). Press <Enter> to proceed.
4. Under
Disks
item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. If only two hard drives are installed,
they will be automatically assigned to the array. Set the stripe block size if necessary. The stripe block size
can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press <Enter>.
5. Enter the array capacity and press <Enter>. Finally press <Enter> on the
Create Volume
item to begin
creating the RAID array. When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press <Y> to confirm or
<N> to cancel.
6. When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the
DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION
section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. To exit the RAID
BIOS utility, press <Esc> or select
6. Exit
in
MAIN MENU
.
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
Installing Windows
As some operating systems already include Intel
®
SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate
RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend
that you install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system
performance and compatibility. If the operating system to be installed requires that you provide additional SATA
RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation process, please refer to the steps below:
1. Copy the
IRST-x64
or
IRST-x86
folder (depending on your OS version) under the
Boot
folder in the driver
disk to your USB thumb drive.
2. Boot from the Windows setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting
you to load the driver appears, select
Browse
.
3. Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the folder (
IRST-x64
or
IRST-x86)
that you previously copied.
4. When a screen as shown, select
Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller
and click
Next
to load the driver and
continue the OS installation.
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