Asus P5E3 DELUXE/WiFi-AP - Manual (Page 151)

ASUS P5E3 Deluxe 5-37
5.4.3 Intel ® RAID configurations
This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1) and Intel ®
Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel ®
ICH9R Southbridge chip.
Setting the RAID item in BIOS
You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID
set(s). To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Go to the
Main menu, select SATA Configuration, then press .
3. Select the item Configure SATA as, then press to display the
configuration options.
4. Select [RAID] from the Configure SATA as item options, then press .
5. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to the system or the motherboard user guide for details on entering and
navigating through the BIOS Setup.
5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance,
install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID
set, copy first the RAID driver from the support DVD to a floppy disk before you
install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. Refer to section 5.5
Creating a RAID driver disk for details.