Asus RS300-E8-RS4 - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
Chapter 6: RAID configuration
6.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 6-2
6.1.1
RAID definitions .............................................................. 6-2
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ................................................ 6-3
6.1.3 Setting Jumpers .............................................................. 6-3
6.1.4 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS ...................................... 6-3
6.1.5 RAID configuration utilities .............................................. 6-3
6.2 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise
SATA Option ROM Utility ............................................................. 6-4
6.2.1
Creating a RAID set ........................................................ 6-5
6.2.2 Deleting a RAID set ........................................................ 6-7
6.2.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID .......................................... 6-8
6.2.4 Exiting the Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise
SATA Option ROM utility ................................................. 6-9
6.2.5 Rebuilding the RAID ....................................................... 6-9
6.2.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility .............6-11
6.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) ........ 6-12
6.3.1 Creating a RAID set ...................................................... 6-13
6.3.2 Changing a Volume Type .............................................. 6-15
6.3.3 Deleting a volume ......................................................... 6-16
6.3.4 Preferences ................................................................... 6-17
Chapter 7: Driver installation
7.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 7-2
7.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk ............................................ 7-2
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver ................................ 7-4
7.2 Management applications and utilities installation .................. 7-6
7.3 Running the Support DVD .......................................................... 7-6
7.4 Installing the LAN driver ............................................................ 7-14
7.5 Installing the VGA driver ........................................................... 7-19
ASUS contact information .......................................................................A-1