Asus ESC500 G3 - Manual (Page 5)

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Contents
4.11 Updating BIOS ..........................................................................................4-52
4.11.1
EZ Update .................................................................................4-52
4.11.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ......................................................................4-53
4.11.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ..........................................................4-54
4.11.4 ASUS BIOS Updater .................................................................4-55
Chapter 5: RAID configuration
5.1 Setting up RAID ..........................................................................................5-2
5.1.1
RAID definitions ..........................................................................5-2
5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ............................................................5-3
5.1.3 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS ..................................................5-3
5.1.4 RAID configuration utilities ..........................................................5-3
5.2 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise Option ROM Utility ..........5-4
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set ....................................................................5-5
5.2.2 Deleting a RAID set.....................................................................5-7
5.2.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID ......................................................5-8
5.2.4 Exiting the Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option
ROM utility....................................................................................................5-9
5.2.5
Rebuilding the RAID....................................................................5-9
5.2.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 5-11
5.3 Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise ........................................5-12
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set ..................................................................5-13
5.3.2 Changing a Volume Type ..........................................................5-15
5.3.3 Deleting a volume .....................................................................5-16
5.3.4 Preferences ...............................................................................5-17
Chapter 6: Driver installation
6.1 RAID driver installation .............................................................................6-2
6.1.1
Installing the RAID controller driver.............................................6-2
6.2 Support DVD information ..........................................................................6-4
6.2.1
Running the support DVD ...........................................................6-4
6.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals..................................................6-5