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F.2 features and benefits, F.3 accessing the intel® matrix storage manager, Eatures and – IEI Integration IMBA-C2060 v2.01 User Manual

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IMBA-C2060 ATX Motherboard

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CAUTION!

Do not accidentally disconnect the SATA drive cables. Carefully route

the cables within the chassis to avoid system down time.

F.2 Features and Benefits

ƒ Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10

ƒ Supports connectivity to two or more disk drives

ƒ Supported Operating Systems include: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

and Windows Vista

F.3 Accessing the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager

To access the Intel

®

Matrix Storage Manager, please follow the steps below.

Step 1:

Connect SATA drives to the system. Connect two or more SATA drives to the

system. Make sure the drives have the same capacity, are the same type and

have the same speed.

NOTE:

Make sure the SATA drives are EXACTLY the same when they are

configured in a RAID configuration. If they are not the same size, disk

drive capacity is sacrificed and overall performance affected.

Step 2:

Enable SATA drives in BIOS. Start the computer and access the BIOS setup

program. Enable RAID support for all SATA devices. Refer to the applicable

BIOS configuration section in this user manual.

Step 3:

Configure “Option ROM Messages” BIOS option to Force BIOS. This is to

allow the “Press to enter Configuration Utility……” message to