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Chapter 5: Software support

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.

5.4.3

Intel

®

RAID configurations

This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and Intel

®

Matrix Storage

configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel

®

ESB2E

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 Storage 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.

See Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup.

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.