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1 Document Number: XXXXXX Intel® Rapid Storage Technology User Guide August 2011 Revision 1.0

2.5 RAID 10 A RAID 10 array uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID levels 0 and 1. It is a striped set whose members are each a mir

2.7 RAID Migration The RAID migration feature enables a properly configured PC, known as a RAID-Ready system, to be converted into a high-performa

2.9 Intel® Rapid Recover Technology Intel® Rapid Recover Technology utilizes RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated

2.10.2 Hot Plug Hot plug, also referred to as hot swap, is a feature supported by AHCI that allows SATA hard drives to be removed or inserted whi

3 RAID BIOS Configuration 3.1 Overview To install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology, the system BIOS must include the SATA RAID option ROM an

4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM 4.1 Overview The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology option ROM provides the following:  Pre-operati

4.3 Version Identification To identify the version of the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology option ROM in the system BIOS, enter the option ROM user

2. Select option for Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Type in a volume name and press Enter or press Enter to accept the default volume n

4. Select the RAID level by using the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the available values, then press Enter. 5.

6. Select the appropriate number of hard drives by using the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the list of available hard drives. Press th

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8. Select the volume capacity and press Enter. Note: The default value indicates the maximum volume capacity using the selected disks. If less tha

5 Loading Driver during Operating System Installation 5.1 Overview The chart below shows the circumstances in which the F6 installation method

Storage Technology can be downloaded from Download Center at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101 2. Extract the dri

3. Enter> key. Refer to the Automatic F6 Diskette Creation section above for instructions. 4. Select the RAID or AHCI control

6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Installation 6.1 Overview After installing an operating system onto a RAID volume or on a SATA hard drive w

6.3 Installation Steps Note: The instructions below assume that the BIOS has been configured correctly and the RAID driver has been installed us

4. Review the License Agreement and click Yes to accept the license agreement terms. 5. Review the Readme File Information

6. Click Finish to complete the installation and restart the system. 6.4 Confirming Software Installation Refer to t

If installation was done using F6 or an unattended installation method, you can confirm that the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology was lo

7 RAID-Ready Setup 7.1 Overview A RAID-Ready system is a system configuration that allows a user to perform a RAID migration at a later date. F

3 Contents 1 Introduction ...

8 Converting RAID-Ready to Full RAID 8.1 Overview This section explains how to convert (or migrate) from a RAID-Ready system to a fully-functio

4. On the Select Volume Type screen, select Real-time data protection (RAID 1) and then click Next. 5. On the Configure Vol

6. Review the warning screen and then click Create Volume. 7. Review the confirmation screen and then click OK.

8. After the volume has been created, click OK on the completion screen. 9. Review the Status screen, now showing the RAID array just cr

9 Verify and Repair 9.1 Overview Verify and Repair checks a volume for inconsistent or bad data. It may also fix any data problems or parity errors

Appendix A: Error Messages A.1 Incompatible Hardware Issue: The following error message appears during installation: Incompatible hardware. Th

A.5 Source Hard Drive is Dynamic Disk Issue: When attempting to migrate from a RAID-Ready system to a full-RAID system, an error message is recei

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5 1 Introduction The purpose of this document is to enable a user to properly set up and configure a system using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology

6 Term Description Migration The process of converting a system's data storage configuration from a non-RAID configuration (pass-thru) to a

7 Term Description RAID Array A logical grouping of physical hard drives. RAID Level Migration The process of converting a system's data stor

2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Features 2.1 Feature Overview The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology software package provides high-performance

2.3 RAID 1 (Mirroring) A RAID 1 array contains two hard drives where the data between the two is mirrored in real time to provide good data reliab