User Guide

ASUS ESC8000 G3
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6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set from SATA
harddiskdrivesattachedtotheSATAconnectorssupportedby
Intel
®
C610chipset.Todothis:
1. EntertheBIOSSetupduringPOST.
2. GototheAdvancedMenu>PCHSATAConguration,thenpress<Enter>.
3. SetSATAModeto[RAIDMode]
4. Press<F10>tosaveyourchangesandexittheBIOSSetup.
RefertoChapter5fordetailsonenteringandnavigatingthroughtheBIOSSetup.
6.1.4 RAID configuration utilities
DependingontheRAIDconnectorsthatyouuse,youcancreateaRAIDsetusingtheutilities
embeddedineachRAIDcontroller.Forexample,usetheLSILogicEmbeddedSATARAID
SetupUtilityortheIntel
®
RapidStorageTechnologyifyouinstalledSerialATAharddisk
drives on the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Intel
®
C610chipset.
RefertothesucceedingsectionfordetailsonhowtousetheRAIDcongurationutility.
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives
ThemotherboardsupportsSerialATAforRAIDsetconguration.Foroptimalperformance,
installidenticaldrivesofthesamemodelandcapacitywhencreatingadiskarray.
ToinstalltheSATAharddisksforRAIDconguration:
1. InstalltheSATAharddisksintothedrivebaysfollowingtheinstructionsinthesystem
user guide.
2. ConnectaSATAsignalcabletothesignalconnectoratthebackofeachdriveandto
the SATA connector on the motherboard.
3. ConnectaSATApowercabletothepowerconnectoroneachdrive.