User's Manual

Contents

6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID conguration.................................... 6-11

6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives ....................................................... 6-12

6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives ............................................................. 6-16

6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency.................................. 6-18

6.2.6 Deleting a RAID conguration ................................................... 6-21

6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set .................................. 6-22

6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache ................................................................ 6-23

6.3 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA/SSATA

Option ROM Utility ...................................................................................6-24

6.3.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 6-25

6.3.2 Deleting a RAID set...................................................................6-27

6.3.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID .................................................... 6-28

6.3.4 Exiting the Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA/SSATA Option ROM utility .............................................. 6-29

6.3.5 Rebuilding the RAID..................................................................6-29

6.3.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 6-31

6.4 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) ......................6-32

6.4.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 6-33

6.4.2 Changing a Volume Type..........................................................6-35

6.4.3 Deleting a volume ..................................................................... 6-36

6.4.4 Preferences ............................................................................... 6-37

Chapter 7: Driver installation

7.1 RAID driver installation .............................................................................7-2

7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk......................................................... 7-2

7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver............................................. 7-3

7.2 Management applications and utilities installation ..............................7-13

7.3 Running the Support DVD ......................................................................7-13

7.4 Intel

chipset device software installation ............................................7-17

7.5 Installing the Intel

I210 Gigabit Adapters driver ..................................7-19

7.6 VGA driver installation ............................................................................7-22

7.7 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 installation ............... 7-24

Appendices

ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-2