AHCI and RAID on HP Compaq Elite 8000, 8100, and 8200 Business PCs

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HP Elite 8000-series Business PCs take advantage of Serial Advanced Technology
Attachment (SATA) technology and the integration of RAID support into select Intel
chipsets. Table 1 lists the HP business PC platforms and associated Intel chipsets
that provide native RAID support.
Table 1. HP Elite 8000-series Business PCs and Intel chipsets with RAID support
HP business PC
Intel chipset
Chipset components (#; type)
Elite 8000 Q45 Express 2; Q45 GMCH & 82801 ICH10
Elite 8100 Q57 Express/5 Series 1; Q57 PCH-DO
Elite 8200 Q67 Express/6 series 1; Q67 PCH-D0
This white paper provides a basic overview of RAID technology, supported factory
configurations of HP Elite 8000-series Business PCs, other supported RAID
configurations, and basic instructions on how to migrate non-RAID to RAID
configurations in the field.