Software User Guide for Windows*

Table of Contents
Intel
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RSTe for Microsoft Windows* OS Software User’s Guide iii
Table of Contents
1 Overview ..........................................................................................................1
1.1 Supported Hardware .................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Supported Operating Systems ...................................................................................... 1
1.3 Software and Utilities .................................................................................................... 1
1.3.1 Pre-boot Software .......................................................................................... 1
1.3.2 Operating System Running Time Software ..................................................... 1
1.4 Features Introduction .................................................................................................... 2
2 RAID Features ..................................................................................................4
2.1 Intel
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RSTe Pre-boot Package ..................................................................................... 4
2.1.1 Intel
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RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM ................................................ 4
2.1.2 Intel
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RSTe SCU RAID Legacy Option ROM.................................................. 4
2.1.3 Intel
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RSTe SATA RAID UEFI Driver ............................................................. 4
2.1.4 Intel
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RSTe SCU RAID UEFI Driver ............................................................... 4
2.2 Intel
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RSTe Configuration Tools ................................................................................... 4
2.2.1 Intel
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RSTe UEFI Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility ................................. 5
2.2.2 Intel
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RSTe Rstcli Utility ................................................................................. 5
2.2.3 Intel
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RSTe Command Line Interface (CLI) Application and Linux* systems .. 5
2.2.4 Intel
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RSTe Graphical User Interface (Intel
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RSTe GUI) ................................ 5
2.3 Intel
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RSTe Management Tools ................................................................................... 5
2.3.1 Common Information Model (CIM) ................................................................. 5
2.3.2 Common Storage Management Interface (CSMI) ........................................... 6
2.4 Intel
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RSTe System Configurations Supported ............................................................. 6
2.4.1 SCU and AHCI Controller Support ................................................................. 6
2.4.2 SAS Expander Support .................................................................................. 6
2.4.3 Pass-through Drives ....................................................................................... 6
2.4.4 SCU Controller RAID Management Limitations .............................................. 6
2.4.5 Hot Plug ......................................................................................................... 6
2.4.6 SCU and AHCI drive roaming......................................................................... 6
2.4.7 Volume Roaming between Linux* and Microsoft Windows* ............................ 7
2.4.8 SGPIO on AHCI Controller ............................................................................. 7
2.4.9 SGPIO on SCU .............................................................................................. 7
2.4.10 NCQ (AHCI) and CQ (SCU) Support .............................................................. 7
2.4.11 SCSI Enclosure Service (SES) v2 .................................................................. 7
2.5 Software RAID Functional Support ............................................................................... 7
2.5.1 Matrix RAID .................................................................................................... 7
2.5.2 RAID 0/1/5/10 Volumes .................................................................................. 7
2.5.3 Simultaneous RAID Arrays ............................................................................. 7
2.5.4 Disk Coercion ................................................................................................. 7
2.5.5 Hot Spare Disk ............................................................................................... 8
2.5.6 Auto Rebuild on Hot Insert ............................................................................. 8
2.5.7 Manually Invoked Rebuild .............................................................................. 8
2.5.8 RAID SMART Support.................................................................................... 8
2.5.9 RAID-Ready Mode ......................................................................................... 8
2.5.10 RAID Volume Creation with Data Preservation .............................................. 8
2.5.11 Instant Initialization ......................................................................................... 8