Asus P5M2 - Setting the RAID Item in BIOS; RAID Configuration Utility

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Chapter 5: RAID configuration
5.1.2 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 the Intel
®
ICH7R Southbridge chip. To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Go to the
Main Menu
, select
IDE Conguration
, then press <Enter>.
3. Set the
ATA/IDE Conguration
item to [Enhanced Mode], then press
<Enter>.
4. Set the
Congure SATA As
item to [RAID].
5. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to Chapter 5 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS
Setup.
5.1.3 RAID configuration utility
For P5M2 model, depending on the RAID_SEL1 jumper setting and the operating
system, you can select a utility to create a RAID set. Refer to section 4.2 Jumpers
for details on the RAID_SEL1 jumper settings.
Use the
LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility
to create a RAID 0, RAID
1, and RAID 10 under Windows
®
2000/2003 Server/XP or Red Hat
®
Enterprise ver.
3.0 and 4.0 operating systems ( P5M2 model only ).
Use the
Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
and software RAID 5 under Windows
®
2000/2003 Server/XP operating system.
Refer to the succeeding sections for details on how to use the RAID conguration
utilities.