Corvalent Q77AX - Configuring Intel Rapid Storage Technology

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Intel® Rapid Recovery Technology
SATA ports 1 through 6 also support Intel ® Rapid Recover Technology. It uses RAID 1 to copy data
from a master drive to a secondary, or recovery drive. This process can be configured to be
continuous or on request. If the slave drive is disconnected or offline, the continuous mode will copy
any changes to the secondary or slave drive as soon as it is reconnected. In request mode, data
from the secondary or slave drive can be copied back to the master drive.
Intel® Rapid Start Technology
Intel Rapid Start allows the system to enter hibernate or even zero power state while providing a very
fast (few seconds) resume. It is similar to a laptop hibernate function and requires Windows Vista
and above, and a SSD (Solid State Drive)
Configuring the BIOS for Intel Rapid Storage Technology
1. Assemble your system and attach two or more SATA drives to the SATA connectors.
2. Enter the system BIOS Setup by pressing the <DEL> key after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
memory test begins.
3. Go to Advanced -> IDE -> Configure SATA as; ensure that RAID is selected.
4. Save your settings by pressing <F10>.
Upon reboot, you will see an option to press <CTRL><I> to enter RAID configuration mode.
1. In the RAID Configuration Main Menu, select option #1: Create RAID Volume. Enter a volume name
and press <Enter>. NOTE: The RAID Volume name must be in English alphanumeric ASCII
characters.
2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID 0 or RAID 1 (if only two SATA drives are available), RAID 5 and
RAID 10 (these options will only appear if three or four SATA drives are installed respectively). Press
<Enter> once you have selected the RAID LEVEL.
3. Select the drives to be used in the RAID array (only if there are more than two drives available) and
press <Enter>.
4. Select the strip size if necessary, and press <Enter>
5. Enter the size of the volume (if you enter less than the maximum volume size, you can then create a
second RAID array on the remaining portion of your volume) and press <Enter>
6. Finally, press <Enter> to Create Volume.
7. Exit the Option ROM user interface by pressing <ESC> or going to the EXIT option in the MAIN
MENU.