Configuring the System for Intel
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Matrix Storage Technology
for Serial ATA
Configuring the BIOS for Intel
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Matrix Storage Technology
1. Assemble your system and attach two SATA hard drives.
2. Enter system BIOS Setup by pressing the <F2> key after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
memory tests begin.
3. Go to Advanced Drive Configuration; ensure Intel
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Matrix Storage Technology is enabled.
4. Then save your settings by pressing <F10>.
Creating your RAID set
1. Upon re-boot you will see the Intel
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Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM status message
on the screen. (Press <CTRL-I> to enter RAID Configuration Utility), then press CTRL-I to enter
the RAID Option ROM user interface.
2. In the User Interface menu, select option #1; Create RAID Volume. Enter a volume name,
press <enter>.
NOTE
The RAID Volume name must be in English alphanumeric ASCII characters.
3. Use the arrow keys to select RAID 0 or RAID 1, press <enter>.
4. Select the drives to be used in the RAID array (only if there are more than two drives available),
press <enter>.
5. Select the strip size (only for RAID 0), and press <enter>.
6. Enter the size of the volume (If you select less than the maximum volume size you can then
create a second RAID array on the remaining portion of your volume), and press <enter>.
7. Finally press <Y> to confirm your selections.
8. Exit the Option ROM user interface by pressing <esc>.
Loading the Intel
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Application Accelerator Drivers
1. Begin Microsoft
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Windows
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Setup by booting from the Microsoft
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Windows
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installation CD.
2. At the beginning of Microsoft
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Windows
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Setup, press <F6> to install a third-party SCSI or
RAID driver. When prompted, insert the floppy disk labeled RAID Driver. Install the Intel
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82801FR SATA RAID Controller driver.
3. Finish the Microsoft
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Windows
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installation and install all necessary drivers.
4. Install the Intel
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Application Accelerator software via the Intel
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Express Installer CD included
with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel
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Storage Utility which can be used to manage the RAID configuration.
Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System
The Intel
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Application Accelerator software offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA
drive to RAID without reinstalling the Operating System (OS), when a second SATA hard drive is
added to the system.
Follow the steps described in “Configuring the BIOS for Intel
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Matrix Storage Technology” and
“Loading the Intel
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Application Accelerator Drivers”.
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