Then, select a RAID level (Figure 4). There are four RAID levels supported: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being installed). Press to proceed. I Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : Volume0 RAID Level : |RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223.6 GB Create Volume Choose the RAID level: RAID0: Stripes data (performance). RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy). RAID10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror. RAID5: Stripes data and parity. [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 4 Step 4: Under Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. If only two hard drives are installed, they will be automatically assigned to the array. Set the stripe block size (Figure 5) if necessary. The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press . I Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 223.6 GB Create Volume The following are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10- 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [Î i]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 5 [ HELP] [ HELP] GA-EG45M-DS2H Motherboard - 86 - Step 5: Enter the array capacity and press . Finally press on the Create Volume item to begin creating the RAID array. When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press to confirm or to cancel (Figure 6). Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity RAID_Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 223.6 GB WARNING : ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create the specified volume. [Î i]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 6 When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. (Figure 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. = [ MAIN MENU ] = 2. Delete RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 4. Exit = [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] = RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Drive Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS [Î i]-Select Level Strip RAID0(Stripe) 128KB Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Status Bootable 223.6GB Normal Yes Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.8GB Member Disk(0) 111.8GB Member Disk(0) [ENTER]-Select Menu Figure 7 To exit the ICH10R RAID BIOS utility, press or select Exit in MAIN MENU. Now, you may proceed to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 87 - Appendix Delete RAID Volume To delete a RAID array, select Delete RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press . In the DELETE VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to be deleted and press . When prompted to confirm your selection (Figure 8), press to confirm or to abort. Figure 8 GA-EG45M-DS2H Motherboard - 88 - 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. For installing Windows Vista, you first have to copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard driver disk to your USB flash drive and then extract it (see instructions on the next page). See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note). Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your system. Boot from the startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to your optical drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu. For example, from the menu in Figure 2, select 7) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 bit ...
