User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
- Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
- 4.1 Knowing BIOS
- 4.2 BIOS setup program
- 4.3 My Favorites
- 4.4 Main menu
- 4.5 Ai Tweaker menu
- 4.6 Advanced menu
- 4.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 4.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration
- 4.6.3 PCH-FW Configuration
- 4.6.4 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 4.6.5 PCH Configuration
- 4.6.6 PCH Storage Configuration
- 4.6.7 USB Configuration
- 4.6.8 Network Stack Configuration
- 4.6.9 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 4.6.10 APM Configuration
- 4.6.11 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 4.7 Monitor menu
- 4.8 Boot menu
- 4.9 Tool menu
- 4.10 Exit menu
- 4.11 Updating BIOS
- Chapter 5: RAID Configuration
- 5.1 RAID configurations
- 5.1.1 RAID definitions
- 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
- 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
- 5.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility
- 5.1.5 Creating a RAID set
- 5.1.6 Deleting a RAID set
- 5.1.7 Resetting disks to Non-RAID
- 5.1.8 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility
- 5.1.9 Rebuilding the RAID
- 5.1.10 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility
- 5.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)
- 5.1 RAID configurations
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
ASUS ESC500 G4
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5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install
identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID conguration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID sets using SATA
HDDs.
To set the RAID item in BIOS:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Go to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration, then press <Enter>.
3. Set the SATA Mode item to [RAID Mode].
4. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to Chapter 3 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup
Due to chipset limitation, when SATA ports are set to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at
RAID mode together.