User Guide

Contents

5.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility ................................................. 5-4

5.2.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................... 5-5

5.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID conguration.................................... 5-11

5.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives ....................................................... 5-12

5.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives ............................................................. 5-16

5.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency.................................. 5-18

5.2.6 Deleting a RAID conguration ................................................... 5-21

5.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set .................................. 5-22

5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache ................................................................ 5-23

5.3 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA/SSATA Option

ROM Utility ................................................................................................5-25

5.3.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 5-26

5.3.2 Deleting a RAID set...................................................................5-28

5.3.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID .................................................... 5-29

5.3.4 Exiting the Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise

SATA/SSATA Option ROM utility .............................................. 5-30

5.3.5 Rebuilding the RAID..................................................................5-30

5.3.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 5-32

5.4 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) ......................5-33

5.4.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 5-34

5.4.2 Changing a Volume Type..........................................................5-36

5.4.3 Deleting a volume ..................................................................... 5-37

5.4.4 Preferences ............................................................................... 5-38

Chapter 6: Driver Installation

6.1 RAID driver installation .............................................................................6-2

6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk......................................................... 6-2

6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver............................................. 6-3

6.2 Management applications and utilities installation ..............................6-13

6.3 Running the Support DVD ......................................................................6-13

6.4 Intel

chipset device software installation ............................................6-17

6.5 Installing the Intel

I350-AM1/I350-AM2/I210 X540-BT2

Gigabit Adapters driver ...........................................................................6-19

6.6 VGA driver installation ............................................................................6-22

6.7 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 4.0 installation ............... 6-24

Appendix

Z10PE-D16 Series block diagram .......................................................................... A-2

Simplified EU Declaration of Conformity .............................................................. A-6

ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-7