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Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM
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4 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
Option ROM
4.1 Overview
The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM is a PnP option ROM that provides a
pre-operating system user interface for RAID configurations. It also provides BIOS and
DOS disk services (Int13h).
4.2 User Interface
To enter the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM user interface, press the
<Ctrl> and <i> keys simultaneously when prompted during the Power-On Self Test
(POST).
Example: Refer to Figure 2.
Figure 2. User Prompt
NOTE: The hard drive(s) and hard drive information listed for your system can differ from the
following example.
4.3 Version Identification
To identify the specific version of the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM
integrated into the system BIOS, enter the option ROM user interface. The version