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18 19MAXDATA PLATINUM 200 IInstalling and Replacing Board Components

Conﬁguring the System for Intel

Matrix Storage Technology

for Serial ATA

Conﬁguring the BIOS for Intel

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

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

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

Application Accelerator Drivers

1. Begin Microsoft

Windows

Setup by booting from the Microsoft

Windows

installation CD.

2. At the beginning of Microsoft

Windows

Setup, press <F6> to install a third-party SCSI or

RAID driver. When prompted, insert the floppy disk labeled RAID Driver. Install the Intel

82801FR SATA RAID Controller driver.

3. Finish the Microsoft

Windows

installation and install all necessary drivers.

4. Install the Intel

Application Accelerator software via the Intel

Express Installer CD included

with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel

Storage Utility which can be used to manage the RAID configuration.

Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System

The Intel

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

Matrix Storage Technology” and

“Loading the Intel

Application Accelerator Drivers”.

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