User manual GIGABYTE GA-8I945P PRO annexe 1

[. . . ] 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Making a SATA Driver Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Intel ICH7R) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. [. . . ] Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration utility" (Figure 4). Press CTRL+ I to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111. 7GB Non-RAID Disk 111. 7GB Non-RAID Disk Press <CTRL - I> to enter Configuration Utility Figure 4 Step 2: After you press CTRL+ I, the Create RAID Volume screen will appear (Figure 5). Create RAID Volume¡G ¡G If you want to create RAID array, select Create RAID Volume in Main Menu and press ENTER. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111. 7GB Non-RAID Disk 111. 7GB Non-RAID Disk [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu Figure 5 -5- SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å Step 3: After entering the Create Volume Menu screen, name the disk array with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) under the Name item. Select a RAID level and press ENTER. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] RAID0RAID1RAID10RAID5Choose the RAID level best suited to your usage model. Data and parity striped across three or more physical drives for performance and redundancy. [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select [ ]-Change Figure 6 Step 4: Set the stripe block size (Figure 7). After the setting, press ENTER to set array capacity. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] The following are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [ ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 7 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) -6- Step 5: After setting all the items above, select Create Volume and press ENTER (Figure 8) to begin the creation of the RAID array. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] Enter the volume capacity. The default value indicates the maximum volume capacity using the selected disks. If less than the maximum capacity is chosen, creation of a second volume is needed to utilize the remaining space. [ ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 8 Step 6: When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press Y to create or N to cancel. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID_Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 223. 6 GB Create Volume WARNING : ALL DATA ON [SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. (Y/N) : Press "ENTER" to Create the specified volume [ ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Figure 9 -7- SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) Ác Åé ¤¤ ¤å After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/ VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Exit [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Level RAID(Stripe) Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Strip 128KB Size 223. 6GB Size 111. 8GB 111. 8GB Status Normal Bootable Yes Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk(0) Member Disk(0) [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5. 0. 0. 1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Exit [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Level RAID(Stripe) Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Strip 128KB Size 223. 6GB Size 111. 8GB 111. 8GB Status Normal Bootable Yes Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk(0) Member Disk(0) [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu To exit the ICH7R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. [. . . ] SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 12 - After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen as below. It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer. [. . . ]