Appendix E Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager
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E.2 Features and Benefits
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10
Supports connectivity to two or more disk drives
Supported Operating Systems include: Windows XP, Windows Server
2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7
E.3 Accessing the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager
To access the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager, please follow the steps below.
Step 1:
Connect SATA drives to the system
. Connect two or more SATA
drives to the system. Make sure the drives have the same capacity,
are the same type and have the same speed.
NOTE:
Make sure the SATA drives are EXACTLY the same when they are
configured in a RAID configuration. If they are not the same size,
disk drive capacity is sacrificed and overall performance affected.
Step 2: Enable SATA drives in BIOS
. Start the computer and access the
BIOS setup program. Enable RAID support for all SATA devices.
Refer to the applicable BIOS configuration section in this user
manual.
Step 3:
Configure “Option ROM Messages”
BIOS option to
Force BIOS
.
This is to allow the “Press <CTRL+I> to enter Configuration
Utility……” message to appear during the POST. Refer to the
applicable BIOS configuration section in this user manual.
Step 4: Save and Exit BIOS
. After the SATA support option is enabled,
save and exit the BIOS.
Step 5: Reboot the system
. Reboot the system after saving and exiting the
BIOS.
Step 6: Press Ctrl+I. during the system boot process
. Press Ctrl+I when
prompted to enter the RAID configuration software.