Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 8.x User's Manual January 2009

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Mirroring) .................................................................................10
2.4
RAID 5 (Striping with Parity) ...................................................................10
2.5
RAID 10................................................................................................11
2.6
Matrix RAID ..........................................................................................11
2.7
RAID Migration ......................................................................................12
2.8
RAID Level Migration ..............................................................................12
2.9
Intel?Rapid Recover Technology ............................................................13
2.10
Advanced Host Controller Interface ..........................................................14
2.10.1 Native Command Queuing .........................................................14
2.10.2 Hot Plug ..................................................................................14
3 RAID BIOS Configuration ...................................................................................15
3.1 Overview ..............................................................................................15
3.2 Enabling RAID in BIOS............................................................................15
4
Intel?
Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM.........................................................16
4.1
Overview ..............................................................................................16
4.2
User Interface .......................................................................................16
4.3
Version Identification .............................................................................16
4.4
RAID Volume Creation ............................................................................17
5 Loading Driver During OS Installation..................................................................22
5.1 Overview ..............................................................................................22
5.2 F6 Installation Method ............................................................................22
5.2.1 Automatic F6 Floppy Creation.....................................................22
5.2.2 Manual F6 Floppy Creation .........................................................22
5.2.3 F6 Installation Steps .................................................................23
6 Intel?Matrix Storage Manager Installation..........................................................24
6.1 Overview ..............................................................................................24
6.2 Where to Obtain Software .......................................................................24
6.3 Installation Steps...................................................................................24
6.4 How to Confirm Software Installation .......................................................29
6.5 Version Identification .............................................................................31
6.5.1 Version Identification Using Intel?Matrix Storage Console ............31
6.5.2 Version Identification Using Driver File ........................................31
7 RAID-Ready Setup ............................................................................................32
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7.1 Overview ..............................................................................................32
7.2 System Requirements ............................................................................32
7.3 RAID-Ready System Setup Steps .............................................................32
8 RAID Migration .................................................................................................33
8.1 Overview ..............................................................................................33
8.2 RAID Migration Steps: RAID-Ready to 2-drive RAID 0/1 .............................33
8.3 RAID Migration Steps: RAID-Ready to 3 or 4-drive RAID 0/5 .......................35
9 Volume Creation ...............................................................................................42
9.1 RAID Volume Creation ............................................................................42
9.2 Recovery Volume Creation ......................................................................49
9.2.1 Recovery Volume Creation in Basic Mode .....................................49
9.2.2 Recovery Volume Creation in Advanced Mode...............................50
Appendix A Error Messages.................................................................................................56
A.1 Incompatible Hardware .....................................................................................56
A.2 Operating System Not Supported .......................................................................56
A.3 Source Hard Drive Cannot Be Larger ...................................................................56
A.4 Hard Drive Has System Files ..............................................................................57
A.5 Source Hard Drive is Dynamic Disk .....................................................................57
Figures
Figure 1. Matrix RAID ........................................................................................12
Figure 2. User Prompt .......................................................................................16
Figure 3. Start Menu Item..................................................................................30
Figure 4. Driver Details Example.........................................................................30
Figure 5. Driver Version Information ...................................................................31
Figure 6. Tray Icon Status .................................................................................34
Figure 7. User Interface Status ...........................................................................35
Figure 8. Progress Dialog ...................................................................................35
Tables
Table 1. RAID 0 Overview ..................................................................................10
Table 2. RAID 1 Overview ..................................................................................10
Table 3. RAID 5 Overview ..................................................................................11
Table 4. RAID 10 Overview ................................................................................11
Table 5. Recovery Volume Overview ...................................................................13

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