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Figure 17
Step 3:
Press  under the Select Disks item. In the SELECT DISKS box, press  on the hard drive you want 
to use for the master drive and press  on the hard drive you want to use for the recovery drive. (Make sure 
the recovery drive has equal or larger capacity than the master drive.) Then press  to confirm (Figure 17).
Step 4:
Under Sync, select Continuous or On Request (Figure 18). When set to Continuous, changes made to the 
data on the master drive will be automatically and...

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Delete RAID Volume
To  delete  a  RAID  array,  select Delete  RAID  Volume in MAIN  MENU  and  press  .  In  the DELETE 
VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to be deleted and press . 
When prompted to confirm your selection (Figure 19), press  to confirm or  to abort.
Figure 19
Acceleration Options
This option allows you to view the status of your accelerated drive/volume (Figure 20) created using the Intel®  
IRST utility. In case you are unable to run the...

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3-2 Configuring Marvell® 88SE9230 SATA Controller
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Attach  one  end  of  the  SATA  signal  cable  to  the  rear  of  the  SATA  hard  drive  and  the  other  end  to  available 
SATA port on the motherboard. The Marvell® 88SE9230 SATA controller controls the onboard GSATA3 6/7/8/9  
connectors. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard driv\
e.
B. Configuring SATA controller and RAID mode in BIOS Setup
Make sure to...

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Figure 2
Figure 3
C. Configuring a RAID array
Create a RAID Array:
Move the selection bar to HBA 0: Marvell 0 and press . 
Under Free Physical Disks, use the  key to select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. 
The selected hard drive will be marked with an asterisk (*). After selecting the hard drives, press  to 
proceed (Figure 3).
Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
Topology Information
Help
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Figure 4
Figure 5
4. Next: After  completing  the  settings  above,  move  to Next  and  press    to  begin  creating  the  array. 
When prompted to confirm whether to create this array, press  to confirm or  to cancel (Figure 5).
To further configure the RAID array, use the up or down arrow key to move the selection bar to select an item in 
the right block of the screen and press  to display options (Figure 4). Set the required items in sequence. 
Steps:
1. RAID Level: Select a RAID level.
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Figure 6
Figure 7
When completed, you can see the new array under Topology\Virtual Disks (Figure 6). 
5. Save the Settings and Exit. After you complete the RAID configuration and before you exit the configuration 
screen, be sure to press  in the main screen. Press  to confirm or  to cancel (Figure 7). Now, 
you may proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system.
Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
Topology Information
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Vendor ID    : 1B4BDevice ID...

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Delete the RAID Array:
To deleted the existing array, select the array on the main menu (example: VD 0: New_VD) and press  
to display the Delete option. Press . When prompted, press  to confirm or  to cancel (Figure 8).  
Figure 8
Use the Marvell® Storage Utility in the Operating System: 
With the Marvell® Storage utility, you can set up an array or view the current array status in the operating system. 
To install the utility, insert the motherboard driver disk, then go to Application...

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3-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 8/7.
Figure 1
A. Installing Windows 8/7
For the Intel® Z87:
As Windows 7 already include Intel® SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate RAID/AHCI 
driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you 
install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to...

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B. Rebuilding an ArrayRebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the array. Rebuilding applies only to fault-tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 arrays. The procedures below assume a new drive is added to replace a failed drive to rebuild a RAID 1 array. (Note: The new drive must have equal or greater capacity than the old one.)
For the Intel® Z87:
Turn off your computer and replace the failed hard drive with a new one. Restart your computer....

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 •Performing the Rebuild in the Operating System
While  in  the  operating  system,  make  sure  the  chipset  driver  has  been  installed  from  the  motherboard  driver 
disk. Then launch the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility from the desktop.
Step 1:
Go  to  the Manage  menu  and  click Rebuild  to 
another disk in Manage Volume. 
The Status item on the left of the screen displays 
the rebuild progress.
Step 2:
Select a new drive to rebuild the RAID and click 
Rebuild. 
Step 3:
After the...