MSI G31m3f User Manual

							B-3 Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDBIOS Configuration
After the above message shows, press  and  keys simultaneously to enter
the RAID Configuration Utility.Important
The “Driver Model”, “Serial #” and “Size” in the following example might be
different from your system.Important
The following procedure is only available with a newly-built system or if you
are reinstalling your OS. It should not be used to migrate an existing system
to RAID. The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM should be integrated with the system
BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Intel Matrix Stroage
Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS
disk services. Please use  +  keys to enter the “Intel(R) RAID for Serial ATA”
status screen, which should  appear early in system boot-up, during the POST
(Power-On Self Test). Also, you need to enable the RAID function in BIOS  to create,
delete and reset RAID volumes.
Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM
1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes:
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility
stored within the Intel RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (POST), the
following message will appear for a few seconds:7528v1.0-B_ICH7R RAID.p65  2008/2/1, 下午 04:313 
						

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B-4(1) Create RAID Volume
1.Select option 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press  key. The following
screen appears. Then in the Name field, specify a RAID Volume name and
then press the  or  key to go to the next field.
2.Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage model
in RAID Level. After pressing the  and  keys simultaneously, the following window will
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3.In the Disk field, press  key and the following screen appears. Use
 key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then
click  key to finish selection.
4.Then select the strip value for the RAID array by using the “upper arrow” or
“down arrow” keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the
 key to select and advance to the next field. The available values
range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip value should be
chosen based on the planned drive usage. Here are some typical values:
RAID0 – 128KB
RAID10 – 128KB
RAID5 – 64KB
5.Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity field. The default
value is the maximum volume capacity of the selected disks.7528v1.0-B_ICH7R RAID.p65  2008/2/1, 下午 04:315 
						

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B-6 6.Then the following screen appears for you to confirm if you are sure to
create the RAID volume. Press  to continue.
 7.Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is finished.Important
Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this
default size (maximum) needs to be reduced. Type in a new size for the first
volume. As an example: if you want the first volume to span the first half of the
two disks, re-type the size to be half of what is shown by default. The second
volume, when created, will automatically span the remainder of two hard
drives.7528v1.0-B_ICH7R RAID.p65  2008/2/1, 下午 04:316 
						

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B-8(3) Reset Disks to Non-RAID
Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press  to delete the RAID
volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen
appears:
Press  key to accept the selection.Important
1. You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures
when you perform this operation.
2. Possible reasons to ‘Reset Disks to Non-RAID’ could include issues such
as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk.7528v1.0-B_ICH7R RAID.p65  2008/2/1, 下午 04:318 
						

							B-9 Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDInstalling Software
Install Driver in Windows XP / 2000
† New Windows XP / 2000 Installation
The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP /
2000.
1.Start the installation:
Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 when the message Press F6 if  you need
to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears.
2.When the Windows XP Setup window is generated, press S to specify an
Additional Device(s).
3.Insert the driver diskette Intel IAA RAID XP Driver For ICH7R (NH82801GR)
into drive A: and press .
4.Choose the driver Intel(R) 82801GR SATA RAID Controller from the drop-
down list that appears on Windows XP Setup screen, and press the 
key.
5.Press  to continue with installation or if you need to specify any
additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are
specified, press  to continue with installation.
6.From the Windows XP/2000 Setup screen, press the  key. Setup will
now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP/2000 installation.
†  Existing Windows XP/2000 Driver Installation
1.Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2.The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear.
3.Under the Driver tab, click on Intel IAA RAID Edition.
4.The drivers will be automatically installed.
†  Confirming Windows XP/2000 Driver Installation
1.From Windows XP/2000, open the Control Panel from My Computer fol-
lowed by the System icon.
2.Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager tab.
3.Click the + in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. The
driver Intel(R) NH82801GR SATAII RAID Controller should appear.Important
Please follow the instruction below to make an “Intel IAA RAID XP Driver
For ICH7R (NH82801GR)” for yourself.
1.Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2.Click the “Browse CD” on the Setup screen.
3.Copy all the contents in the: \\IDE\Intel\ICH7R\Floppy to a formatted
floppy disk.
4.The driver disk for ICH7R RAID controller is done.7528v1.0-B_ICH7R RAID.p65  2008/2/1, 下午 04:319 
						

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B-10Installation of Intel Matrix Storage Console
The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the hard
drive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data.
For this reason, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from the system after
installation; however, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver
components.
Insert the MSI CD and click on the Intel IAA RAID Edition to install the software.Click on this item7528v1.0-B_ICH7R RAID.p65  2008/2/1, 下午 04:3110 
						

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B-12After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to
continue. The window shows the components to be installed. Click Next button to continue.7528v1.0-B_ICH7R RAID.p65  2008/2/1, 下午 04:3112