MSI Gaming 9 Ack Manual

Using Intel Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM should be integrated with \
the 
system BIOS on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. The Inte\
l Rapid 
Storage Technology Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provi\
des BIOS 
and DOS disk services. Please use  +  keys to enter the “Int\
el
® 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...

After pressing the  and  keys simultaneously, the following win\
dow will 
appear:
■Create RAID Volume
1.
Select option 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press  key. The fo\
llowing
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 mo\
del in
RAID Level.
[                                     ]CREATE VOLUME MENU
[             ]HELP
           Name :
RAID  1 : Mirrors...

3.In the Disk field, press  key and use  key to select the disks you
want to create for the RAID volume, then click  key to finish selection. This
field will become available according to the selected RAID level.
4.
Then select the strip size 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 size should...

7.Then the following screen appears to indicate that the creation is finished.
6.
Go to the Create Volume field and press , the following screen appears for
you to confirm if you are sure to create the RAID volume. Press  to continue.
[                                     ]CREATE VOLUME MENU
[             ]HELP
           Name :
Press  ENTER  to  create  the  specified  volume.
[ ↑↓] - Change        [TAB] - Next          [ESC] - Previous Menu         [ENTER] - Select        RAID Level :
  Disks :...

■Delete RAID Volume
Here you can delete the RAID volume, but please be noted that all data o\
n RAID
drives will be lost.
 Important
If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in\
 the Intel RAID Option ROM, your system will become un-bootable.
Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu screen and press 
 key to select a RAID volume for deletion. Then press  ke\
y to 
delete the selected RAID volume. The following screen appears.
[...

■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 scr\
een
appears:
DISK / VOLUME INFORMATION[                                                ]
4. Recovery Volume  Options4.       Recovery Volume  Options
5.       Exit
RAID  Volumes :
None  defined.
Physical  Devices :
Port  Device  Model                 Serial  #                  
                     Size    Type/Status (Vol  ID)
1...

■Recovery Volume Options
Select option 4 Recovery Volume Options and press  to change reco\
very
volume mode. The following screen appears:
[                                              ]RECOVERY VOLUME OPTIONS
[             ]HELP
Enable  Only  Recovery  Disk - enables  recovery  disk  if  available  a\
nd disables  master  disk.
Enable  Only  Master  Disk - enables  master  disk  if  available  and disables  recovery  disk.
Actions  will  result  in  change  from  Continuous  Update  mode  to  O\...

Degraded RAID Array
A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of i\
ts hard 
drive members fails or is temporarily disconnected, and data mirroring i\
s lost. As a 
result, the system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To 
re-establish data mirroring and restore data redundancy, refer to the pr\
ocedure below 
that corresponds to the current situation.
Missing Hard Drive Member
1.
Make sure the system is powered off.
2.
Reconnect the hard drive.
3....

5.Exit Intel RAID Option ROM, and then reboot to Windows system.
6.
When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume, click ‘Yes’.
7.
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology application will be launched. Right-c\
lick
the new hard drive and select ‘Rebuild to this Disk’. The ‘Rebuild Wizard’ will be
launched which will guide you through the process of rebuilding to the n\
ew hard
drive.
Appendix B   

System Acceleration (optional)
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology use a SSD as a cache. Which can store frequently 
used data without having to use a slow virtual disk or depend on RAM. Th\
e SSD 
cache  with the advantages of high-speed read/write and non-volatile mem\
ory to 
accelerate the system performance.
 Important
Check your SSD manufacturer's website, upgrade firmware in order to support Intel® 
Rapid Storage Technology.
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology can only work with RAID mode. Even though...