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BIOS Configuraton
The  Intel  Matrx  Storage  Manager  Opton  ROM  should  be ntegrated  wth  the  system 
BIOS on all motherboards wth a supported Intel chpset. The Intel Matrx Storage Man-
ager  Opton  ROM  s  the  Intel  RAID mplementaton  and  provdes  BIOS  and  DOS  dsk 
servces. Please use  +  keys to enter the “Intel
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After  pressng  the    and    keys  smultaneously,  the  followng  wndow  wll  ap-pear:
Create RAID Volume Select opton 1 “Create RAID Volume” and press  key. The follow ng screen 
appears. Then  n the Name field, specfy a RAID Volume name and then press the 
 or  key to go to the next field.
Use  the  arrow  keys  to  select  the  RAID  level  best  suted  to  your  usage  model...

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In the Dsk field, press  key and the followng screen appears. Use  
key to select the dsks you want to create for the RAID volume, then clck  
key to finsh selecton.3.
Then  select  the  strp  value  for  the  RAID  array  by  usng  the  “upper  arrow”  or 
“down  arrow”  keys  to  scroll  through  the  avalable  values,  and  pressng  the 
  key  to  select  and  advance  to  the...

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Important
Snce you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrx RAID Technology), ths default sze (maxmum)  needs  to  be  reduced.  Type  n  a  new  sze  for  the  first  volume.  As  an  ex-
ample:  f you want the first volume to span the first half of the two dsks, re-type the sze 
to be half of what  s shown by default. The second volume, when created, wll automat
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Delete RAID Volume 
Here  you  can  delete  the  RAID  volume,  but  please  be  noted  that  all  data  on  RAID 
drves wll be lost. 
Important 
If your system currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume n the Intel RAID 
Opton ROM, your system wll become un-bootable.
Select opton 2 Delete RAID Volume  from the man menu wndow and press  
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Reset Dsks to Non-RAID 
Select  opton  3  Reset  Dsks  to  Non-RAID  and  press    to  delete  the  RAID 
volume and remove any RAID structures from the drves. The followng screen  
appears:
Press  key to accept the selecton.
Important
You wll lose all data on the RAID drves and any nternal RAID structures when you 
perform ths operaton.
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Recovery Volume Optons 
Select  opton  4  Recovery  Volume  Optons  and  press    to  change  recovery 
volume mode. The followng screen appears:
Recovery  mode  wll  change  from  Contnuous  Update  to  On-Request  after  you  en-
able “Only Recovery Dsk” or “Only Master Dsk”.
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Important
Please follow the nstructon below to make an “Intel® RAID Drver” for yourself.
Insert the MSI DVD nto the DVD-ROM drve. Clck the “Browse CD” on the Setup screen.Copy  all  the  contents  n  \\Storage\Intel\PCH\f6flpy-x86  or  f6flpy-x64  to  a  formatted 
floppy dskette. 
The drver dskette for Intel
® RAID Controller s done.
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Installng Drver
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Exstng Wndows Drver InstallatonInsert the MSI DVD nto the DVD-ROM drve.
The DVD wll auto-run and the setup screen wll appear.
Under the Drver tab, clck on Intel RAID Drvers.
The drvers wll be automatcally nstalled.
Confirmng Wndows Drver Installaton From Wndows, open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System...

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Degraded RAID Array
A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume s reported as degraded when one of ts hard drve 
members fals or  s temporarly dsconnected, and data mrrorng  s lost. As a result, the 
system  can  only  utlze  the  remanng  functonal  hard  drve  member.  To  re-establsh 
data  mrrorng  and  restore  data  redundancy,  refer  to...