Asus P5BV-C - Manual (Page 98)

5-2 Chapter 5: Driver installation
5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance,
install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID
set(s). To do this:
1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Go to the Main Menu, select IDE Configuration, then press <Enter>.
3. Select the item Configure SATA As, then press <Enter> to display the
configuration options.
4. Select RAID from the Configure SATA As item options, then press <Enter>.
5. Select the item Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM, press <Enter>, then select
Enabled from the options.
6. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.
Refer to Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS
Setup.
5.1.4 RAID configuration utility
Depending on the RAID_SEL1 jumper setting and the operating system, you can
select a utility to create a RAID set. Refer to section “2.6 Jumpers” for details on the
RAID_SEL1 jumper settings.
Use the Intel
® Matrix Storage Manager to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or
software RAID 5 under Windows ® 2000 / 2003 Server / XP operating system.
Use the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility to create a RAID 0, RAID 1,
or RAID 10 under Windows ® 2000/2003 Server/XP or Red Hat ® Enterprise ver. 3.0
operating system. (for P5BV-C / 4L only)
Intel ® Matrix Storage. The Intel ® Matrix Storage technology supported by the
ICHR chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical
hard disk drives. The Intel ® Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on
each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology
also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID
set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you
install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. Refer to section “6.1
RAID driver installation” for details.