Guide to Intel Rapid Storage
Ov e r v ie w
I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology prov ides new levels of prot ect ion, per for m ance, and ex pandabilit y for desk t op and m obile plat form s. Whet her using one or m ult iple har d dr ives, user s can t ake advant age of enhanced per form ance and low er pow er consum pt ion. When using m or e t han one dr ive, t he user can have addit ional prot ect ion against dat a loss in t he event of a hard drive failure.
St ar t ing w it h ver sion 9.5, a brand new user int er face m akes cr eat ing and m anaging your st orage sim ple and int uit ive. Com bined w it h I nt el® Rapid Recover Technology, set t ing up dat a pr ot ect ion can be accom plished easily w it h an ext er nal dr ive.
I nt el Rapid St orage Technology can also im pr ove t he per form ance of disk int ensive ret rieval applicat ions such as edit ing hom e v ideo. By com bining from t w o t o six drives in a RAI D 0 configurat ion, dat a can be accessed on each dr ive sim ult aneously, speeding up response t im e on dat a- int ensive applicat ions. Also, due t o drive load balancing, even syst em s w it h RAI D 1 can t ake advant age of fast er boot t im es and dat a r eads.
I nt el Rapid St orage Technology prov ides benefit s t o users of a single drive as w ell. Thr ough AHCI, st orage per for m ance is im pr oved t hr ough Nat ive Com m and Queuing ( NCQ) . AHCI also delivers longer bat t ery life w it h Link Pow er Managem ent ( LPM) , w hich can reduce t he pow er consum pt ion of t he chipset and Ser ial ATA ( SATA) hard drive.
I n st a lla t ion I n st r u ct ion s
1. Dow nload t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology soft w are from I nt el w ebsit e. Save t he file t o a known locat ion on your com put er 's har d dr iv e.
2. Locat e t he file on y our hard driv e and double- click it .
3. Click Con t in u e ( if needed) t o launch t he inst allat ion pr ogr am . 4. Click N e x t at t he Welcom e scr een.
5. Click N e x t .
6. Read t he license agreem ent and click Ye s t o accept t he t erm s and cont inue.
7. Click N e x t . The applicat ion files w ill now be inst alled.
8. Click N e x t .
9. Click Ye s t o t he r est art opt ion and t hen click Fin ish t o r est ar t your com put er .
10. Rest art y our sy st em . You w ill find t he “ I nt el Rapid St orage Technology” icon on t he Window s t ask bar .
Cr e a t e a RAI D Ar r a y
1. Double- click “ I nt el Rapid St or age Technology ” icon, t hen below m ain screen appear s.
2. Click t he “ Cr eat e” icon t o cr eat e a RAI D ar r ay. Her e w e t ake RAI D 1 for exam ple.
3. I n “ Select Volum e Ty pe” , click “ Real- t im e dat a prot ect ion ( RAI D 1) ” . Click “ Nex t ” .
4. I n “ Configure Volum e” , you need t o key- in t he Volum e Nam e w it h 1- 16 let t er s, select t he RAI D disks, and t hen specify t he v olum e size. Click “ Nex t ” .
5. I n “ Confir m Volum e Creat ion” , you m ay r eview t he select ed configurat ion. Then click “ Creat e Volum e” .
6. The v olum e is creat ed successfully . But y ou st ill need t o part it ion y our new volum e by using Window s Desk Managem ent befor e adding any dat a. Click “ OK” .
7. You w ill see t he current st at us.
8. I n Windows Desk Managem ent , you need t o init ialize a disk before Logical Disk Managem ent can access it . Click “ OK” .
9. Right - click on Disk 0, click “ New Sim ple Volum e” .
10. Then follow t he inst ruct ions on t he New Sim ple Volum e Wizard.
11. Finally you can st ar t t o use RAI D 1 funct ion.
D e le t e a RAI D Ar r a y
You can also use t his ut ilit y t o delet e t he RAI D ar r ay or configur e ot her RAI D funct ions.
H ow t o in st a ll a n ope r a t in g sy st e m on t o a RAI D v olu m e ( F6 in st a ll m e t h od)
I n or der t o inst all an operat ing syst em ont o a RAI D volum e, t he RAI D opt ion m ust be enabled in t he syst em BI OS, a RAI D volum e m ust be creat ed, and t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod m ust be used t o load t he I nt el® Rapid St orage
Technology driver dur ing operat ing syst em set up.
The F6 inst allat ion m et hod is not requir ed for Micr osoft Window s Vist a* or N ot e
Micr osoft Window s 7* .
En a ble RAI D in Sy st e m BI OS
Use t he inst ruct ions included w it h your m ot herboard t o enable RAI D in t he sy st em BI OS.
1. Click F2 or D e le t e t o ent er t he BI OS Set up progr am aft er t he Pow er - On- Self- Test ( POST) m em or y t est begins.
2. Enet r t he Adva n ce d m enu.
3. Click t he St or a ge Con figu r a t ion m enu.
4. Sw it ch t he SATA Ope r a t ion M ode opt ion t o RAI D.
5. Click F1 0 t o save t he BI OS set t ings and exit t he BI OS Set up pr ogr am .
Cr e a t e a RAI D V olu m e
Use t he follow ing st eps t o cr eat e a RAI D volum e.
1. When t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology opt ion ROM st at us scr een appear s dur ing POST, pr ess Ct r l and i at t he sam e t im e t o ent er t he opt ion ROM user int erface.
2. Select 1 : Cr e a t e RAI D V olu m e and pr ess En t e r .
3. Use t he up or dow n arrow k eys t o select t he RAI D lev el and press En t e r . 4. Unless you have select ed RAI D 1, use t he up or dow n ar r ow keys t o select
t he st r ip size and pr ess En t e r .
5. Pr ess En t e r t o select t he physical disks.
6. Select t he appropriat e num ber of hard driv es by using t he up or down arrow k ey s t o scroll t hrough t he list of hard driv es and press Spa ce t o select t he dr ive. When finished press En t e r .
7. Select t he volum e size and press En t e r . 8. Pr ess En t e r t o cr eat e t he volum e.
9. At t he pr om pt pr ess Y t o confirm volum e creat ion. 10. Select 4 : Ex it and pr ess En t e r .
11. Pr ess Y t o confirm your exit .
I n st a ll t h e RAI D D r ive r Usin g t h e F6 I n st a lla t ion M e t h od
Perform t he follow ing st eps t o inst all t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology driv er dur ing operat ing syst em set up:
1. Pr ess F6 w hen you see a m essage in t he st at us line t hat says, Pr ess F6 if you need t o inst all a t hir d par t y SCSI or RAI D driver. This m essage appear s at t he beginning of Window s XP* set up ( dur ing t ext - m ode phase) .
Not hing w ill happen im m ediat ely aft er pressing F6. Set up w ill t em porarily cont inue loading driv er s. You w ill t hen be pr om pt ed N ot e
w it h a scr een asking you t o load suppor t for m ass st or age device( s) .
2. Pr ess S t o Spe cify Addit ion a l D e v ice .
3. When you see a prom pt t hat says, Please inser t t he disk labeled
Manufact urer - supplied har dw ar e suppor t disk int o Dr ive A: , inser t ; a floppy disk cont aining t he follow ing files: I AAHCI .I NF, I AAHCI .CAT, I ASTOR.I NF, I ASTOR.CAT, I ASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM.
Use t he Floppy Configurat ion Ut ilit y t o cr eat e a floppy disk w it h t he N ot e
necessar y files.
4. Pr ess En t e r .
5. Select y our cont roller fr om t he list of av ailable SCSI adapt ers. Use t he up and dow n arrow k ey s t o scroll t hrough t he list as all cont rollers m ay not be visible.
6. Pr ess En t e r t o confir m your cont r oller and cont inue. At t his point , y ou hav e successfully inst alled t he driv er and Window s set up should cont inue. Leav e
t he floppy disk in t he floppy dr iv e unt il t he syst em r eboot s. Window s set up w ill need t o copy t he files again fr om t he floppy t o t he Window s inst allat ion folders. Once Window s set up has copied t hese files again, rem ov e t he floppy disk so t hat Window s set up can r eboot as needed.
7. Dur ing Window s set up, cr eat e a par t it ion and file syst em on t he RAI D v olum e as you w ould on any phy sical disk .
I f you w ish t o use t he I nt el Rapid St or age Technology user int erface in Window s, you w ill need t o inst all I nt el Rapid St orage Technology by N ot e
r unning t he Set up.exe process aft er t hese st eps have been com plet ed and t he oper at ing syst em has been successfully inst alled.
W h a t if I w a n t t o u se RAI D bu t m y OS is a lr e a dy in st a lle d?
I f y our operat ing sy st em is already inst alled, y ou can st ill use RAI D as long as t he follow ing condit ions are m et :
• Your sy st em has a RAI D I / O cont roller hub ( I CH) .
I f y our sy st em does not hav e a RAI D I CH, y ou w ill not be able t o use RAI D N ot e
w it hout inst alling a t hird- part y RAI D cont roller card.
• Your RAI D cont roller is enabled.
I f y our RAI D cont roller is not enabled, enabling t he RAI D cont roller is not r ecom m ended or suppor t ed w hen a SATA har d dr ive is t he boot W a r n in g dr ive. Enabling t he RAI D cont r oller m ay cause an im m ediat e blue
scr een w it h an 0x0000007b er r or code, follow ed by a r eboot . I f you w ish t o enable it , y ou w ill need t o reinst all t he operat ing sy st em .
I f bot h of t he above condit ions ar e m et , use t he follow ing st eps t o cr eat e a RAI D volum e.
1. I nst all I nt el® Rapid St or age Technology.
2. Tur n off t he syst em and inst all one or m ore addit ional har d driv es. 3. Tur n on t he syst em .
4. Use t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology user int er face t o cr eat e a RAI D volum e. You can m igr at e t he dat a from a single har d dr iv e on your syst em t o a RAI D volum e t hat includes t hat har d dr ive plus t he new ly added hard dr ive( s) . You can also creat e a new RAI D volum e using t he new ly added har d dr ives.
H ow t o loa d t h e dr iv e r du r in g OS in st a lla t ion u sin g F6 w h e n in AH CI / RAI D m ode
I n order t o inst all an operat ing sy st em ont o a single Serial ATA hard driv e w hen t he sy st em is in RAI D m ode or AHCI m ode, t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod m ust be used t o load t he I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology dr iver dur ing oper at ing syst em
inst allat ion.
You do not need t o use t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod t o inst all a RAI D N ot e dr iver on Micr osoft Window s Vist a* and Microsoft Window s 7* because
I nt el prov ided a RAI D driv er as part of t he final pack age.
Use t he follow ing st eps t o inst all t he I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology driv er using t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod.
1. Pr ess F6 w hen you see a m essage in t he st at us line t hat says, Pr ess F6 if you need t o inst all a t hir d par t y SCSI or RAI D driver. This m essage appear s at t he beginning of Window s XP* set up ( dur ing t ext - m ode phase) .
Not hing w ill happen im m ediat ely aft er pressing F6. Set up w ill
N ot e t em porarily cont inue loading driv ers. You w ill t hen be prom pt ed w it h a scr een asking you t o load suppor t for m ass st orage device( s) .
2. Pr ess S t o Spe cify Addit ion a l D e v ice .
3. When you see a prom pt t hat says, Please inser t t he disk labeled
Manufact urer - supplied har dw ar e suppor t disk int o Dr ive A: , inser t a floppy disk cont aining t he follow ing files: I AAHCI .I NF, I AAHCI .CAT, I ASTOR.I NF, I ASTOR.CAT, I ASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM.
You can use t he Floppy Configurat ion Ut ilit y t o cr eat e a floppy disk w it h t he necessar y files.
N ot e
I f you do not have a floppy dr iv e on your syst em , you can use a USB floppy dr ive or cr eat e a slipst r eam ver sion of t he oper at ing syst em .
4. Pr ess En t e r .
5. Select y our cont roller fr om t he list of av ailable SCSI adapt ers. Use t he up and dow n arrow k ey s t o scroll t hrough t he list as all cont rollers m ay not be visible.
6. Pr ess En t e r t o confir m your cont r oller and cont inue. At t his point , y ou hav e successfully inst alled t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology driv er and
Window s set up should cont inue. Leave t he floppy disk in t he floppy drive unt il t he syst em reboot s. Window s set up w ill need t o copy t he files again fr om t he floppy t o t he Window s inst allat ion folder s. Once Window s set up has copied t hese files again, rem ove t he floppy disk so t hat Window s set up can r eboot as needed.
I f you w ish t o use t he I nt el Rapid St or age Technology user int er face N ot e
w it hin Window s, y ou w ill need t o run Set up.ex e from w it hin Window s.
H ow t o do u n a t t e n de d in st a ll of AH CI / RAI D dr iv e r on W in dow s 2 0 0 0 / X P/ Se r v e r 2 0 0 3 *
The unat t ended m et hod of inst allat ion is av ailable for Microsoft Window s XP* , Window s 2000* and Window s Server 2003* . I t is used t o inst all t he RAI D or AHCI driv er, as out lined in t he Microsoft docum ent Deploym ent Guide Aut om at ing Window s NT* Set up.
Perform t he follow ing st eps in order t o inst all t he RAI D or AHCI driv er via unat t ended inst all.
1. Ext r act t he I AAHCI .I NF, I AAHCI .CAT, I ASTOR.I NF, I ASTOR.CAT, I ASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM files fr om t he set up files.
To ext r act t hese files, r un t he ex ecut able ( e.g. I ATA88ENU.EXE for I nt el® Mat rix St orage Manager v ersion 8.8) w it h t he follow ing com m and line opt ions: - A - A - PC: \ < pat h> , as described in t he Advanced I nst allat ion I nst r uct ions sect ion of t he README.TXT.
Does t he syst em cont ain a 32- bit or 64- bit pr ocessor ?
o I f t he syst em has a 32- bit pr ocessor , t he files w ill be locat ed in t he Dr iver s folder aft er ext r act ion.
o I f t he syst em has a 64- bit pr ocessor , t he files w ill be locat ed in t he Dr iver s64 folder aft er ext r act ion.
2. I nsert t he lines show n below , as applicable, int o t he UNATTEND.TXT file:
Sy st e m s con figu r e d for RAI D :
This sam e procedur e can be used for syst em s using any suppor t ed RAI D N ot e
cont r oller hub by replacing t he t ext w it hin t he quot at ion m ark s.
/ / I nser t t he lines below int o t he UNATTEND.TXT file
[ MassSt or ageDr iver s]
" I nt el( R) 82801R/ DO/ DH SATA RAI D Cont r oller " = OEM
[ OEMBoot Files] iaSt or.inf iaSt or.sy s iaSt or.cat Txt set up.oem
Sy st e m s con figu r e d for AH CI :
This sam e procedur e can be used for syst em s using any suppor t ed AHCI N ot e
cont r oller hub by replacing t he t ext w it hin t he quot at ion m ark s.
/ / I nser t t he lines below int o t he UNATTEND.TXT file
[ MassSt or ageDr iver s]
" I nt el( R) 82801R/ DO/ DH SATA AHCI Cont r oller " = OEM
[ OEMBoot Files] iaAhci.inf iaSt or.sy s iaAhci.cat Txt set up.oem
3. Place I AAHCI .CAT, I AAHCI .I NF, I ASTOR.CAT, I ASTOR.I NF, I ASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM int o t he follow ing folder:
< Syst em Root > : \ i386\ $OEM$\ Text m ode
Ope r a t in g Sy st e m :
Window s* 2000, Window s* XP Pr ofessional, Window s* XP Hom e Edit ion, Window s Ser ver * 2003
