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ASUS TS300-E5 6-3

6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives

The system supports four hot-swap Serial ATA/SAS hard disk drives for RAID

conguration.

By default, the SATA/SAS hard disk drives are connected to the motherboard SATA

port 1-4 (PA4 model) or SAS port 1-4 (PX4 model) via the SATA/SAS backplane

and SATA/SAS cables.

Refer to sections 1.5 Internal features and 2.7 Hard disk drives for details on

SATA/SAS hard disk drive connection and installation.

For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity

when creating a disk array.

6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS (For PA4 model only)

You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set

from SATA hard disk drives attached to the SATA connectors supported by the

Intel

ICH7R Southbridge chip. To do this:

1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.

2. Go to the Main menu, select IDEConguration, then press <Enter>.

3. Set the ATA/IDEConguration item to [Enhanced Mode], then press

<Enter>.

4. Set the CongureSATAAs item to [RAID].

5. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.

Refer to Chapter 5 for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS

Setup.

6.1.4 RAIDcongurationutility(ForPA4modelonly)

Depending on the RAID_SEL1 jumper setting and the operating system, you can

select a utility to create a RAID set. Refer to section 4.2 Jumpers for details on the

RAID_SEL1 jumper settings.

Use the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility to create a RAID 0, RAID

1 and RAID 10 under Windows

Server or Red Hat

Enterprise operating system.

Use the Intel

Matrix Storage Manager to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and

RAID 10 under Windows

Server.

Refer to the succeeding sections for details on how to use the RAID conguration

utilities.

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