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Configuring Intel SATA RAID
This section describes how to use Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel
®
RSTe) or Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology (RST) to set up and manage SATA RAID volumes.
NOTE: These instructions apply to Windows. They also apply to Linux distributions that include the
isci kernel driver support for the RSTe technology. This driver is included on recent releases of most
upstream and enterprise distributions, and may be available to be added to some previous releases. If
this driver is not available in the distribution, or is not applicable to the platform (e.g. the RST
controller), the Software RAID solution is recommended.
You can create a SATA RAID array that contains up to the maximum number of internal SATA hard disk
drives and eSATA drives (if you use an optional eSATA bulkhead cable) supported on your workstation.
Two or more hard drives must be attached to a controller (AHCI or SCU) for that controller's option
ROM to run. If two or more drives are on each controller, a unique option ROM executes for each
controller.
The Intel SATA AHCI option ROM and SCU option ROM configuration utilities run when you select
RAID+AHCI for the SATA emulation mode.
168 Appendix B Configuring RAID devices