ASUS ESC500 G3 User Manual

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Contents

Updating BIOS ..........................................................................................4-52
4.11.1

EZ Update .................................................................................4-52

ASUS EZ Flash 2 ......................................................................4-53

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ..........................................................4-54

ASUS BIOS Updater .................................................................4-55

RAID configuration

Setting up RAID ..........................................................................................5-2
5.1.1

RAID definitions ..........................................................................5-2

Installing hard disk drives ............................................................5-3

Setting the RAID mode in BIOS ..................................................5-3

RAID configuration utilities ..........................................................5-3

Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise Option ROM Utility ..........5-4

Creating a RAID set ....................................................................5-5

Deleting a RAID set.....................................................................5-7

Resetting disks to Non-RAID ......................................................5-8

Exiting the Intel

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option

ROM utility....................................................................................................5-9
5.2.5

Rebuilding the RAID....................................................................5-9

Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 5-11

Rapid Storage Technology enterprise ........................................5-12

Creating a RAID set ..................................................................5-13

Changing a Volume Type ..........................................................5-15

Deleting a volume .....................................................................5-16

Preferences ...............................................................................5-17

Driver installation

RAID driver installation .............................................................................6-2
6.1.1

Installing the RAID controller driver.............................................6-2

Support DVD information ..........................................................................6-4
6.2.1

Running the support DVD ...........................................................6-4

Obtaining the software manuals..................................................6-5