wikiManagement of an Intel Onboard Raid Controller under Windows
End-Of-Life Note: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) User Interface is End-Of-Life and is replaced by the Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management Hardware Support Application from Microsoft Store. Further information can be found at Intel in the following places:
- Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) User Interface and Driver (downloadcenter.intel.com)
- Intel® Rapid Storage Technology and Intel® Optane™ Memory Applications Will No Longer Be Updated (End-of-Life Notice) (www.intel.com)
- What is the Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management User Interface? (www.intel.com)
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You can manage the Intel OnBoard RAID controller with the Intel Rapid Storage Manager (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) under Windows.
We have tested version 9.5.0.1037 with the ICH9R and ICH10R controllers.
Installation
You can find the download here:
After downloading it, execute the Setup program and follow the installation instructions. The Microsoft .NET Framework must be installed to do so.
Speical Characteristics
In contrast to the controller BIOS, you can create a hot spare hard disk with the Intel Rapid Storage Manager.
Handling
After starting the manager, you will see the current status of your RAID setup in the overview.
The user interface has been designed to be intuitive. Your volumes and hard disk will appear on the right. By clicking on the volume, you can open volume management.
The same also applies for the hard disks displayed.
Adding a Hot Spare Hard Disk
Select a free hard disk from the overview. Click on "Mark as spare" on the left side of the window.
Please not the following:
When a hard disk fails and the rebuild process starts, you will see the failed disk with an exclamation point.
This hard disk will first disappear after the rebuild process has been completed.
