Intel® IT/IR RAID Software User's Guide, introduces the features and characteristics of Intel® IT/IR RAID Software, as well as how to use it.
The guide provides an overview of the Intel IT/IR RAID solution, describing its IT and IR modes, supported hardware controllers, and key features such as integrated mirroring, enhanced mirroring, and striping. It also outlines the benefits, including low‑cost RAID creation, boot support, and high reliability.
Detailed chapters cover creating and managing IM, IME, and IS volumes, hardware configuration, operating‑system installation, and using the Intel RAID Web Console 2 for management. Compatibility with various Windows and Linux operating systems is listed, along with warnings about data loss when converting IT‑mode drives to RAID.
| Maximum physical devices in IT mode | 122 |
|---|---|
| Maximum disks per IME or IS volume | 10 |
| Maximum disks per controller | 14 |
| Supported IM mirrored volume size | 2 disks |
| Firmware version required for full disk support | v1.20.00 or above |
Intel IT/IR RAID can be managed on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and 5.0, and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10.
A single Intel IT/IR RAID controller can support up to 14 disks (12 volume disks plus up to 2 hot‑spare disks).
Yes, the system can boot from an IM, IME, or IS volume.
Yes, creating an Intel IT/IR RAID on drives that are in IT (non‑RAID) mode will erase existing data.