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AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide ................................................................................ 2
1.1
Introduction to RAID ............................................................................................ 2
1.2
RAID Configurations Precautions ........................................................................... 3
1.3
1.3.1
Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions ........................................ 3
1.3.2
Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Funtions .................. 4
1.4
Create Disk Array ............................................................................................... 5
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AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide ........................................................................ 10
2.1
Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software .................................................... 10
2.2
Browser Support ............................................................................................. 10
2.3
Installing RAIDXpert ........................................................................................ 10
2.4
Logging into RAIDXpert .................................................................................... 13
2.5
Regular Connection.......................................................................................... 13
2.6
Secure Connection........................................................................................... 13
2.7
Creating a New Logical Drive ............................................................................. 14
2.8
Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet ........................................................... 17
2.9
Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection ................................................... 17
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Introduction to RAID ……………………………………………………………………………….. 2 RAID Configurations Precautions ………………………………………………………………… 3 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions …. 3 1.3.1 Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions …………………………………. 3 1.3.2... -
Page 2: Amd Raid Installation Guide
RAID 0 is called data striping that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. It will improve data access and storage since it will double the data transfer rate of a single disk alone while the two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. -
Page 3: Raid Configurations Precautions
60GB, and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set is 120GB. You may use two new drives, or use an existing drive and a new drive to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for data protection (the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. -
Page 4: Installing Windows Xp / Xp 64-Bit With Raid Funtions
Functions If you want to install Windows7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. -
Page 5: Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista / Vista 64-Bit With Raid Funtions
1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. -
Page 6: Create Disk Array
1.4 Create Disk Array Power on your system. If this is the first time you have booted with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard RAID Option ROM Utility will display the following screen. The RAID Option ROM includes a Utility with tools to set up your physical drives as RAID logical drives. The RAID... - Page 7 RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID Ready, JBOD and RAID 10. WARNING!! While you are allowed to use any available RAID level for your bootable logical drive, it is recommended to use RAID 1 for most applications.
- Page 8 After selecting the logical drive in Disk Assignments as the above-mentioned procedures, press any key (except for <Ctrl-Y>) to use the full portion of the logical drive for one logical drive. Then please follow the steps below: Press <Esc> to exit to the Main Menu.
- Page 9 Press the up and down arrow keys to select an available logical drive number and press <Enter>. Choose the RAID level and options for the second logical drive. Note that the disk drives in Channels 1 and 2 reflect smaller capacities because a portion of their capacity belongs to the first logical drive. In this example the disk drives in Channels 3 and 4 are not assigned to a logical drive.
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Page 10: Amd Windows Raid Installation Guide
Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Suite 1.7, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or Netscape Navigator 7.1. If you do not have one of the above browsers, install the browser first and make it the default browser. Then install RAIDXpert. You must use one of the browsers listed above on your networked PC in order to access RAIDXpert over the network. - Page 11 When the License Agreement screen appears, click the “I accept the terms of the license agreement” option to proceed with installation. Then click the Next button to continue. Note: If you leave the “I do not accept the terms of the license” option selected, the installation will quit when you click Next.
- Page 12 When the Choose Install Folder screen appears, make your selection of a folder for the RAIDXpert applications you are installing. For example, the Windows default folder is: C:\Program Files\AMD\RAIDXpert If you want a different folder, type its location or click the Choose... button and select a new location. Click the Next button when you are finished.
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Page 13: Logging Into Raidxpert
• Enter the Host PC’s IP address ... .127.0.0.1 or localhost • Enter the Port number ......:25902 •... -
Page 14: Creating A New Logical Drive
• Enter the Host PC’s IP address ... .127.0.0.1 or localhost • Enter the Port number ....... :8443 •... - Page 15 Click the Next button. If you want to split the capacity of your physical drives between two logical drives, enter the capacity for the first logical drive in the Logical Drive Size field. Or, to use the maximum capacity of the physical drives, check the Use Maximum Capacity box.
- Page 16 Click the Next button. The Final Settings screen appears. RAID 0, 5, and 10. Choose a Stripe Block Size from the dropdown menu. The choices are 64 and 128 KB. The Write Cache policy is None. You cannot change this setting.
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Page 17: Connecting To Raidxpert From The Internet
Host PC using its IP address. Please note that only the Host PC can read and write data to the logical drives. However, other PCs can monitor the Host PC from virtually any location.
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