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Advanced host controller interface (ahci) and redundant array of independent disks (raid) using intel matrix storage manager
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Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and Redundant
Array of Independent Disks (RAID) on HP Compaq dc7800
Business PCs
Using Intel Matrix Storage Manager
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Basics of AHCI and RAID Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Single Drive AHCI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Basic RAID Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
RAID 0 with two hard drives (Striped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
RAID 1 with two hard drives (Mirror) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
RAID 5 with three hard drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Intel Matrix Storage Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Recommended configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HP Backup and Recovery interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Other supported configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Unsupported configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Configuring RAID on non-factory preinstalled configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Enabling RAID through F10 System BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Configuring RAID Option ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring RAID Volume using the Option ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Notes for operating system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intel Matrix Storage Manager software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Console Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Intel Matrix Storage Console interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) on HP Compaq dc7800 Business PCs Using Intel Matrix Storage Manager Introduction ............3 Basics of AHCI and RAID Technology .
  • Page 2 RAID migrations ............20 Migration to RAID 1 from two non-RAID hard drives using Intel Matrix Storage Console .

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) functionality provides customer benefits such as NCQ, which is intended to increase the performance of the hard disk drive. HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC products provide support for AHCI in single and multiple drive configurations.

  • Page 4: Single Drive Ahci Configuration

    To take advantage of single drive AHCI support, a change is required in F10 setup. To run a single drive configuration on HP Compaq dc7800 Business PCs in AHCI mode: Turn on or restart the computer by clicking Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer.

  • Page 5: Basic Raid Types

    Basic RAID Types This section provides a brief explanation of the supported RAID configurations for HP Compaq dc7800 Busi- ness PCs RAID 0 with two hard drives (Striped) Even though HP supports RAID 0, it is not the recommended configuration for business PC users. Lack of...
  • Page 6 Performance - RAID 0 with two hard drives At a higher reliability cost with faster performance, the HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC Convertible Minitower also allows for RAID 0 with three hard drives. RAID 0 with two or three hard drives is a sup- ported configuration.

  • Page 7: Raid 1 With Two Hard Drives (Mirror)

    Because it is a very cost-effective way to increase system storage reliability and a great value proposition, RAID 1 is the only RAID configuration that HP preconfigures for HP Compaq dc7800 Business PCs. RAID 1 provides high availability with minimal performance impact, as well as greater reliability compared to a single hard drive configuration.

  • Page 8: Raid 5 With Three Hard Drives

    Figure 3 Reliability: RAID 1 - Mirroring RAID 5 with three hard drives RAID 5 has been used in servers for many years and is one of the most common types of RAID. RAID 5 uses striping with parity data in distributed blocks across all member disks. Therefore, the mass storage controller can simultaneously write new information to two hard drives and parity information to the third hard drive, so if one hard drive fails, the RAID controller can rebuild all the information after the volume degradation occurred.
  • Page 9 Table 4 RAID 5 with 3 hard drives (Parity) First Disk Second Disk Third Disk Data Segment 1 Data Segment 2 Parity for 1 and 2 Data Segment 3 Parity for 3 and 4 Data Segment 4 Parity for 5 and 6 Data Segment 5 Data Segment 6 Data Segment 7...

  • Page 10: Intel Matrix Storage Technology

    Matrix RAID combining reliability and performance with the same two hard drives Using Intel Matrix Storage technology, you can configure the HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC Convert- ible Minitower with two RAID volumes using three hard drives - a RAID 0 volume for ultimate perfor-...

  • Page 11: Configurations

    Matrix RAID combining reliability and performance with same three hard drives Configurations Recommended configurations HP recommends factory configurations of the preinstalled RAID offerings for HP Compaq dc7800 Busi- ness PCs. The preinstalled RAID offering is a RAID 1 volume of two identical SATA hard drives with the following customer choices: •...
  • Page 12 Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID software support for Microsoft Vista will be available at a later date. HP Compaq dc7800 Business PCs are based on the Intel Q35/ICH9-DO RAID chipset, which is a com- bined hardware and software RAID solution. The Intel ICH9-DO SATA mass storage controller allows all drives to operate in IDE or RAID SATA modes.

  • Page 13: Hp Backup And Recovery Interactions

    NOTES: The following notes are important for RAID configuration: • RAID 1 is the only RAID configuration that HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC products offer as factory configurations. • The preconfigured systems: - Are complete RAID systems. - Have both drives installed.

  • Page 14: Configuring Raid On Non-Factory Preinstalled Configurations

    • Different cache size • RAID combinations of hard drives with any operating system other than Microsoft XP Pro (SP2) using Microsoft’s IDE driver stack based on ATAPI.SYS Configuring RAID on non-factory preinstalled configurations The remaining sections of this white paper describe steps to set up supported RAID configurations where customers have not purchased factory preinstalled RAID configurations.

  • Page 15: Configuring Raid Option Rom

    CAUTION: Do NOT turn the computer power off while the ROM is saving the F10 Computer Setup changes as the CMOS could become corrupted. Only turn the computer off after exiting the F10 Setup screen. Configuring RAID Option ROM You can only access Computer Setup at system startup. To access the Computer Setup Utilities menu and enable RAID: Turn on or restart the computer by clicking Start >...

  • Page 16: Configuring Raid Volume Using The Option Rom

    Configuring RAID Volume using the Option ROM Once you are in the Option ROM, if there are no previous RAID member hard drives, press Ctrl + I to enter the RAID configuration utility.
  • Page 17 With Create RAID Volume selected, press Enter to access the Create Volume screen. Select or enter the desired RAID Level. Use the information on the bottom half of the screen if neces- sary.

  • Page 18: Notes For Operating System Installation

    Use the arrow keys to scroll to Create Volume, and press Enter. The following screen appears. CAUTION: All data on the selected disk will be deleted. Notes for operating system installation • After creating a RAID disk volume in the option ROM, you can install the operating system. •...

  • Page 19: Intel Matrix Storage Manager Software Installation

    The configuration steps are for application usage and supported RAID migrations. Console Software Installation The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Software is preloaded in all HP Compaq dc7800 Business desktops at “C:\Intel\Intel MSM”. To execute the software, run the setup.exe file. You can also get this software from the HP and Intel Web sites.

  • Page 20: Using The Intel Matrix Storage Console Interface

    Migration to RAID 1 from two non-RAID hard drives using Intel Matrix Stor- age Console NOTE: HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC products only support RAID based on two identical SATA hard drives in either RAID 0 or RAID 1 or Matrix Mode of RAID 0 and RAID 1.
  • Page 21 Open the Intel Matrix Storage Console and in the left pane select either Protect data from a hard drive failure with RAID 1 or Improve storage performance with RAID 0. In the right pane, select Protect data from a hard drive failure with RAID 1. Click Create a RAID 1 volume to open a verification window.

  • Page 22: Degradation

    Degradation In the unlikely event that one of your hard drives malfunctions, you will be notified with the following mes- sage: Run the Intel Matrix Storage Console application on the system experiencing a degradation to iden- tify the hard drive that failed and to which port it is connected. After identifying the hard drive, close all applications, shut down the operating system, power down the unit, unplug the power cord, and replace the defective hard drive.

  • Page 23: Migration To Raid 0 From Two Non-Raid Hard Drives Using Intel Matrix Storage Console

    Migration to RAID 0 from two non-RAID hard drives using Intel Matrix Stor- age Console NOTE: HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC products only support RAID based on two identical SATA hard drives in either RAID 0 or RAID 1 or Matrix Mode of RAID 0 and RAID 1.

  • Page 24: Migration To Raid 0 From Three Non-Raid Hard Drives Using Intel Matrix Storage Console

    NOTE: Back up all data before proceeding. NOTE: HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC products only support RAID based on three identical SATA hard drives RAID in either RAID 0 or RAID 5 or Matrix Mode of RAID 0 and RAID 5.
  • Page 25 Click Next. Type the RAID Volume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 only), and select the Strip Size. NOTE: HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this case 128KB). There is a performance relation between the type of data and the strip sizes.
  • Page 26 Click Next to display the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume. Select all three hard drives (Port 0, Port 1, and Port 2), and then click the right arrow to place them in the Selected box. Click Next.
  • Page 27 Select all hard drive members of the RAID volume, and then click the right arrow to place all three hard drives in the Selected box. Click Next. Complete the volume size selection screen, and then click Next. NOTE: If users consume all available storage for this RAID volume, there will be no space to create another RAID volume for this hard drive, thereby not allowing for Matrix mode RAID.

  • Page 28: Migration To Raid 5 From Three Non-Raid Hard Drives Using Intel Matrix Storage Console

    NOTE: Back up all data before proceeding. NOTE: HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC products only support RAID based on three identical SATA hard drives in either RAID 5 or RAID 0 or Matrix Mode of RAID 0 and RAID 5.
  • Page 29 Click Actions/Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to open a verification win- dow. Click Next. Type the RAID Volume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 only), and select the Strip Size. NOTE: HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this case 64KB).
  • Page 30 Click Next to see the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume. Select all three hard drives (Port 0, Port ,1 and Port 2), and then click on the arrow to move them to the Selected window. Click Next.
  • Page 31 After the selection of the all hard drive members of the RAID volume, complete the volume size selec- tion screen, and then click Next. NOTE: If users consume all available storage for this RAID volume, there will be no space to create another RAID volume for this hard drive, thereby not allowing for Matrix mode RAID.

  • Page 32: Migration To Matrix Raid 5 And Raid 0 From Three Non-Raid Hard Drives Using Intel Matrix Storage Console

    NOTE: Back up all data before proceeding. NOTE: HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC products only support RAID based on three identical SATA hard drives in either RAID 5 or RAID 0 or Matrix Mode of RAID 0 and RAID 5.
  • Page 33 Click Actions/Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to open a verification win- dow. Click Next. Type the RAID Volume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 only), and select the Strip Size. NOTE: HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this case 128KB).
  • Page 34 Click Next to see the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume. Select all three hard drives (Port 0, Port ,1 and Port 2), and then click on the arrow to move them to the Selected window. Click Next.
  • Page 35 After the selection of the all hard drive members of the RAID volume, complete the volume size selec- tion screen, and then click Next. NOTE: If users consume all available storage for this RAID volume, there will be no space to create another RAID volume for this hard drive, thereby not allowing for Matrix mode RAID.
  • Page 36 Click Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours. Reboot the system after the migration finishes. NOTE: Back up all data before proceeding. After the first RAID volume has been created, create the second RAID volume by opening the Intel Matrix Storage Console, clicking View>Advanced Mode, and then clicking Actions/Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive.
  • Page 37 Click Next. Use the same values you entered in the previous RAID volume confirmation and type the RAID Vol- ume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 only), and select the Strip Size. NOTE: HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this case 64KB).
  • Page 38 Because this is the second volume for this set of hard drives, select the existing name in the Avail- able box (Array 0000), and then click the right arrow to move this array into the Selected box. Click Next. The Specify Volume Size screen is grayed out because the second volume of this matrix mode takes the remaining space.
  • Page 39 Select Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours. The following screen appears.
  • Page 40 Reboot the system after the migration finishes. After the second reboot and both migrations are complete, you can see the state of the Matrix mode cre- ated by opening the Intel Matrix Storage Console and clicking View>Advanced Mode. The matrix mode of three hard drives is illustrated in the following image.

  • Page 41: Migration To Raid Matrix Mode (0 + 1) From Two Non-Raid Hard Drives Using Matrix Storage Console

    Migration to RAID Matrix Mode (0 + 1) from two non-RAID hard drives using Matrix Storage Console The migration process for two hard drives to RAID Matrix Mode (0 + 1) is very similar to the process described in the section about migration of three hard drives to matrix mode RAID (0 + 5). The difference in the process is selecting two hard drives as part of the volume created and selecting RAID 5 instead of RAID 1.

  • Page 42: Language Support Table

    Language support table Arabic (Saudi Arabia) (0401) Chinese (Simplified) (0804) Chinese (Traditional) (0404) Czech (0005) Danish (0006) Dutch (0013) English (United States) (0009) Finnish (000B) French (International) (040C) German (0007) Greek (0008) Hebrew (040D) Hungarian (000E) Italian (0010) Japanese (0011) Korean (0012) Norwegian...

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