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ASROCK Z75 Pro3 Installation And Configuration Manual

ASROCK Z75 Pro3 Installation And Configuration Manual

Guide to sata hard disks installation and raid confi guration
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks
Installation and RAID Confi guration
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ..............................2
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Guide to RAID Confi gurations ...........................................3
2.1
Introduction of RAID .................................................3
2.2
RAID Confi guration Precautions ..............................5
2.3
64-bit With RAID Functions ..........................6
2.4
Setting the BIOS RAID Items ...................................7
2.5
Confi guring the Intel RAID BIOS ..............................7
2.6
Deleting RAID Volumes ..........................................11
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Confi guration Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ......2 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ....2 Guide to RAID Confi gurations ...........3 Introduction of RAID ..........3 RAID Confi guration Precautions ......5 ® Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista Vista...

  • Page 2: Guide To Sata Hard Disks Installation

    Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel Z75 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID confi gurations in this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts.

  • Page 3: Guide To Raid Confi Gurations

    Guide to RAID Confi gurations 2.1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that inte- grates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Se- rial ATA (SATA) channels.
  • Page 4 Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets.

  • Page 5: Raid Confi Guration Precautions

    2.2 RAID Confi gurations Precautions Please use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. It is recommended to use two SATA drives of the same size. If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for each drive.

  • Page 6: Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista

    ® 2.3 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions ® RAID mode is not supported under Windows XP / XP 64-bit. ® If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the procedures below.

  • Page 7: Setting The Bios Raid Items

    2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before setting your RAID confi guration. Boot your system, and press <F2> key to enter BIOS setup utility. Highlight Advanced and press <Enter>, then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear.
  • Page 8 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your RAID volume then press <Enter>. Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level. You may select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 5 or RAID 10 for your RAID level.
  • Page 9 If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press <Enter>. The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage.
  • Page 10 Press <Enter> under the Create Volume item. The utility prompts a confi rmation message as below. Press <Y> to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up.

  • Page 11: Deleting Raid Volumes

    Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under Windows environment to confi gure RAID functions after you install OS.

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