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ASROCK 970 Extreme4 Installation Manual

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1.
AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide ................................................................................ 2
1.1
Introduction to RAID ............................................................................................ 2
1.2
RAID Configurations Precautions ........................................................................... 3
1.3
Funtions .... ........................................................................................................4
1.3.1
Installing Windows
Funtions ........................................ ......................................................... 4
1.3.2
1.4
Create Disk Array ............................................................................................... 7
2.
AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide ........................................................................ 11
2.1
Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software .................................................... 11
2.2
Browser Support ............................................................................................. 11
2.3
Installing RAIDXpert ........................................................................................ 11
2.4
Logging into RAIDXpert .................................................................................... 14
2.5
Regular Connection.......................................................................................... 14
2.6
Secure Connection........................................................................................... 14
Creating a New Logical Drive ............................................................................. 15
2.7
2.8
Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet ........................................................... 18
2.9
Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection ................................................... 18
AMD RAID Installation Guide
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XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions .................. ..................5
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64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
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64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    AMD RAID Installation Guide AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide …………………………………………………………………….. 2 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 ….

  • Page 2: Amd Bios Raid Installation Guide

    AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility under BIOS environment. After you make a SATA3 driver diskette, press <F2> or <Del> to enter BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the “User Manual”...

  • Page 3: Raid Configurations Precautions

    0+1 is a mirror of stripes. The usable capacity of a RAID 0+1 array is (N/2) . Smin, where N is the total number of drives (must be even) in the array and Smin is the capacity of the smallest drive in the array. RAID 5 (Block Striping with Distributed Parity) RAID 5 stripes data and distributes parity information across the physical drives along with the data blocks.

  • Page 4: Installing Windows

    Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.) Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears.

  • Page 5: 64-Bit / Vista

    lose ALL data in it! Start to format and copy files [YN]? Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA3 drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide”...

  • 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 Option ROM Utility can perform these functions: - Monitoring RAID and JBOD status - Viewing physical drive assignments...
  • Page 7 Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to display the Define LD Menu. Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press <Enter> to select it. The Define LD Menu for the logical drive number you selected will next appear. Choose the RAID level you want.
  • Page 8 Choose one of the following actions: Use the full capacity of the disk drives for a single logical drive: Please read “One Logical Drive” below. Split the disk drives among two logical drives: Please read “Two Logical Drives” below. One Logical Drive 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.
  • Page 9 Enter the desired capacity (MB) for the first logical drive and press <Enter>. The Define LD Menu displays again. 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.

  • Page 10: Amd Windows Raid Installation Guide

    AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using RAIDXpert RAID management software under Windows environment. The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SB950 SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory cache management, drive event logging, logical drive maintenance, rebuild, and access to all components in the RAID configuration (server, controller, logical drives, physical drives, and enclosure).
  • Page 11 When the Welcome screen appears, click the Next button. 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.

  • Page 13: Logging Into Raidxpert

    When the Install Complete screen appears, click the Finish button. 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu. Or, log on manually with your browser: Launch the Browser. In the Browser address field, type the entry explained below. If you did not choose the External Security option during RAIDXpert installation, use the Regular connection.

  • 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 In the Select Drive Type screen, click the following option: • Free Drives – Select all Free (unassigned) physical drives The Select Drives screen appears. 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.
  • Page 16 Click the Next button. The Assign a Name screen appears. Enter a name for the logical drive in the field provided. 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.

  • Page 17: Connecting To Raidxpert From The Internet

    Before you can use your new logical drive, you must partition and format the logical drive using your PC’s operating system. 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet The above instructions cover connections between the Host PC and other PCs using RAIDXpert over your company network.

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