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AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide ................................................................................ 2
1.1
Introduction to RAID ............................................................................................ 2
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RAID Configurations Precautions ........................................................................... 3
1.3
RAID Functions ...................................................................................................4
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Installing Windows
1.3.2
Installing Windows
1.3.3
1.4
Create Disk Array ............................................................................................. .10
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AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide ...........................................................................14
2.1
Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software .................................................... 14
2.2
Browser Support ............................................................................................. 14
2.3
Installing RAIDXpert ........................................................................................ 14
2.4
Logging into RAIDXpert .................................................................................... 17
2.5
Regular Connection.......................................................................................... 17
2.6
Secure Connection........................................................................................... 17
2.7
Creating a New Logical Drive ............................................................................. 18
2.8
Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet ........................................................... 21
2.9
Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection ................................................... 21
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Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB .......................................................................23
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Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode.....................................................24
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8 / 8 64-bit With RAID Funtions ........................................... .4
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XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions .................. .................. ..8
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64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With
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64-bit With RAID Funtions .............8
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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 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions .……………………………………………………………………………………..4 ®... -
Page 2: Amd 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 SATA 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 10 (Stripe Mirroring) RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques, resulting in a RAID 10 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. The controller combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of disk mirroring (RAID 1).
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Page 4: Raid Configurations Precautions
1.2 RAID Configurations 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 5: Installing Windows ® 8 / 8 64-Bit / 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista
® 1.3 Installing Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions ® If you want to install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you... - Page 6 At the Shell> prompt, enter the command “drvcfg” and click [Enter]. When the following screen appears, enter “dh [Drv number]” and click [Enter]. Enter “drvcfg(space)-s(space)[Drv number](space)[Ctrl number]” and click [Enter] to access RAID Utility. Enter [Logical Drive Main Menu] to set up RAID Drive.
- Page 7 Choose [Logical Drive Create Menu] to create a RAID Drive. Choose [Usable Physical Drive List] and select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Click [Space] on keyboard to toggle checkbox. Then choose [Basic Setting].
- Page 8 Select your desired RAID Level in “Raid Mode” and enter a volume name in “Ld name”. Click [Enter] to confirm the selection. Choose [Ld Size setting] and click [Enter] three times. Click [Esc] to return to the previous page and choose [Logical Drive List Menu] to check the logical drive list. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY →...
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Page 9: 64-Bit / Vista
STEP 2: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. (Please use an USB floppy or a 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 10 Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive. WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will 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 SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide”...
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Page 11: 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 status - Viewing physical drive assignments... - Page 12 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 13 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 14 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.
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Page 15: 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 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 16 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 17 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 18: 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 19: Creating A New Logical Drive
• Enter the Host PC’s IP address ... .127.0.0.1 or localhost • Enter the Port number ....... :8443 •... - Page 20 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 21 Click the Next button. The Final Settings screen appears. RAID 0 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. RAID 0 and 1.
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Page 22: 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. -
Page 23: Installing Os On A Hdd Larger Than 2Tb
Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB ® This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. Please make sure to use Windows ®... -
Page 24: Installing Os On A Hdd Larger Than 2Tb In Raid Mode
Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode ® This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. Please make sure to use Windows ®... - Page 25 And then key in drvcfg –s [Drv number] [Ctrl number] to enter Raid Utility. For example: key in drvcfg –s 4E B5. Choose Logical Drive Main Menu to set up Raid Drive. Choose Logical Drive Create Menu to create a Raid Drive. Choose Usable Physical Drive List to select Raid HDD.
- Page 26 Press Space on keyboard to toggle checkbox. Choose Ld Size setting, and key in the Raid size. After set up Raid size, please click Start to Create. Press <F10> to exit Utility. During reboot, please press <F11> to enter Boot Menu. Choose UEFI: SCSI CD/DVD Drive.
- Page 27 ® * This option only shows on Windows 8 64-bit, 7 64-bit and Vista 64-bit OS. ® Follow Windows Installation Guide to install OS. ® If you install Windows 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit / Vista 64-bit in a large hard disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take ®...
- Page 28 B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applications>Services”; Then double click “Volume Shadow Copy”.
- Page 29 c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”.
- Page 30 C. Reboot your system. D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. ® Windows 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit: A. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 thru this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ ® B. After installing Windows 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take long time;...