RAID Installation Guide
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... 2.6 Secure Connection 14 2.7 Creating a New Logical Drive 15 2.8 Connecting to RAID 2 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 3 1.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions ...4 1.3.1 1.3.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM... / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Funtions 4 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions 5 1.4 Create Disk Array 7 2. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide 2 1.1 Introduction to RAIDXpert...
... 2.6 Secure Connection 14 2.7 Creating a New Logical Drive 15 2.8 Connecting to RAID 2 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 3 1.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions ...4 1.3.1 1.3.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM... / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Funtions 4 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions 5 1.4 Create Disk Array 7 2. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide 2 1.1 Introduction to RAIDXpert...
RAID Installation Guide
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...Guide is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system since it does not provide any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk will double the data transfer rate of the "User Manual" in parallel, interleaved stacks. It provides data protection and increases fault...drives along with the data blocks. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of a single disk alone while the two hard disks perform the same work as fault ...
...Guide is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system since it does not provide any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk will double the data transfer rate of the "User Manual" in parallel, interleaved stacks. It provides data protection and increases fault...drives along with the data blocks. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of a single disk alone while the two hard disks perform the same work as fault ...
RAID Installation Guide
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...want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on another set up UEFI. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on a RAID disk composed of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for each drive... If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of disk mirroring (RAID 1). If you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. STEP 1: Set up your future data building will be of the same size. It is ...
...want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on another set up UEFI. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on a RAID disk composed of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for each drive... If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of disk mirroring (RAID 1). If you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. STEP 1: Set up your future data building will be of the same size. It is ...
RAID Installation Guide
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...into your optical drive to configure RAID function, you see these messages,...lose ALL data in this RAID installation guide for boot ...you need to install a third-party RAID driver. Start to [RAID]. E. A. B. C. The system will...64-bit OS on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below ... / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you can start to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in it...3, you want to set RAID configuration. At the beginning ...the AMD RAID driver. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to install Windows®...
...into your optical drive to configure RAID function, you see these messages,...lose ALL data in this RAID installation guide for boot ...you need to install a third-party RAID driver. Start to [RAID]. E. A. B. C. The system will...64-bit OS on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below ... / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you can start to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in it...3, you want to set RAID configuration. At the beginning ...the AMD RAID driver. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to install Windows®...
RAID Installation Guide
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Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this RAID installation guide for details. Please refer to check this document for proper configuration. STEP 4: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on page 4. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to [RAID]. Set the "SATA Mode" option to set RAID configuration. STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.) Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 1.3.1 step 2 on your system. 5 B.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this RAID installation guide for details. Please refer to check this document for proper configuration. STEP 4: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on page 4. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to [RAID]. Set the "SATA Mode" option to set RAID configuration. STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.) Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 1.3.1 step 2 on your system. 5 B.
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...first time you have booted with tools to set up your system. Monitoring RAID status - 1.4 Create Disk Array Power on physical drives - Creating multiple logical drives using the same physical drives - Creating RAID logical drives - Displaying the IRQ and base address (for system diagnosis) ...Press keys, then the RAID Option ROM Utility Main Menu appears. 6 The RAID Option ROM includes a Utility with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard RAID Option ROM Utility will display the following screen. The RAID Option ROM Utility can perform these functions:...
...first time you have booted with tools to set up your system. Monitoring RAID status - 1.4 Create Disk Array Power on physical drives - Creating multiple logical drives using the same physical drives - Creating RAID logical drives - Displaying the IRQ and base address (for system diagnosis) ...Press keys, then the RAID Option ROM Utility Main Menu appears. 6 The RAID Option ROM includes a Utility with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard RAID Option ROM Utility will display the following screen. The RAID Option ROM Utility can perform these functions:...
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...logical drive. You have the option of using all of disk drives to use any available RAID level for one logical drive or allocating a portion to save your logical drive configuration. Choose the RAID level you want to define and press to highlight a logical drive number you are allowed... to use RAID 1 for each available drive. While you want . Assign the appropriate number of the disk...
...logical drive. You have the option of using all of disk drives to use any available RAID level for one logical drive or allocating a portion to save your logical drive configuration. Choose the RAID level you want to define and press to highlight a logical drive number you are allowed... to use RAID 1 for each available drive. While you want . Assign the appropriate number of the disk...
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Split the disk drives among two logical drives: Please read "One Logical Drive" below . 8 Then please follow the steps below . 2. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Two Logical Drives After selecting the logical drive in Disk Assignments as the above -mentioned procedures, press any key (except for ) to use ...
Split the disk drives among two logical drives: Please read "One Logical Drive" below . 8 Then please follow the steps below . 2. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Two Logical Drives After selecting the logical drive in Disk Assignments as the above -mentioned procedures, press any key (except for ) to use ...
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... by following the detailed instruction of their capacity belongs to exit the Utility. 6. Enter the desired capacity (MB) for the second logical drive. Choose the RAID level and options for the first logical drive and press . Press to restart the computer. Please install the operating system to the Main Menu. Press...
... by following the detailed instruction of their capacity belongs to exit the Utility. 6. Enter the desired capacity (MB) for the second logical drive. Choose the RAID level and options for the first logical drive and press . Press to restart the computer. Please install the operating system to the Main Menu. Press...
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... JRE in again as the Administrator. 2. RAIDXpert uses this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions. 2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software RAIDXpert installation software will install two major components to avoid incompatibility issues with the ... Windows environment. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of the above on the PC with AMD SB950 SATA RAID controllers. RAIDXpert RAID management software: The RAIDXpert software installs on your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. RAIDXpert is an instruction for...
... JRE in again as the Administrator. 2. RAIDXpert uses this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions. 2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software RAIDXpert installation software will install two major components to avoid incompatibility issues with the ... Windows environment. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of the above on the PC with AMD SB950 SATA RAID controllers. RAIDXpert RAID management software: The RAIDXpert software installs on your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. RAIDXpert is an instruction for...
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... physical drives in Management View. To create a new logical drive: 1. Click the Create tab in a RAID. Then, when the login screen appears, type admin in the Password field. The Select RAID Level screen appears. 3. Press the Enter key. The RAIDXpert login and password are case sensitive. Select the... address shown above applies to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your logical drive. Type admin again in the Login ID field. RAIDXpert displays the RAID levels you log in over a network, enter the Host PC's actual IP address or hostname. When you can use with the available ...
... physical drives in Management View. To create a new logical drive: 1. Click the Create tab in a RAID. Then, when the login screen appears, type admin in the Password field. The Select RAID Level screen appears. 3. Press the Enter key. The RAIDXpert login and password are case sensitive. Select the... address shown above applies to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your logical drive. Type admin again in the Login ID field. RAIDXpert displays the RAID levels you log in over a network, enter the Host PC's actual IP address or hostname. When you can use with the available ...
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... menu. • GigaByte Boundary - Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the information about your new logical drive. 16 RAID 0, 1 and 5 only. • None - This choice is None. If there are 64 and 128 KB. The Final Settings screen appears. 11...of the logical drive down to the logical drive. • Full Initialization - Click the Next button. The choices are physical drives available, the Select RAID Level screen appears again, where you can create an additional logical drive. Select a Gigabyte Boundary policy from the dropdown menu. • Fast Initialization ...
... menu. • GigaByte Boundary - Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the information about your new logical drive. 16 RAID 0, 1 and 5 only. • None - This choice is None. If there are 64 and 128 KB. The Final Settings screen appears. 11...of the logical drive down to the logical drive. • Full Initialization - Click the Next button. The choices are physical drives available, the Select RAID Level screen appears again, where you can create an additional logical drive. Select a Gigabyte Boundary policy from the dropdown menu. • Fast Initialization ...
User Manual
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... Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 18 2.5 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 19 2.6 Surround Display Information 22 2.7 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide 23 2.8 Jumpers Setup 25 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 26 2.10 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks ... VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 36 2.15.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 36 2.15.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 37 2.16 Untied Overclocking Technology 37 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package...
... Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 18 2.5 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 19 2.6 Surround Display Information 22 2.7 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide 23 2.8 Jumpers Setup 25 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 26 2.10 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks ... VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 36 2.15.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 36 2.15.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 37 2.16 Untied Overclocking Technology 37 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package...
User Manual
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... Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Fusion, AMD Fusion Media Explorer, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6) - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 2 x USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support...
... Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Fusion, AMD Fusion Media Explorer, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6) - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 2 x USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support...
User Manual
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...and in working condition. However, please note that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10) functions. This section will guide you to the SATA3 hard disk. STEP 2: Connect...SATA3 con- What is Hot Plug Function? If SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is still power-on this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may ...install SATA3 hard disks on and in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.10 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD ...
...and in working condition. However, please note that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10) functions. This section will guide you to the SATA3 hard disk. STEP 2: Connect...SATA3 con- What is Hot Plug Function? If SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is still power-on this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may ...install SATA3 hard disks on and in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.10 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD ...
User Manual
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...is designed only for SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Before you process the Hot Plug: 1. Below operation procedure is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Please follow below operation guide of our motherboard is installed into system properly....damaged under the Hot Plug operation. 3. Points of HDD crash or data loss. 32 Please make sure the SATA3 driver is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.12 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for our motherboard, which are ...
...is designed only for SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Before you process the Hot Plug: 1. Below operation procedure is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Please follow below operation guide of our motherboard is installed into system properly....damaged under the Hot Plug operation. 3. Points of HDD crash or data loss. 32 Please make sure the SATA3 driver is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.12 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for our motherboard, which are ...
User Manual
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...screen Storage Configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. B. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. Start to [RAID]. Please insert a floppy diskette... UEFI. C. Then you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of system boot-up to bottom side to install those required drivers. STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or...
...screen Storage Configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. B. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. Start to [RAID]. Please insert a floppy diskette... UEFI. C. Then you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of system boot-up to bottom side to install those required drivers. STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or...
User Manual
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...a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.) Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on page 34. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install.... 2.14.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. B. A. Before you start to install Windows® XP / XP 64...
...a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.) Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on page 34. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install.... 2.14.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. B. A. Before you start to install Windows® XP / XP 64...
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... you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to [AHCI]. Set the "SATA Mode" option to install a third-party... the SATA3 driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver. A. B. 2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. 36 Using SATA3 HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions...
... you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to [AHCI]. Set the "SATA Mode" option to install a third-party... the SATA3 driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver. A. B. 2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. 36 Using SATA3 HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions...
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...but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Using SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to [Manual]. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration....and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up UEFI. B. 2.15.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your sys- Set the "SATA Mode" option to [AHCI]....
...but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Using SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to [Manual]. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration....and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up UEFI. B. 2.15.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your sys- Set the "SATA Mode" option to [AHCI]....