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AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide 3 1.1 Introduction to RAID 3 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 4 1.3 Installing Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions ........ 5 1.4 Opening Option ROM 6 1.5 Using the Main Menu 7 1.6 Viewing Drive Assignments 8 1.7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive 9 1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 11 1.9 Deleting a Logical Drive 16 1.10 Viewing Controller Configuration 17 1.11 Responding to Logical Drive Problems 18 1 AMD RAID Installation Guide 1.
AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide 3 1.1 Introduction to RAID 3 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 4 1.3 Installing Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions ........ 5 1.4 Opening Option ROM 6 1.5 Using the Main Menu 7 1.6 Viewing Drive Assignments 8 1.7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive 9 1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 11 1.9 Deleting a Logical Drive 16 1.10 Viewing Controller Configuration 17 1.11 Responding to Logical Drive Problems 18 1 AMD RAID Installation Guide 1.
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AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 19 2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software 19 2.2 Browser Support 19 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert 19 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert 22 2.5 Regular Connection 22 2.6 Secure Connection 22 2.7 Creating a New Logical Drive 23 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 26 2.9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection 26 2 2.
AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 19 2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software 19 2.2 Browser Support 19 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert 19 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert 22 2.5 Regular Connection 22 2.6 Secure Connection 22 2.7 Creating a New Logical Drive 23 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 26 2.9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection 26 2 2.
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For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set of the RAID 0 Disk will direct all applications to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is striped across the physical drives along with Distributed Parity) RAID 5 stripes data and distributes parity information across multiple drives and duplicated on the remaining data and the parity information. The controller combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of data ...
For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set of the RAID 0 Disk will direct all applications to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is striped across the physical drives along with Distributed Parity) RAID 5 stripes data and distributes parity information across multiple drives and duplicated on the remaining data and the parity information. The controller combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of data ...
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Please use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will operate under a clean environment. 4 It is recommended to use two SATA drives of your new RAID array. If you use two new drives if you use an existing drive and a new drive to "Clear Disk Data" or not. WARNING!! It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will be the base storage size for each drive. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the...
Please use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will operate under a clean environment. 4 It is recommended to use two SATA drives of your new RAID array. If you use two new drives if you use an existing drive and a new drive to "Clear Disk Data" or not. WARNING!! It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will be the base storage size for each drive. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the...
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Please refer to [RAID]. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this RAID installation guide for details. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →Storage Configuration. STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to the OS you want to install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your system. 5 A. STEP 3: Install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, ...
Please refer to [RAID]. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this RAID installation guide for details. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →Storage Configuration. STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to the OS you want to install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your system. 5 A. STEP 3: Install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, ...
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An identification number assigned to enter the Utility. For RAID levels 1, 5, and 10, the logical drive contains a failed physical drive. Offline - Device Name - Status - Critical - But the logical drive has lost fault tolerance. The logical drive is fully operational, and no longer operational, meaning you can read and write data to it displays pertinent information about the RAID logical drives that monitors the condition of the AMD motherboard. You must identify and replace the failed physical drive, then rebuild the logical drive using the RAIDXpert software....
An identification number assigned to enter the Utility. For RAID levels 1, 5, and 10, the logical drive contains a failed physical drive. Offline - Device Name - Status - Critical - But the logical drive has lost fault tolerance. The logical drive is fully operational, and no longer operational, meaning you can read and write data to it displays pertinent information about the RAID logical drives that monitors the condition of the AMD motherboard. You must identify and replace the failed physical drive, then rebuild the logical drive using the RAIDXpert software....
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Press 4 to exit the utility and reboot your computer screen, press Ctrl-F to delete a logical drive. Press Esc (Escape) to view the controller configuration. Press 3 to enter the Utility and display the Main Menu. 1.5 Using the Main Menu When the Option ROM displays on your PC. 7 The Main Menu (above) has five options: Press 1 to view physical drive assignments Press 2 to create a logical drive or view information about an existing logical drive.
Press 4 to exit the utility and reboot your computer screen, press Ctrl-F to delete a logical drive. Press Esc (Escape) to view the controller configuration. Press 3 to enter the Utility and display the Main Menu. 1.5 Using the Main Menu When the Option ROM displays on your PC. 7 The Main Menu (above) has five options: Press 1 to view physical drive assignments Press 2 to create a logical drive or view information about an existing logical drive.
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The total number of the physical drive. S.M.A.R.T. Capabilities - Reflects the capacity in a logical drive is connected. LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, physical drive 2. An extent is a portion of ports depends on the motherboard and whether a port multiplier is called an extent. The sum of the two extents is attached. This screen reports physical drive assignments and provides the following information: Port: ID - refers to the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting System that monitors the condition of the physical drive. 8 The Option ROM Utility allows you to which a ...
The total number of the physical drive. S.M.A.R.T. Capabilities - Reflects the capacity in a logical drive is connected. LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, physical drive 2. An extent is a portion of ports depends on the motherboard and whether a port multiplier is called an extent. The sum of the two extents is attached. This screen reports physical drive assignments and provides the following information: Port: ID - refers to the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting System that monitors the condition of the physical drive. 8 The Option ROM Utility allows you to which a ...
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There is finished. Important Once you begin, you use this feature! The settings screen appears. 4. Back up any important data before you cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until the Secure Erase operation is no way to restore your data after a secure erase. The Secure Erase feature overwrites all data on a physical drive. The caution screen appears. 3 Press Y to a logical drive. Do not secure erase a physical drive that belongs to continue. Plan ahead and allow yourself enough time. To secure erase a physical drive: 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 1 to see the View ...
There is finished. Important Once you begin, you use this feature! The settings screen appears. 4. Back up any important data before you cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until the Secure Erase operation is no way to restore your data after a secure erase. The Secure Erase feature overwrites all data on a physical drive. The caution screen appears. 3 Press Y to a logical drive. Do not secure erase a physical drive that belongs to continue. Plan ahead and allow yourself enough time. To secure erase a physical drive: 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 1 to see the View ...
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Depending on the size of the selected physical drive have been overwritten. You cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until all sectors of your physical drive. The confirmation screen displays. 6 Press Ctrl-P to monitor the progress. Watch the screen to secure erase your physical drive, this operation can take some time. Secure Erase runs until the Secure Erase is 55AA (hexadecimal) 5 Press Ctrl-E to continue. ٛ Erase Count. The default is 1. ٛ Erase Pattern The default is done. 10
Depending on the size of the selected physical drive have been overwritten. You cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until all sectors of your physical drive. The confirmation screen displays. 6 Press Ctrl-P to monitor the progress. Watch the screen to secure erase your physical drive, this operation can take some time. Secure Erase runs until the Secure Erase is 55AA (hexadecimal) 5 Press Ctrl-E to continue. ٛ Erase Count. The default is 1. ٛ Erase Pattern The default is done. 10
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1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 2 to the next option. Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to toggle through NA, Read Cache, and Read Ahead. ٛ Write Policy. Choose the RAID Level you want . In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to select it. Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast, Full, and None. ٛ Stripe Block Size. Press the arrow keys to move to display the Define LD Menu. 2. Press the Spacebar to toggle through logical drive types: ٛ RAID 0 (...
1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 2 to the next option. Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to toggle through NA, Read Cache, and Read Ahead. ٛ Write Policy. Choose the RAID Level you want . In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to select it. Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast, Full, and None. ٛ Stripe Block Size. Press the arrow keys to move to display the Define LD Menu. 2. Press the Spacebar to toggle through logical drive types: ٛ RAID 0 (...
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Press any other key to use the default name, such as Logical Drive 1. If you set Fast Initialization, the following actions: Press Ctrl-Y to cancel logical drive creation. You have the option of using all of the physical drive capacity for one of the following actions: ٛ Allocate the full capacity of the following actions: ٛ Press Ctrl-Y to perform the fast initialization. ٛ Press any other key to display a name field. One Logical Drive Continued from Create Logical Drive step 8, above. 12 Type a name in the field and press Enter. This option is not ...
Press any other key to use the default name, such as Logical Drive 1. If you set Fast Initialization, the following actions: Press Ctrl-Y to cancel logical drive creation. You have the option of using all of the physical drive capacity for one of the following actions: ٛ Allocate the full capacity of the following actions: ٛ Press Ctrl-Y to perform the fast initialization. ٛ Press any other key to display a name field. One Logical Drive Continued from Create Logical Drive step 8, above. 12 Type a name in the field and press Enter. This option is not ...
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Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 3 Press Y to select an available logical drive number and press Enter. 13 Two Logical Drives Continued from Create Logical Drive step 8, above. 1 Press Ctrl-Y to allocate a portion of the logical drive for the first logical drive and press Enter. Note You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use the full portion of the physical drives to the first logical drive. 2 Enter the desired capacity in GB for one logical drive. 2 Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. 1 Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use it. The ...
Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 3 Press Y to select an available logical drive number and press Enter. 13 Two Logical Drives Continued from Create Logical Drive step 8, above. 1 Press Ctrl-Y to allocate a portion of the logical drive for the first logical drive and press Enter. Note You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use the full portion of the physical drives to the first logical drive. 2 Enter the desired capacity in GB for one logical drive. 2 Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. 1 Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use it. The ...
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In this example, observe how each of the physical drives in Ports 1and 2 are divided into LD 1 and LD 2. Under Assignment, the physical drives are split between two logical drives. Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 7 Press Y to logical drive 2 (LD 2). You have not yet been assigned to a logical drive, so they show the original capacity. 5 Press Ctrl-Y to save your new logical drive before you create two logical drives from the same set of their original capacity belongs to logical drive 1 (LD 1). Extent 2 belongs to restart the computer. For example, LD 1-1 means logical ...
In this example, observe how each of the physical drives in Ports 1and 2 are divided into LD 1 and LD 2. Under Assignment, the physical drives are split between two logical drives. Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 7 Press Y to logical drive 2 (LD 2). You have not yet been assigned to a logical drive, so they show the original capacity. 5 Press Ctrl-Y to save your new logical drive before you create two logical drives from the same set of their original capacity belongs to logical drive 1 (LD 1). Extent 2 belongs to restart the computer. For example, LD 1-1 means logical ...
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You can use an unassigned physical drive to create a new logical drive. 15 Unassigned physical drives are labeled Single Disk. Note that the combined size of the extents is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the physical drive.
You can use an unassigned physical drive to create a new logical drive. 15 Unassigned physical drives are labeled Single Disk. Note that the combined size of the extents is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the physical drive.
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Be sure to confirm and complete logical drive deletion. The Delete LD Menu for the selected logical drive appears. 3 Press Ctrl-Y to back up any important data before you delete all data on it, you wish to delete and press the Del key or Alt-D. Press Esc to return to the Delete LD Menu. The screen returns to the Main Menu. 16 Note If you create a logical drive and install the OS on the logical drive. To delete a logical drive: 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 3 to display the Delete LD Menu. 2 Highlight the logical drive you cannot delete that logical drive. 1.9 Deleting a...
Be sure to confirm and complete logical drive deletion. The Delete LD Menu for the selected logical drive appears. 3 Press Ctrl-Y to back up any important data before you delete all data on it, you wish to delete and press the Del key or Alt-D. Press Esc to return to the Delete LD Menu. The screen returns to the Main Menu. 16 Note If you create a logical drive and install the OS on the logical drive. To delete a logical drive: 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 3 to display the Delete LD Menu. 2 Highlight the logical drive you cannot delete that logical drive. 1.9 Deleting a...
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The Controller Configuration Options screen provides diagnostic information that might be helpful for troubleshooting purposes: The system IRQ used by the RAID controller Base Address 17 1.10 Viewing Controller Configuration From the Main Menu screen, press 4 to display the Controller Configuration Options screen.
The Controller Configuration Options screen provides diagnostic information that might be helpful for troubleshooting purposes: The system IRQ used by the RAID controller Base Address 17 1.10 Viewing Controller Configuration From the Main Menu screen, press 4 to display the Controller Configuration Options screen.
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Fault-tolerant (RAID 1, 5, and 10) logical drives go Offline when a physical drive fails. See the RAIDXpert User Manual for more information. 18 1.11 Responding to rebuild your system, the Option ROM screen informs you if there is a critical or offline logical drive. Allow your PC to finish booting and use RAIDXpert to identify the failed drive and to Logical Problems While physical drives are highly reliable, on occasion a physical drive can fail. Non-fault-tolerant (RAID 0 and JBOD) logical drives go Critical when a physical drive fails. When you boot your logical drive. A ...
Fault-tolerant (RAID 1, 5, and 10) logical drives go Offline when a physical drive fails. See the RAIDXpert User Manual for more information. 18 1.11 Responding to rebuild your system, the Option ROM screen informs you if there is a critical or offline logical drive. Allow your PC to finish booting and use RAIDXpert to identify the failed drive and to Logical Problems While physical drives are highly reliable, on occasion a physical drive can fail. Non-fault-tolerant (RAID 0 and JBOD) logical drives go Critical when a physical drive fails. When you boot your logical drive. A ...
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RAIDXpert is an instruction for you do not have one of the browsers listed above browsers, install the browser first and make it the default browser. RAIDXpert uses this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions. 2.1 Components of all components in order to access RAIDXpert over the network. 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert Follow these steps to work with the AMD Controller, where you install RAIDXpert, you are not supported. You must have one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Suite 1.7, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or ...
RAIDXpert is an instruction for you do not have one of the browsers listed above browsers, install the browser first and make it the default browser. RAIDXpert uses this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions. 2.1 Components of all components in order to access RAIDXpert over the network. 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert Follow these steps to work with the AMD Controller, where you install RAIDXpert, you are not supported. You must have one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Suite 1.7, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or ...
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When the Welcome screen appears, click the Next button. 8. When the License Agreement screen appears, click the "I do not accept the terms of the license agreement" option to continue. Then click the Next button to proceed with installation. When the Choose Install Folder screen appears, make your selection of a folder for the RAIDXpert applications you leave the "I accept the terms of the license" option selected, the installation will quit when you click Next. 9. For example, the Windows default folder is: C:\Program Files\AMD\RAIDXpert 20 7. Note: If you are installing.
When the Welcome screen appears, click the Next button. 8. When the License Agreement screen appears, click the "I do not accept the terms of the license agreement" option to continue. Then click the Next button to proceed with installation. When the Choose Install Folder screen appears, make your selection of a folder for the RAIDXpert applications you leave the "I accept the terms of the license" option selected, the installation will quit when you click Next. 9. For example, the Windows default folder is: C:\Program Files\AMD\RAIDXpert 20 7. Note: If you are installing.