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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 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP With RAID Functions 5 1.3.1 Installing Windows XP With RAID Funtions 5 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Funtions 6 1.4 Opening Option ROM 7 1.5 Using the Main Menu 8 1.6 Viewing Drive Assignments 9 1.7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive 10 1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 12 1.9 Deleting a Logical Drive 17 1.10 Viewing Controller Configuration 18 1.11 ...
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 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP With RAID Functions 5 1.3.1 Installing Windows XP With RAID Funtions 5 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Funtions 6 1.4 Opening Option ROM 7 1.5 Using the Main Menu 8 1.6 Viewing Drive Assignments 9 1.7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive 10 1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 12 1.9 Deleting a Logical Drive 17 1.10 Viewing Controller Configuration 18 1.11 ...
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AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 20 2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software 20 2.2 Browser Support 20 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert 20 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert 23 2.5 Regular Connection 23 2.6 Secure Connection 23 2.7 Creating a New Logical Drive 24 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 27 2.9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection 27 2 2.
AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 20 2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software 20 2.2 Browser Support 20 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert 20 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert 23 2.5 Regular Connection 23 2.6 Secure Connection 23 2.7 Creating a New Logical Drive 24 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 27 2.9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection 27 2 2.
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RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. Although RAID 0 function can start to use the Option ROM to configure RAID. 1.1 Introduction to RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. The controller combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of drives. 3 1. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is striped across multiple drives and ...
RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. Although RAID 0 function can start to use the Option ROM to configure RAID. 1.1 Introduction to RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. The controller combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of drives. 3 1. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is striped across multiple drives and ...
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If you use two drives of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. WARNING!! Please use two SATA drives of your hard disks before you want to use two new drives if you set up your future data building will ask if you create RAID functions. It is recommended to "Clear Disk Data" or not. In the process you create RAID, the system will operate under a clean environment. 4 Please verify the...
If you use two drives of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. WARNING!! Please use two SATA drives of your hard disks before you want to use two new drives if you set up your future data building will ask if you create RAID functions. It is recommended to "Clear Disk Data" or not. In the process you create RAID, the system will operate under a clean environment. 4 Please verify the...
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B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up UEFI. C. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to format and copy ...
B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up UEFI. C. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to format and copy ...
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B. Before you start to configure RAID function, you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your system. 6 STEP 4: Install Windows 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 follow below steps. 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need to check this document for proper configuration. Set the "SATA Mode" option to set RAID configuration. STEP 3: Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette. Please refer to the BIOS RAID ...
B. Before you start to configure RAID function, you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your system. 6 STEP 4: Install Windows 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 follow below steps. 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need to check this document for proper configuration. Set the "SATA Mode" option to set RAID configuration. STEP 3: Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette. Please refer to the BIOS RAID ...
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The RAID mode (level) configuration of the AMD motherboard. The logical drive is fully operational, and no longer operational, meaning you can create a new logical drive and copy your data to which the Single Disk (unassigned physical drive) is OK. 7 Port - S.M.A.R.T. 1.4 Opening Option ROM The Option ROM and the Option ROM Utility are present. But the logical drive has lost fault tolerance. For RAID levels 1, 5, and 10, the logical drive contains a failed physical drive. The manufacturer's name and model number of three logical drive conditions: Functional - ...
The RAID mode (level) configuration of the AMD motherboard. The logical drive is fully operational, and no longer operational, meaning you can create a new logical drive and copy your data to which the Single Disk (unassigned physical drive) is OK. 7 Port - S.M.A.R.T. 1.4 Opening Option ROM The Option ROM and the Option ROM Utility are present. But the logical drive has lost fault tolerance. For RAID levels 1, 5, and 10, the logical drive contains a failed physical drive. The manufacturer's name and model number of three logical drive conditions: Functional - ...
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Press 4 to delete a logical drive. Press 3 to view the controller configuration. Press Esc (Escape) to exit the utility and reboot your computer screen, press Ctrl-F to create a logical drive or view information about an existing logical drive. The Main Menu (above) has five options: Press 1 to view physical drive assignments Press 2 to enter the Utility and display the Main Menu. 1.5 Using the Main Menu When the Option ROM displays on your PC. 8
Press 4 to delete a logical drive. Press 3 to view the controller configuration. Press Esc (Escape) to exit the utility and reboot your computer screen, press Ctrl-F to create a logical drive or view information about an existing logical drive. The Main Menu (above) has five options: Press 1 to view physical drive assignments Press 2 to enter the Utility and display the Main Menu. 1.5 Using the Main Menu When the Option ROM displays on your PC. 8
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Healthy means the disk drive is a portion of the physical drive. LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, physical drive 2. An extent is OK. The sum of the two extents is attached. Shows the AMD motherboard port ID number to which the physical drive belongs. refers to which a particular physical drive is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the physical drive. 9 Capacity (GB) - Identifies the manufacturer, model, and model number (if applicable) of the physical drive. Reflects the capacity in a logical drive is one logical drive composed of two physical drives. This...
Healthy means the disk drive is a portion of the physical drive. LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, physical drive 2. An extent is OK. The sum of the two extents is attached. Shows the AMD motherboard port ID number to which the physical drive belongs. refers to which a particular physical drive is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the physical drive. 9 Capacity (GB) - Identifies the manufacturer, model, and model number (if applicable) of the physical drive. Reflects the capacity in a logical drive is one logical drive composed of two physical drives. This...
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The Secure Erase feature overwrites all data on a physical drive. Optional. Back up any important data before you permanently delete all sectors on the physical drive. Important Once you begin, you cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until the Secure Erase operation is no way to restore your data after a secure erase. Plan ahead and allow yourself enough time. The settings screen appears. 4. Press the Backspace key to go Critical or Offline. Secure Erase takes about the same amount of time as a partition and format. 1.7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive Warning When...
The Secure Erase feature overwrites all data on a physical drive. Optional. Back up any important data before you permanently delete all sectors on the physical drive. Important Once you begin, you cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until the Secure Erase operation is no way to restore your data after a secure erase. Plan ahead and allow yourself enough time. The settings screen appears. 4. Press the Backspace key to go Critical or Offline. Secure Erase takes about the same amount of time as a partition and format. 1.7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive Warning When...
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Secure Erase runs until the Secure Erase is 55AA (hexadecimal) 5 Press Ctrl-E to secure erase your physical drive, this operation can take some time. You cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until all sectors of your physical drive. The confirmation screen displays. 6 Press Ctrl-P to continue. Depending on the size of the selected physical drive have been overwritten. The default is 1. ٛ Erase Pattern The default is done. 11 ٛ Erase Count. Watch the screen to monitor the progress.
Secure Erase runs until the Secure Erase is 55AA (hexadecimal) 5 Press Ctrl-E to secure erase your physical drive, this operation can take some time. You cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until all sectors of your physical drive. The confirmation screen displays. 6 Press Ctrl-P to continue. Depending on the size of the selected physical drive have been overwritten. The default is 1. ٛ Erase Pattern The default is done. 11 ٛ Erase Count. Watch the screen to monitor the progress.
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In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to toggle between ON and OFF. ٛ Read Policy. Press the Spacebar to toggle through logical drive types: ٛ RAID 0 (Stripe) ٛ RAID 1 (Mirror) ٛ RAID 5 (Stripe with Distributed Parity) ٛ RAID 10 (Stripe/Mirror) ٛ RAID Ready (Single Drive) JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) 4. Determined by the Read Policy. 12 Press the Spacebar to toggle through 64 KB, 128 KB and 256 KB. ٛ Gigabyte Boundary. Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast, Full, and None. ٛ Stripe Block Size. Press the Spacebar to ...
In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to toggle between ON and OFF. ٛ Read Policy. Press the Spacebar to toggle through logical drive types: ٛ RAID 0 (Stripe) ٛ RAID 1 (Mirror) ٛ RAID 5 (Stripe with Distributed Parity) ٛ RAID 10 (Stripe/Mirror) ٛ RAID Ready (Single Drive) JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) 4. Determined by the Read Policy. 12 Press the Spacebar to toggle through 64 KB, 128 KB and 256 KB. ٛ Gigabyte Boundary. Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast, Full, and None. ٛ Stripe Block Size. Press the Spacebar to ...
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Assign the appropriate number of the physical drives to a single logical drive. Do one of the following actions: ٛ Allocate the full capacity of physical drives to cancel logical drive creation. Do one of the physical drives between N and Y for each available drive. One Logical Drive Continued from Create Logical Drive step 8, above. 13 For optimal performance, assign physical drives of the following actions: ٛ Press Ctrl-Y to perform the fast initialization. ٛ Press any other key to your logical drive configuration. Press Ctrl-Y to "One Logical Drive" ...
Assign the appropriate number of the physical drives to a single logical drive. Do one of the following actions: ٛ Allocate the full capacity of physical drives to cancel logical drive creation. Do one of the physical drives between N and Y for each available drive. One Logical Drive Continued from Create Logical Drive step 8, above. 13 For optimal performance, assign physical drives of the following actions: ٛ Press Ctrl-Y to perform the fast initialization. ٛ Press any other key to your logical drive configuration. Press Ctrl-Y to "One Logical Drive" ...
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Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 3 Press Y to select an available logical drive number and press Enter. 14 The Define LD Menu displays again. 3 Press the up and down arrow keys to restart the computer. 1 Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use it. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. 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 ...
Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 3 Press Y to select an available logical drive number and press Enter. 14 The Define LD Menu displays again. 3 Press the up and down arrow keys to restart the computer. 1 Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use it. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. 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 ...
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Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 7 Press Y to see the View Drive Assignments screen. 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 physical drives, press 1 on the Main Menu screen to restart the computer. Viewing Drive Assignments, Split Physical Drives After you can use it. Extent 2 belongs to the first logical drive. Under Assignment, the physical drives are split between two logical drives. 4. For example, LD 1-1 means logical ...
Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 7 Press Y to see the View Drive Assignments screen. 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 physical drives, press 1 on the Main Menu screen to restart the computer. Viewing Drive Assignments, Split Physical Drives After you can use it. Extent 2 belongs to the first logical drive. Under Assignment, the physical drives are split between two logical drives. 4. For example, LD 1-1 means logical ...
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You can use an unassigned physical drive to create a new logical drive. 16 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. 16 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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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 wish to back up any important data before you delete a logical drive! 1.9 Deleting a Logical Drive Warning When you delete a logical drive, you delete all data on it, you cannot delete that logical drive. Be sure to delete and press the Del key or Alt-D. The Delete LD Menu for the selected logical drive appears. 3 Press Ctrl-Y to the Main Menu. 17 Press Esc to return to confirm and complete logical drive deletion. The screen returns to the Delete LD Menu...
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 wish to back up any important data before you delete a logical drive! 1.9 Deleting a Logical Drive Warning When you delete a logical drive, you delete all data on it, you cannot delete that logical drive. Be sure to delete and press the Del key or Alt-D. The Delete LD Menu for the selected logical drive appears. 3 Press Ctrl-Y to the Main Menu. 17 Press Esc to return to confirm and complete logical drive deletion. The screen returns to the Delete LD Menu...
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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 18 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 18 1.10 Viewing Controller Configuration From the Main Menu screen, press 4 to display the Controller Configuration Options screen.
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A RAID Ready logical drive disappears from the user interface when its physical drive fails. Fault-tolerant (RAID 1, 5, and 10) logical drives go Offline when a physical drive fails. Non-fault-tolerant (RAID 0 and JBOD) logical drives go Critical when a physical drive fails. When you if there is a critical or offline logical drive. See the RAIDXpert User Manual for more information. 19 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. 1.11 ...
A RAID Ready logical drive disappears from the user interface when its physical drive fails. Fault-tolerant (RAID 1, 5, and 10) logical drives go Offline when a physical drive fails. Non-fault-tolerant (RAID 0 and JBOD) logical drives go Critical when a physical drive fails. When you if there is a critical or offline logical drive. See the RAIDXpert User Manual for more information. 19 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. 1.11 ...
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RAIDXpert is installed. Double-click the Install CD's icon to launch it (right). Java Runtime Environment (in a private folder): The RAIDXpert installation program installs a private JRE in order to access RAIDXpert over the network. 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert Follow these steps to install RAIDXpert on your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. If you must use one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Suite 1.7, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or Netscape Navigator 7.1. Double-click the Installer icon to open it the default browser. Boot the PC or server, launch ...
RAIDXpert is installed. Double-click the Install CD's icon to launch it (right). Java Runtime Environment (in a private folder): The RAIDXpert installation program installs a private JRE in order to access RAIDXpert over the network. 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert Follow these steps to install RAIDXpert on your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. If you must use one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Suite 1.7, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or Netscape Navigator 7.1. Double-click the Installer icon to open it the default browser. Boot the PC or server, launch ...