ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA RAID Installation Guide
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Configuration Precautions 3 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ...4 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 4 1.3.2 Create Disk Array ...4 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array ...7 1.3.4 Select Boot Array ...7 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 9 2.1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000/XP/XP 64 - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
2.2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit Users 18 2.2.1 Create Disk Array ...18 2.2.2 Remove Array ...21 2.2.3 Add/Remove Spare ...21 2.2.4 Synchronize Mirror Disk ...22 2.2.5 Repair Broken Disk Array ...22 2 - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide You are allowed to configure RAID functions under BIOS environment. 1.1 Introduction of RAID VIA VT8237A south bridge chipset integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels. This section will introduce - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
configuration utility. The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below: 1.3.2 Create Disk Array 1. Within the main interface, use the up and down arrow key to highlight the Create Array command and press to call out the list of creation steps. 2. Highlight the Array Mode and - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
Setup" to allow BIOS to select the disk drives and create array automatically. Select "Select Disk Drives" to let user select the array drives manually. When using Select Size" and press . Then the list of available block size will popup. The block size can be selected from 4K to 64K Bytes. - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
64-bit OS. If you want to build RAID 1 under Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit OS, please use the RAID software, VIA RAID Tool to create RAID 1. This issue may require driver update. Please visit our website for the updated driver in the near future. (http://www.asrock.com) The data on disk drives will be - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
Span (JBOD) Array function is not available if VT8237A only supports 2 SATA ports. 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array User can delete a specific Boot Array User can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an array. Boot disk array may not be selected if user does not boot - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
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manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to VT8237 SATA controller. Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions. For Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit and Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit, there are different installation procedures. Please - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
to use this method. Custom: Disk array is arranged by user. 2. Click "Auto" button. The "Creating Array" window will pop up. If you select "Custom", the "Available Disks" window will list the available disk drives for array-creating. Select a disk drive and click right arrow button to add the - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
Click "Yes" to restart the computer or click "No" to skip restarting. New disk array setting will take effect only after restarting. Create RAID 1 You Array 1. Select the disk array that you want to delete from the left window. Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 11 - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
to restart the computer or click "No" to skip the restarting. New setting will take effect only after restarting. Warning: Deleting a disk window will pop up to show each disk's current status as following picture. Your hard disk drive must be compatible with ATA/ATAPI-5 specifications and support - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
2.1.4 Verify Mirror Disk Data on the mirror disk must be the same as its corresponding source disk to provide fault tolerance for RAID 1. 1. Select a RAID 1. Right-click the selected RAID, and then a shortcut menu will appear. Click "Verify Mirror" to verify whether the source and the mirror disks - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 14
"need-sync" mirror disk should be synchronized as soon as possible. 2.1.5 Synchronize Mirror Disk For RAID 1, it must be synchronized when data on the mirror disk is not identical with its corresponding source disk. Sometimes the data on the mirror disk may be newer than the source disk. For - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
will pop up an error message when the failure or absence of a disk drive is detected. 2.1.7 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array If, during the system-booting, the software detects the inconsistence between the source and the mirror disks of RAID 1, the disk array will be marked as critical status, and - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 16
the RAID software, it will indicate a serial steps to repair this problem. 1. A dialog box will pop up to indicate the RAID is and then reboot the system. If the original disk drive is broken-down, you may plug a new disk drive then reboot the system. Click "Next" to the next step. 3. Select a disk - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 17
4. A warning message will pop up. If you want to rebuild the RAID by using the disk drive that you selected in the previous step, click "Next". Warning: The data on the selected disk drive will be lost. 5. Reboot the system. 6. This RAID is marked as a critical RAID. The RAID software will do the " - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 18
2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users After GUI software is installed, it will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is started. An icon tray of the tool bar to indicate that GUI software is currently running. will appear in the system Just - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 19
the tool will select array disks for you, and you don't need to do anything. Selecting "Custom", tool will list all available disks in the available disks list, and you have to select disks for the array manually. You may adjust the selected disks manually in both cases. C. Select Array Disks 19 - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 20
You need to select the disks for the array you are creating. Please select an available disk from the left side list, then click the Right-Arrow button to add a disk into array. Array disks will be added in the order of Source, Mirror and Spare disk. A - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
"Remove Array" on the pop-up shortcut menu. Then follow the instructions on the screen to remove array. 2.2.3 Add/Remove Spare This function Remove Spare" wizard will guide you to finish this operation. You can also shift the top-left block of main application window to Array View/Tree, select - ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA | RAID Installation Guide - Page 22
from the one with newer data to the other disk. Note that the source disk does not always have the latest data. Please follow the instructions on the screen to synchronize mirror array. 2.2.5 Repair Broken Disk Array If some disk(s) in a disk array can not work any more (due to disk
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VIA RAID Installation Guide
1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide …………………………………………………………………………………..….. 3
1.1 Introduction of RAID …………………………………………………………………………………………..……. 3
1.2 RAID Configuration Precautions …………………………………………………………………………...……… 3
1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ……………………………………………………………………………………..…… 4
1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility ……………………………………………………………………..…….. 4
1.3.2 Create Disk Array ………………………………………………………………………………………..…... 4
1.3.3 Delete Disk Array …………………………………………………………………………………………
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1.3.4 Select Boot Array …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide ………………………………………………………………………………...… 9
2.1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000/XP/XP 64-bit Users ……………………………….. 9
2.1.1 Create RAID Array ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
2.1.2 Delete Disk Array ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…… 11
2.1.3 Check All Disks ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12
2.1.4 Verify Mirror Disk ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
2.1.5 Synchronize Mirror Disk ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
2.1.6 Disk Error Detection ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 15
2.1.7 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array ………………………………………………………………………………….. 15
2.1.8 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 array ……………………………………………………………………………………. 15