ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 RAID Installation Guide
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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 ...7 1.3.4 Select Boot Array ...7 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 9 2.1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | 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 4CoreDual-SATA2 | 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 VT8237S south bridge chipset integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels. This section will introduce - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. 2. Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array. 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility After the system powers on, the following information will appear on the - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
"Auto Setup", and another is "Select Disk Drives". Select "Auto 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 Disk Drives method, the channel column will be activated. Just - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
mirror drive. There is a limitation when using this feature. The capacity of mirror drive must be greater or equal to the source drive; otherwise the RAID 1 can't be created and a error message will appear: "Error: mirror's size is smaller than source!!! Press ESC return". If user does not want to - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
the first disk drive and become free space. Expand Span (JBOD) Array function is not available if VT8237S only supports 2 SATA ports. 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array User can delete a specific RAID that has been created. Following are the steps to delete a created disk array. 1. Use arrow key to highlight - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
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2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide You are allowed to configure RAID functions under Windows environment. The "RAID Software" is a Windows-based 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 - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
disk drive, user can also remove the selected disk drive from array. Click the disk drive in "Array Disks" windows, then click left arrow button to remove the selected disk drive. Press "Create" button to create or "Cancel has been created successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer. 10 - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
greater or equal to the source drive, otherwise the RAID 1 can't be created. If user wants to keep data in the source drive, RAID tool will ask user to synchronize the mirror drive that you want to delete from the left window. Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 11 - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1. When a RAID is deleted, the data on these two hard disk drives will be 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 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
will show the verifying process. You can pause or cancel this process at any time. The process may take a long time if the capacity of RAID is large. 3 When the mirror disk is not identical with the corresponding source disk, the mirror disk will be marked with a "need-sync" icon: . A 13 - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 14
marks the mirror disk with a "need-sync" icon even though the mirror disk may have the correct data. 1. Select RAID 1. Right-click the selected RAID, then a shortcut menu will appear. Click "Synchronize Mirror" to synchronize the source and the mirror disks. 2. When synchronization starts - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
status, and the software will automatically prompt user to duplicate the RAID 1 to make the mirror disk consist with the corresponding source disk this process at any time. If you cancel the synchronization process, the RAID is on "need-sync" condition. You should synchronize again to guarantee the - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 16
, it will indicate a serial steps to repair this problem. 1. A dialog box will pop up to indicate the RAID is broken. Click Yes. 2. Then another dialog box will pop up. If the source or the mirror disk drive is unplugged only, click "Cancel" to - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 17
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 "Duplicating Critical - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | 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 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 19
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 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 20
in the bottom-left corner. D. Keep OS Data Information (Optional) When you selected the disk on which the Operating System is running to create a RAID array, the information will be prompted to inform you that tool will keep the OS disk data for you. E. Keep Source Data Information (Optional - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
guide you to finish this operation. You can also shift the top-left block of main application window to Array View/Tree, select the upper-most level tree node of the RAID 1 array and right click the array node and click "Add/ Remove Spare" on the pop-up shortcut menu. Then follow the instructions - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 | 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