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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 / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions ... 5 1.3.1 Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions 5
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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
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using the Option ROM under BIOS environment. After you make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette, press or to enter BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide", then you can start
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is 60GB. 3. Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array. WARNING!! Please backup your data first before you create RAID functions. In the process you create RAID, the system will ask if you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. It is recommended to select
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to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this document for details. STEP 4: Install Windows XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When
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function, you need to check this RAID installation guide for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this document for details. STEP 3: Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette. STEP 4: Install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system
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, and no problems are present. RAID levels 1, 5, and 10, two or more physical drives in the logical drive have failed. For a RAID 0 or JBOD at least one physical drive has failed. A RAID Ready logical drive disappears from the user interface when its physical drive fails. Port - The AMD motherboard
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1.5 Using the Main Menu When the Option ROM displays on your computer screen, press Ctrl-F to enter the Utility and display the Main Menu. 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
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Menu screen, press 1 to see the View Drive Assignments screen. This screen reports physical drive assignments and provides the following information: Port: ID - Shows the AMD motherboard port ID number to which a particular physical drive is attached. The total number of ports depends on the
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settings screen appears. 4. Optional. Press the arrow keys to highlight the settings you want. Press the Backspace key to delete, then enter a new value for: 10
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ٛ Erase Count. The default is 1. ٛ Erase Pattern The default is 55AA (hexadecimal) 5 Press Ctrl-E to continue. The confirmation screen displays. 6 Press Ctrl-P to secure erase your physical drive. Watch the screen to monitor the progress. Secure Erase runs until all sectors of the selected physical
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you want. In the Define LD Menu section, 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. Press the arrow keys to move to the
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all of the physical drive capacity for one logical drive or allocating a portion to a second logical drive. This option is not available for JBOD or RAID Ready logical drives. 8. Choose one of the following actions: ٛ Allocate the full capacity of the physical drives to a single logical drive. Go to
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. 2 Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 3 Press Y to restart the computer. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Note You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it. Two Logical Drives Continued from Create Logical
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Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 7 Press Y to restart the computer. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Note You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it. Viewing Drive Assignments, Split Physical Drives After
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Note that the combined size of the extents is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the physical drive. Unassigned physical drives are labeled Single Disk. You can use an unassigned physical drive to create a new logical drive. 16
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data on the logical drive. Be sure to back up any important data before you delete a logical drive! Note If you create a logical drive and install the OS on it, you cannot delete that logical drive. To delete a logical drive: 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 3 to display the Delete LD
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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
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Problems While physical drives are highly reliable, on occasion a physical drive can fail. Fault-tolerant (RAID 1, 5, and 10) logical drives go Critical when a physical drive fails. Non-fault-tolerant (RAID to rebuild your logical drive. See the RAIDXpert User Manual for more information. 19
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2. AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using RAIDXpert RAID management software under Windows environment. The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SATA logical
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terms of the license" option selected, the installation will quit when you click Next. 9. When the Choose Install Folder screen appears, make your selection of a folder for the RAIDXpert applications you are installing. For example, the Windows default folder is: C:\Program Files\AMD\RAIDXpert 21
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. Click the Next button when you are finished. 10. When the Check HTTP SSL screen appears, you Security options are invisible to authorized users. AMD provides a default certificate for the server However, in some cases it is better to install and verify your own certificate for the webserver.
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RAIDXpert Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu. Or, log on manually with your browser: 1. Launch the Browser. 2. In the Browser address field, type the entry explained below. If you did not choose the External Security option during RAIDXpert installation, use the Regular connection. If
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8443 • Add to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your entry looks like this: https://127.0.0.1:8443/amd or https://localhost:8443/amd Note that the IP address shown Logical Drive A logical drive is a collection of physical drives in a RAID. To create a new logical drive: 1. Click Logical Drive View in
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drive in the Logical Drive Size field. Or, to use the maximum capacity of the physical drives, check the Use Maximum Capacity box. For RAID Ready and JBOD, the system will check the Use Maximum Capacity Box automatically. 7. Click the physical drives to select them. Available drives have a black
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Click the Next button. The Assign a Name screen appears. 9. Enter a name for the logical drive in the field provided. 10. Click the Next button. The Final Settings screen appears. 11. RAID 0, 5, and 10. Choose a Stripe Block Size from the dropdown menu. The choices are 64 and 128 KB. The Write Cache
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system. 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet The above instructions cover connections between the Host PC and other PCs using RAIDXpert this procedure: 1. Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu.Or choose RAIDXpert in the Linux Applications menu.Your browser opens and displays