ASRock A75M-HVS RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 1
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 1.3.2 Installing Windows - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
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 tolerance. Hot-Plug any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
. 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 "Yes", and then your future data building will operate under a clean environment. 4 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette. A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as the - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
, 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. 6 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
-in components of the AMD motherboard. When the Option ROM loads during boot-up, it displays pertinent - The logical drive is fully operational, and no problems are present. Critical - The logical drive is still to the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting System that monitors the condition of disk - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
provides the following information: Port: ID - Shows the AMD motherboard port ID number to which a particular physical drive is attached. each physical drive. S.M.A.R.T. refers to the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting System that monitors the condition of disk drives. Healthy means the - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
1.7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive Warning When you secure erase a physical drive, you permanently delete all data on the physical drive. There is no way to restore your data after a secure erase. Do not secure erase a physical drive that belongs to a logical drive. This action will cause the - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
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 drive have been overwritten. Depending on the size of your - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
RAID level you selected. ٛ Initialization. Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast, Full, and None. ٛ Stripe Block Size. Press the Spacebar to toggle through 64 KB, 128 KB and 256 KB. ٛ Gigabyte Boundary. Press the Spacebar to toggle between ON and OFF. ٛ Read Policy. Press the Spacebar to toggle - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
appropriate number of physical drives to your logical drive. For optimal performance, assign physical drives of the same model and capacity. Your PC's boot drive is not listed under Drive Assignments. 6. Press Ctrl-Y to save your logical drive configuration. The name prompt appears. Do one of the - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 14
1 Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use the full portion of the logical drive for one logical drive. 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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
4. Choose the RAID level and options for the second logical drive. Note that the physical drives on Ports 1 and 2 reflect smaller capacities because a portion of their original capacity belongs to the first logical drive. The physical drives on Ports 3 and 4 have not yet been assigned to a logical - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 16
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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 17
1.9 Deleting a Logical Drive Warning When you delete a logical drive, you delete all 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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 18
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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 19
1.11 Responding to Logical Problems While physical drives are highly reliable, on occasion a physical drive can logical drive disappears from the user interface when its physical drive fails. When you boot your system, the Option ROM screen informs you if there is a critical or offline logical drive. - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 20
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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
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 - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 22
SSL Security - Applies security to all connections involving the Internet or outside your company firewall. Security options are invisible to authorized users. AMD provides a default certificate for the server as well as for internal data communication. However, in some cases it is better to install - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 23
Finish button. 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu. Or, log on manually with your browser: 1. Launch the Browser. 2. In the localhost • Enter the Port number 25902 • Add to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your entry looks like this: http://127.0.0.1:25902/ati or - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 24
Enter the Host PC's IP address 127.0.0.1 or localhost • Enter the Port number 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 above applies to a log-in at the Host PC. When you log in - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 25
4. In the Select Drive Type screen, click the following option: • Free Drives - Select all Free (unassigned) physical drives The Select Drives screen appears. 5. Click the Next button. 6. If you want to split the capacity of your physical drives between two logical drives, enter the capacity for the - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 26
5, and 10. Choose a Stripe Block Size from the dropdown menu. The choices are 64 and 128 KB. The Write Cache policy is None. You cannot change this setting. 12 dropdown menu. • Fast Initialization - Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. - ASRock A75M-HVS | RAID Installation Guide - Page 27
to RAIDXpert from the Internet The above instructions cover connections between the Host PC and to the logical drives. However, other PCs can monitor the Host PC from virtually any location. 2.9 Running RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu.Or choose RAIDXpert in the Linux Applications menu.Your
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AMD RAID Installation Guide
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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 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
1.3.2
Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Funtions ……………… 6
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Opening Option ROM ………..…………………………………………………………………….. 7
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Using the Main Menu ………..…………………………………………………………………….. 8
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Viewing Drive Assignments ………..…………………………….……………………………
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Secure Erasing a Physical Drive ………..……………………….……………………………
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Creating a Logical Drive ………..…………………………………………………………….….. 12
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Deleting a Logical Drive ………..……………………………………………………………..….. 17
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Viewing Controller Configuration ………..…………………………………………………..….. 18
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Responding to Logical Drive Problems ………..……………………………..……………..….. 19