ASRock A75M-ITX RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock A75M-ITX | 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-ITX | 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-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
to use two SATA drives of the 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 "Yes", and then your future data building - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
→Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Mode" 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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
RAID 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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
drive conditions: Functional - The logical drive is fully operational, and no problems are present. Critical - The logical drive is still operational, meaning from the user interface when its physical drive fails. Port - The AMD motherboard port ID number to which the Single Disk (unassigned - ASRock A75M-ITX | 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-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
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 motherboard and whether a port multiplier - The type and speed of the physical drive, such as SATA 1.5 Gb/s, 3.0 Gb/s, or 6.0 Gb/s. Capacity (GB) - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
arrow keys to highlight a physical drive you want to secure erase and press Ctrl-H. The caution screen appears. 3 Press Y to continue. The 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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
ٛ 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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 2 to display the Define LD Menu. 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to select it. The Define LD Menu appears for the number you selected. 3. Choose the RAID Level you want. In - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
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 any other key to use the default name, such as Logical Drive 1. If you set Fast Initialization, the following message displays: 7. Do one of the following actions: ٛ - ASRock A75M-ITX | 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-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
Split Physical Drives After you create two logical drives from the same set of physical drives, press 1 on the Main Menu screen to see Assignments screen. In this example, observe how each of the physical drives in Ports 1and 2 are split between two logical drives. Extent 1 belongs to logical drive - ASRock A75M-ITX | 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-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 17
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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | 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-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 19
1.11 Responding to Logical Problems While physical drives are highly reliable, on occasion a physical drive can fail. Fault-tolerant (RAID 1, 5, and 10) logical drives use RAIDXpert to identify the failed drive and to rebuild your logical drive. See the RAIDXpert User Manual for more information. 19 - ASRock A75M-ITX | 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-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 22
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 and verify your own certificate for the webserver. And, if possible, - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 23
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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | 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 - ASRock A75M-ITX | 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-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 26
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. RAID 0, 1, and 5. Select a Gigabyte Boundary policy from the dropdown menu. • GigaByte Boundary - Rounds the size of the logical drive down to the nearest - ASRock A75M-ITX | RAID Installation Guide - Page 27
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
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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